Secret's out! Looks like a fan-favorite version of the Caped Crusader on film has been confirmed to appear in Jason Momoa's next adventure as the King of the Seven Seas, as Aquaman himself has revealed on his own Instagram post that Ben Affleck will be reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/ Batman in "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" - which is set for release early next year!
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Affleck will be reprising his role as Wayne/ Batman as additional photography is being done for the sequel in the WB Studios in Burbank, California. This will be the second DC Films appearance for the actor, as he's also set to reprise the role in The Flash - which will be released in 2023 as well.
Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom will be released in theaters on March 2023.
Turn on the Bat-Signal when you search for "Bruce Wayne", "Gotham City", or "Bat-Signal" in Google, as the search engine page gives a nice little Easter egg search to fans of Batman in anticipation for the release of Matt Reeves' "The Batman" next week!
By typing any of the aforementioned keywords on your desktop or mobile device and clicking on the animated Bat-Signal gif when you see the search results, the screen will turn slightly dark as the Caped Crusader's glowing symbol of a beeper shines in the sky... And then you will see the shadow of the bat himself answer the call and swing towards the fight for justice!
Be sure to catch The Batman next week when it opens in theaters this March!
Fast approaching its release date in theaters in just over a month's time, Warner Bros. and DC Films have released a brand new poster for The Batman, which features the entire cast of the Matt Reeves directed film - including Robert Pattinson both as Bruce Wayne and as Batman!
If you haven't seen the first clip for the film which is the funeral scene, check it out here.
The Batman will be released in theaters this March!
Following his Twitch stream and fundraiser alongside Deathstroke actor Joe Manganiello, director Zack Snyder released the first clip from his upcoming B/W cut of Justice League that's titled "Zack Snyder's Justice League: Justice Is Gray" - which is set to premiere on HBO Max some time down the line. Of course the film will not only be a black and white version of Snyder's four hour cut of JL, but it will also include new footage and scenes of Jared Leto's Joker - including the "We live in a society" line that was missing from the film but was finished in the trailer. A pic of the clown holding Batman's cowl also appeared a few days ago.
You can check out the clip below via the official Twitter page of the Snyder Cut - which is a scene from the film between Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth (as played by Ben Affleck and Jeremy Irons) and featured in B/W.
After nearly a year of postponement and no word of when it would finally hit comic shops, Tom King and Clay Mann's "Batman/ Catwoman" series is finally seeing going to see release literally before the year ends -- with the first issue of the planned 12 issue run hitting comic book shops and retailers this December.
Following the on and off relationship between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, the series is a continuation of Tom King's run on Batman -- which highlighted that Bat Cat romance and their ill-fated wedding which was sabotaged and manipulated behind the scenes by a group of villains led by Bane and Flashpoint Batman. The run is also set to introduce Phantasm, aka Andrea Beaumont, into the DC Universe proper for the first time. Beaumont was Bruce Wayne's love interest and fiancee in the Batman: The Animateds Series film "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm", so her inclusion and role in the DC Black Label series will be interesting and a compelling reason to collect the limited series run. For more information and details, check out Newsarama.
Batman/ Catwoman will run from December 2020 to November 2021, with a hiatus on June 2021 to make way for a "Batman/ Catwoman Special" to be released that same month.
Serving at the main event of DC FanDome that Batman fans have been absolutely looking forward to, director Matt Reeves and actor Robert Pattinson were on hand for "The Batman" panel to answer fan questions, talk about the movie, and of course... Showcase the very first trailer for the hotly anticipated film... Which you can FINALLY check out below. Serving as a story that follows a younger and still rising Bruce Wayne who is only in his second year as the dark vigilante fighting crime in Gotham City.
Check the trailer. It's dark, gritty, and GOOD.
The Batman - Teaser Trailer
The Batman is currently filming and is slated for a Fall 2021 release.
Just like that, it's been a decade and a half since Warner Bros. and director Christopher Nolan took a stab at the Batman film franchise - when prospects looked bleak moving forward for DC Comics' flagship character after 1997's "Batman and Robin" - and literally brought the character back to his roots and reinvigorated the franchise with 2005's "BATMAN BEGINS" a grounded realism and telling the definite origin story of the future Dark Knight - who he is and how he came to be.
Just with the release of the very first teaser trailer in 2004 - we already knew we were going to be in for a wild ride and a Batman story that would be a superhero movie yet have none of the camp and comedy that featured heavily in the past movies - putting the franchise into a bit of a hiatus before finally getting its second wind as a brand to take very seriously.
Batman Begins - Teaser Trailer
Nolan, then known for films "Memento" and "Insomnia", was a big Batman fan himself and looked to tell the definitive Bruce Wayne story - an aspect of the character that was briefly touched on but never explored in full detail in a Batman movie save for the death of his parents. The journey and training of Wayne as well as the influences and experiences he received were the focal points of "Batman Begins" that drove us, the viewers and fans, to see Bruce Wayne's rise from a traumatized individual into the vigilante hero who adopts the persona of his childhood fear - turning it into a symbol to strike fear into the hearts and minds of criminals that plague his hometown of Gotham City.
Batman Begins (2005) Official Trailer #1
Featuring an ensemble cast lead by Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/ Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, Cillian Murphy as Jonathan Crane/ Scarecrow, Ken Watanabe as Ra's Al Ghul, and Rutger Hauer as Hauer William Earle, Batman Begins was poised to be a blockbuster and triumphant return for the Caped Crusader and cinema - and sure enough it was. It spawned two sequel in 2008's "The Dark Knight" and 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises" - completing Bruce Wayne's story and crusade with a "beginning, middle, and end" structure that collectively went on to be known as "The Dark Knight Trilogy", and solidifying Christopher Nolan's place as one of Hollywood's film prodigies and innovators.
Before the corona virus pandemic threw many plans and businesses into disarray and postponement, DC Comics was finally set to release Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok’s long awaited Batman and Joker story “Batman: Three Jokers” into the world starting with the first issue solicited for a June 2020 release. Unfortunately, those plans did not hold up and now DC Comics has confirmed in their official website that the title will now be rescheduled for release this coming August instead.
Adding some new artwork teases to the article, the news of the Three Jokers delay is no surprise given the decision to halt distribution of titles by Diamond Comic Distributors over a month ago w/ the pandemic concerns happening worldwide. DC and other publishers are slowly returning to distribution beginning later this month, but with that comes the inevitable rescheduling of titles - Three Jokers included. It’s a story that has been teased and brewing since DC Rebirth began and revealed to readers that more that one man is walking around as the Clown Prince of Crime, and the new three issue storyline will tell what exactly this means and it will involve Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood - three members of the Bat Family who have been greatly affected by the Joker’s presence one way or another.
Batman: Three Jokers will now be released on August 25 in comic shops worldwide.
Released to the world on this very day 81 years ago, the 27th issue of "Detective Comics" introduced to the world the very first iteration of "The Bat-Man" - created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane and chronicling the very first appearance of Bruce Wayne and his dark knight vigilante persona in the pages of comics. While the cover date is listed as "May 1939", many historians have noted, as well as entered in the DC Database, that the street/ publication date was "March 30, 1939".
While Batman does have an official "Batman Day" usually held on September each year by DC Comics, this is still a date that Batfans around the world celebrate and honor. Long Live The Bat!
It's been some time since comic book fans have heard anything from Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok's upcoming DC Black Label series "Batman: Three Jokers" - but Fabok took to his social media pages Facebook and Twitter and shared a brand new image of one of the versions of the Clown Prince of Crime that will be appearing in the book. The image shows the Joker of the late 1980's era - holding a bloody crowbar - which is a reference to the time he brutally beat and then subsequently killed the second Robin, Jason Todd. That is considered one of the greatest failures Batman has ever experienced, and evidently the past is coming back to haunt him and his family again in the new story to come.
While there hasn't been much information about this upcoming series, what is known is that the story will focus on the aforementioned three Jokers as well as Bruce Wayne/ Batman, Barbara Gordon/ Batgirl, and Jason Todd/ Red Hood - all three who have traumatic encounters and history with the laughing lunatic from Gotham City.
After giving the world its very first look at actor Robert Pattinson in the Batsuit via a screen test, director Matt Reeves follows up his teases by releasing not one but THREE pictures of the very FIRST LOOK at the brand new iteration of The Batmobile that will be appearing in "The Batman"!
Shedding away the huge tank-like look and style that has been seen in the Christian Bale and Ben Affleck versions of the character, this new Batmobile is a "Dodge Challenger" type of car in nature, and that's perfectly fine as it prioritizes speed and sleekness over artillery - the "early years" style that Reeves' Batman clearly still is. Plus, the ride is somewhat reminiscent of the 1970's Batmobile that Bruce Wayne/ Batman used in the comics - when he moved closer to Gotham City and set up his base of operations in a penthouse tower instead of his Batcave in Wayne Manor.
The man who has voiced Bruce Wayne/ Batman for over 25 years celebrates another birthday November 30th! Happy Birthday to actor and voice actor Kevin Conroy - who will make his first live action appearance as Kingdom Come Batman in the upcoming Crisis On Infinite Earths crossover in the Arrowverse!
Looks like Batman and DC Universe fans are going to be VERY PLEASED if this shot from the Instagram account "Crisis_On_Infinite_Earths" holds any weight to it!
Reportedly spotted at the set of the upcoming DC on the CW crossover sharing the same name as the 1985-1986 DC Comics crossover event series that reshaped the comic universe, a the front page of the "Gotham City Gazette" newspaper reveals "WayneTech CEO -Bruce Wayne to Marry Socialite Selina Kyle" on the front page - and it features Michael Keaton's Bruce Wayne as seen in Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns! As fans very well remember - Keaton played the Caped Crusader in those movies and had a romance with Michelle Pfeiffer's Selina Kyle/ Catwoman. Could Warner Bros. and The CW be bringing the actor back in the iconic role aside from this easter egg? Guess we'll find out soon enough!
Crisis on Infinite Earths begins on the Arrowverse this fall!
Hitting back with another season in just a month's time, DC Universe has released a brand new "Recap and First Look" trailer for "Titans" - their live-action adaptation of the superhero group of the same name that consists of heroes like Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven. The upcoming new Season 2 will introduce fans to Bruce Wayne (played by Game Of Thrones' Iain Glen/ Jorah Mormont), as well as Daethstroke and even Krypto the Superdog.
Check out the trailer below
Titans | Recap & First Look | DC Universe
Titans Season 2 will air on DC Universe starting September 2.
"It's someone new. Or someone old trying something new."
Like a true creature of the night coming out of nowhere and giving a LOT of fans a very tempting look at something truly special and accurate that must be owned, Medicom has officially announced for their MAFEX line of action figures a new Batman figure based on Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee's highly popular and sensational "Batman: Hush" storyline!
Standing 6.3 inches tall, has a fabric cape, a set of interchangeable hands w/ batarangs and grappling gun animations, and of course multiple heads including an unmasked Bruce Wayne head, this beautiful comic book accurate action figure based on the 2002 storyline of the same name that had many of The Dark Knight's enemies systematically attacking him and his allies, while a romance bloomed between Bats and Catwoman and the true mastermind was the introduction of a new bandaged covered villain named "Hush". The comic has seen multiple printings and releases through the years after its initial 12 issue run from Batman #608-619, and will see an animated film adaptation later this year!
You can check more preview photos on the Medicom page!
Expect the "Batman: Hush" MAFEX action figure to hit stores worldwide by April 2020!
Following on the footsteps of a critically acclaimed animated series based on DC's flagship hero is no small feat, let alone being a drastic idea of a sequel that pushes forward some decades past The Dark Knight's prime and seeing a new successor take on the mantle of the bat altogether. That pretty much sums up 1999's "Batman Beyond" - the futuristic sequel to "Batman The Animated Series" and "The New Batman Adventures" and created by the triple threat team of Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett. Set primarily in the year 2039, the story follows Terry McGinnis - a young teenager living in Neo-Gotham who meets the elderly Bruce Wayne and stumbles upon his secrets during his days as the Caped Crusader. After crime and corruption claim the life of Terry's father and circumstances see the need for new blood to defend his city, Bruce reluctantly takes the headstrong youth under his wing and trains him to become the new Batman.
Released in 1999, Batman Beyond became a critical and commercial success - thanks in no small part to the brilliant writing and animation put together by the team of Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and the rest of Warner Bros. Animation. Reprising his role as Bruce Wayne of course is Kevin Conroy - the voice of Batman - who plays the mentor role this time around as the spotlight now turns to Terry McGinnis/ Batman Beyond, who is voiced by Will Friedle.
Batman Beyond Intro (HD Widescreen)
As the show explored a time when Bruce's life moved ahead and many of his allies and villains have either grown older, retired, or died - the series reflects the toll and consequences his crusade has taken on him - his last outing (ironically set in 2019 in the Pilot epiode "Rebirth Part 1") as Batman almost cost him his life and an act of desperation caused him to almost rely on the very weapon that took his parents life - leading to his subsequent retirement and life as a recluse. However because crime never sleeps and villains new and old continue to prey on Gotham and the innocent, he is forced to reevaluate his self-imposed exile and lend his knowledge and wisdom to a new ally in Terry McGinnis. Most of Batman Beyond's episodes deal with the growing relationship and respect Bruce and Terry have as mentor and student - as both face enemies from the past and a new rogues gallery that has risen in the wake of the new Batman's emergence. Terry's crusade would see him face off new opponents like Inque, Shriek, Spellbinder, and Wayne's corrupt business rival partner turned mutant Blight, while also encountering his mentor's own adversaries who have returned in the future such as Mister Freeze, Ra's Al Ghul, and later the Clown Prince of Crime himself in the animated movie feature "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker".
As someone who grew up idolizing and admiring the adventures of the one true Batman, Batman Beyond is undoubtedly a worthy follow-up to the saga of The Dark Knight and now stands with its own legacy 20 years later. The show has spawned various merchandise, toys, and multiple comic book sequel series and spin-offs, and has become a part of the DC Multiverse canon altogether. As Frank Miller told the story of an elderly Bruce Wayne returning to fight crime in his "Dark Knight" universe of stories, Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have done the same with Old Man Wayne in their DC Animated Universe and giving him a worthy successor in Terry McGinnis. If you haven't watched this show - you are truly missing out. As they would say in 2039 - it is very "Schway".
You may want to avert your eyes away from the internet, because it's out in the wild and SPOILERS for "Batman #50" have been officially revealed by DC and the New York Times. Of course this is the long awaited nuptials between Bruce Wayne/ Batman and Selina Kyle/ Catwoman - and their romance has been a dance both vigilantes have done since they first met and became lovers/ adversaries.
To spoil things would be insensitive to those buying the issue. Be warned and avoid it like the plague. Otherwise, look up the results here. It's your call, old chum.
With Justice League finishing its theatrical run and preparing to see release in home video early next year, eyes have turned to what will be included in the deleted scenes - and one particular image from Reddit (as reported by Comic Book Movie) sees Bruce Wayne/ Batman making good on his offer to Arthur Curry/ Aquaman early on the film by literally bribing him with money on information on the Mother Boxes when he comes to the King of the Seven Sea's territory. The image is likely from the "Justice League: The Art of the Film" book, which is already out in stores.
In what will certainly get fans a true first glimpse of how he would project his own version of the Caped Crusader's voice in the big screen without a voice modulator, Ben Affleck grants the wish of a kid to talk in a "Batman voice" for "Red Nose Day". Via Batman-News, here is the critically acclaimed director of "Argo" and Bruce Wayne/ Batman of the DC Extended Universe giving his impression... And then some due to the kid not being satisfied.XD
Proving that its going to be fun to see and feel as AWESOME as Batman when it hits theaters this month, Warner Bros. has released a brand new video promoting "The Lego Batman Movie" - this time featuring a "Gotham Cribs" spotlight on Wayne Manor home to Bruce Wayne and his alter ego (or buddy) Batman! Will Arnett reprises his role for this hilarious video, so check it out and see what the big house of Wayne has!
The LEGO Batman Movie - Gotham Cribs
The Lego Batman Movie hits theaters on February 10!
