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The Solo Flash Movie Has Yet Another Director—Two of Them, In Fact

It’s been well over a year since the Flash solo movie has had a director attached—but now, Variety reports that Warner Bros. is in negotiations with John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to helm the film. Additionally, the trade reports that Warner Bros. previously approached Ben Affleck to potentially direct the film, but he declined. … Continued

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Batman Hanging With Scooby-Doo Is Less Awkward Than You’d Expect

Warner Bros.’ animation divisions are always doing unexpected stuff. From Lego Batman movies on the big screen, to Willy Wonka crossovers with Tom and Jerry on the small screen, you never know what crazy scheme will be next. The studio’s latest project doesn’t disappoint on the absurd scale. It’s Batman meets Scooby-Doo in Scooby-Doo! & … Continued

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DC’s Batman and The Signal Is Lighting the Way for a New Generation of Gotham Heroes

Duke Thomas isn’t new to working alongside Batman as one of Gotham’s many vigilantes, but in his new series Batman and The Signal, the teenager is stepping out of his mentor’s shadow to bring a different kind of justice to the city he loves. It might just change the Bat-Family forever. Between universe-ending threats and … Continued

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Batman’s Latest Creepy Villain Is Messed Up in a Surprisingly New Way

Few comic book heroes have a rogues gallery like the Dark Knight—and even fewer can match him for archnemeses that plunge the darkest depths of villainy simply as a reaction to Batman’s very existence. But Batman’s latest foe is an intriguing mystery, and one that delivers a creepy take on this familiar Bat-concept. Batman #38—by … Continued

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Penn Jillette Considers Batman the ‘Ultimate American Magician’

Everyone loves to make the same joke about how Bruce Wayne’s bank account makes him one of the strongest Justice Leaguers, but the fact of the matter is, he’s just a man in a bat suit who has no actual superpowers. Magician Penn Jillette knows this, but he still believes there’s something more to Batman. … Continued

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Batman and Superman’s Double Date Is One of the Cutest Comic Book Team-Ups Ever

I never thought I’d say this about an issue of Batman, but this might be the gosh darn cutest story I’ve read in a comic book this year. The last issue of Batman, the first part of a duology dubbed “Superfriends,” dove into the emotional undertone of the lasting friendship beween Bruce Wayne and Clark … Continued

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Batfleck Still Has No Idea What He’s Doing

Just last month we took a pretty comprehensive look at the ups and downs of Ben Affleck’s Batman “situation.” It’s been complicated to say the least. But he’s talking about his future with the character once again and honestly I feel like it’s time for the actor/director to put up or shut up. The Daily … Continued

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This Electric Batmobile Skateboard Is an Incredibly Cool Way to Break Your Neck

How does Batman stay relatable to the teens in Gotham? He probably rides around on this impressive Batmobile Tumbler electric skateboard that hacker James Bruton built from scratch. It allows the rider to steer by simply leaning their body from side to side, while a handheld remote handles acceleration and braking. As self-propelled skateboards go … Continued

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This Week’s Batman Is a Tribute to One of Comics’ Greatest Friendships

Batman and Superman are almost more iconic together than they are as individual heroes. It’s a fabled partnership (and friendship) that reflects the dark and light of DC’s best and brightest, and this week’s issue of Batman explores the sometimes distant intimacy behind it. If you’ve not been following Batman lately, then a quick reminder: … Continued

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Gotham City Spends a Preposterous Amount of Money Cleaning up Batman’s Messes

Sean Murphy’s Batman: White Knight is a slow burn of a comic that favors scene setting and world building over huge narrative payoffs from issue to issue. While this week’s issue doesn’t push the series’ plot forward terribly far, it does reveal an interesting tidbit about Gotham’s finances, and a brand-new Joker. Batman: White Knight … Continued

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Dressing Up as Batman May Help Boost Your Productivity

Batman’s work ethic and self-control are arguably his greatest superpowers—even more so than his stacks and stacks of cash. But what does it take to develop those characteristics in a person? According to a new story, it could be as simple as dressing up as Batman. Researchers Rachel E. White of Hamilton College and Emily … Continued

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Lego’s Next Series of Collectible Minifigures Includes a Mermaid Batman and Superman’s Dad

Lego’s second feature film, The Lego Batman Movie, wasn’t as big a hit as the toymaker’s first theatrical outing, but it was one of those rare times when the sum of its parts was greater than the whole. That’s why Lego is creating another series of blind-bagged minifigures based on Batman, and all the wacky … Continued

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Will Beall’s 2012 Justice League Script Sounds So Much Wilder Than the Movie We Got This Year

Before Justice League finally hit screens last month, and even before the DC movie universe as we knew it kicked off with Man of Steel, Gangster Squad’s Will Beall was working on a script for a movie that would’ve brought the League up against DC Comics’ Darkseid. Details of the script have leaked here and … Continued

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Stephen Amell Is the Reason Arrow Finally Got to Name Drop Batman This Season

Last month, Arrow got to say two words it has desperately wanted to say since it first began its long process of turning the Emerald Archer into “Batman with trick arrows.” But what was the straw that broke the camel’s bat-back? Turns out, it was Stephen Amell himself. Speaking to Nerdist, Amell revealed that he … Continued

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Batman’s Alfred Gets the (Fake) Trailer That Gotham Deserves

The DC movie universe continues to expand, but one backstory has yet to be given its own cinematic introduction: Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s butler. A new parody trailer seeks to right this wrong, and the result is a surprisingly impactful glimpse into the history of Batman’s surrogate father. Funny Or Die has released a trailer … Continued

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The Newest Batman Video Game Is One of the Best Explorations of the Joker in Years

Episode three of Batman: The Enemy Within delivers a compellingly sympathetic portrait of a character that we’ve been trained to immediately hate on sight. In Telltale Games’ re-imagined Batman universe, Bruce Wayne and John Doe—the man who will become the Joker—are bros. Harley Quinn flirts with the former, while allowing the latter to float around … Continued

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Here’s Where Each of Dark Nights: Metal‘s Evil Batmen Came From

Even though Dark Nights: Metal is arguably one of the most important stories that DC is currently telling, it can be a little difficult to follow, especially given the event’s many evil, alt-universe Batmen and their tie-in comics. But Metal’s gotten to a point where it makes sense to look back at what’s happened so … Continued

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Gifts Your Parents Would Never Buy the Ten-Year-Old You

Every kid knows the best way to get almost every item on your Christmas list is to include one outlandish, obscenely-expensive item your parents will never go for. Out of guilt, they’ll happily deliver everything else on your list. But you’re an adult now, with a job and disposable income, so why not finally treat … Continued

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All the Ways Justice League Sets Up the Future of DC Movies

Now that Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg have teamed up in Justice League, the DC Universe is ready to blast off—assuming its smaller-than-anticipated opening weekend hasn’t thrown a spanner in the works. But if Warner Bros. decides to extend the DC Extended Universe a bit longer, here’s all the clues in … Continued

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In This Saturday Night Live Clip, Batman Might Be A Little Too Tough on Crime

When Bruce Wayne invites the people of the community into his lavish mansion for a food drive on Thanksgiving, he probably views it as a part of his overall mission, a mission that culminates in his work as Batman. According to some of the citizens he’s helping, though, that might not be the case. In … Continued