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Christian Bale believes Robert Pattinson is a good choice for the Batman role

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Christian Bale believes Robert Pattinson is a good choice as the new Batman in the upcoming Matt Reeves directed film, The Batman.In a recent interview with Variety during the Toronto International Film Festival, where he was promoting his upcoming movie Ford v Ferrari, Bale said:“Oh, good. Good choice, he’s interesting. I’m sure he’ll come up with something […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman Universe #3

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DC Comics releases Batman Universe #3 this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here…The hunt for the Fabergé egg and the secrets it contains continues across the DC Universe, as Batman escapes Thanagar and Gorilla City, only to land with Green Lantern on Dinosaur Island! Can these heroes stop Vandal […]

The Grim Knight returns in trailer for DC’s The Batman Who Laughs

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Coinciding with the release of the collected edition this week, DC Comics has debuted a trailer for The Batman Who Laughs, the acclaimed series focusing on the terrifying Grim Knight of Dark Nights: Metal; check it out here…The Batman Who Laughs is enacting a sinister plan across the Multiverse-something both terrifying and oddly familiar. When […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to Robert Pattinson’s casting as The Batman

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on Robert Pattinson’s casting as the Dark Knight in The Batman…This past weekend it was confirmed that Warner Bros. and director Matt Reeves have selected Robert Pattinson as the man to succeed Ben Affleck and don the cape and cowl for 2021’s The Batman. And, much previous […]

The Batman producer tells Robert Pattinson doubters “Wait ’til you see the movie”

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We live in a below-the-line age in which “you can’t please everyone” has never had such a loud booming voice, and it’s because of this that The Batman producer Michael E. Uslan has felt the need to defend the casting of Robert Pattinson in Matt Reeves’ forthcoming Caped Crusader movie.Speaking at the CCXP Cologne Convention […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #5

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DC Comics and IDW Publishing release the fifth issue of Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here…Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles think they’ve figured out how to tear apart Krang’s Combined Multiverse and restore their reality. But Krang has planned […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul #1

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DC Comics launches the new six-issue miniseries Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here; check it out…Gotham City is under siege by terrorists, and Batman is determined to find the source. But when Boston Brand tries to intervene, he discovers […]

Batman: Damned trailer asks ‘Did Batman Kill The Joker?’

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DC Comics has released a trailer for the collected edition of Batman: Damned, the acclaimed DC Black Label miniseries from Brian Azzarello (Dark Knight III: The Master Race) and Lee Bermejo (Joker), which is set for release in a hardcover edition this September; watch the trailer here…When The Joker’s body washes up on the shores […]

Ranking every big screen version of The Joker from worst to best

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Liam Hoofe ranks all of the big screen takes on the iconic DC villain The Joker from worst to best…The Joker is one of the most iconic villains of all time, and the character has undergone several major changes on screen during his history. From Cesar Romero’s iconic turn as the character in the 1960’s […]