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io9TelevisionGotham Returns, as Delightfully Insane as Ever
In these uncertain times, it’s nice to have constants in our lives, whether they be friends, family, or Gotham. It’s genuinely comforting to me to know that the show, which is ostensibly about the eventual rise of Batman, is still hard at work making sure it is getting the Batman mythos as relentlessly wrong as … Continued
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Zack Snyder Gives First Look at Commissioner Gordon in Justice League
Zack Snyder has revealed the first image of J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming DC superhero saga, Justice League, and the guy looks pretty good in black and white. Snyder shared the set photo on Twitter for Batman Day, which also gives us a glance at the new Batfleck signal. It definitely harkens … Continued
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io9New Movie Poster Says We Should All Be Lego Batman
The Lego Batman Movie has a new poster, and it looks like Batman made a stop at Hot Topic for some inspirational t-shirt quotes. The Lego Batman poster harkens back to the classic poster meme that’s graced many a college sophomore’s dorm: “Always Be Yourself, Unless You Can Be Batman.” As cheesy and clichéd as … Continued
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io9TelevisionI Can Predict the Future, But Only About Gotham
I’m not gonna lie; I’m genuinely looking forward to the return of Gotham next Monday. Its combination of camp, violence, insanity, and utter disregard for the Batman mythos makes it a weirdly liberating—if not outright entertaining—hour of television. But that’s beside the point; the point is I can see the future. First, check out this … Continued
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Scott Snyder Explains Why All-Star Batman Needs a Less Dark Knight
After writing the main Batman comic for five years, one might think that Scott Snyder would want a break from Bruce Wayne. Instead, he’s moved to All-Star Batman, where he’s anchoring the rotating creative teams that will be producing stories for new ongoing series. The acclaimed writer is in a different place—as is Batman, who … Continued
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First Look at Batman’s New ‘Tactical Batsuit’ From Justice League
Zack Snyder tweeted an image of what he called “the new Tactical Batsuit.” Love the goggles, Batman. Here’s the tweet in its entirety: The suit was being used in filming a few months ago when io9 visited the set, but according to this tweet, it’s done now. I’ve got to say, I think it’s pretty … Continued
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The 10 Most Dangerous Schools in Fiction
It’s September, and that means that kids are heading back to school. They may not be happy about it, but it could be worse—they could be going to one of these schools, where danger, physical damage, and even death stalk the classrooms. Here are 10 schools where you have an equal chance of graduating as … Continued
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Batman Gets Hit With Another Devastating Tragedy in Today’s Detective Comics
For the last few months, Detective Comics has been living up to its name, sprinkling clues to pull readers along an intensifying mystery that’s going to require the entire Bat-team to solve. Things come to a head in this week’s issue, in a shocking conclusion that shakes up Gotham City’s crime-fighting contingent. Written by James … Continued
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These New Posters Make Your Favorite Scifi Movies Look Better Than Ever
Where can you see Ghostbusters, Batman, Ex Machina, Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Scott Pilgrim, Big Trouble in Little China, and Alien all at the same time? At Craig Drake’s latest show at the Hero Complex Gallery, or right here. This past weekend, the artist opened his third solo show with art from those properties and … Continued
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io9Ryan Potter Wants to Play Robin So Badly He Made Ben Affleck a Fight Scene
Big Hero 6 actor Ryan Potter really wants to play Tim Drake/Robin in Ben Affleck’s new solo Batman film, so he made a short flick showing Ben exactly what he can do. Potter, best known for voicing Hiro in the Disney animated film Big Hero 6 and starring in Supah Ninjas, created a concept fight … Continued
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io9Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Comes to Theaters for One Epic Day
If going to the theaters to watch The Killing Joke made you want to take a shower, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders will be more like a Mr. Bubbles bath. With toy submarines. And a puppy. WB and Fathom Events announced that Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders is getting a limited one-day movie … Continued
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Geoff Johns on the Future of DC Movies: Relax, We’re Changing Everything
In their first interview since taking over the DC Films, the men put in charge of righting the ship after Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad admitted that the tone of the previous films has been wrong—and as a result, many changes are being made. Those men are Geoff Johns and Jon Berg, the DC … Continued
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Joe Manganiello Will Play Deathstroke in the Batman Solo Movie
The character’s surprising arrival in the DCEU was only recently revealed, but now we know who’ll be playing the man behind Slade Wilson’s mask: True Blood’s Joe Mangienello. Geoff Johns confirmed the casting as well as Deathstroke’s role in the Batman movie, first reported by The Wrap, to the Wall Street Journal in an interview … Continued
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The Best Accessory of Hot Toys’ Batman ’66 Joker Figure Is His Painted-Over Moustache
Cesar Romero’s take on the Joker for the Batman ‘66 TV show is iconic—but the very obvious moustache he refused to shave for the role, barely obscured with white face paint, is almost as famous as he is. Thankfully, Hot Toys remembered this crucial detail when bringing Romero’s Joker to action figure life. Revealed at … Continued
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io9MoviesAnd Now, Every Time Batman Has Kissed Someone in Live-Action
The kills have been counted—now it’s time for Bat-smooches. Turns out the Dark Knight (or really, his alter-ego) spent quite a bit of his time inbetween beating the crap out of bad guys engaging in intimate relations. This fun little mash-up video from Maurice Mitchell sticks to Batman’s live-action appearances, and unsurprisingly there’s a lot … Continued
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io9MoviesMichael Keaton’s Batman v Christopher Reeve’s Superman: Mash-Up of Justice
This fan-made trailer from Stryder HD makes a compelling argument that it would have been pretty cool to see the two ‘80s cinematic superheroes face-off on-screen. Bonus points for realizing Lex’s plan to use Zod’s body to create his own Kryptonian in BvS lines up eerily well with Lex’s plan to make his own whatever-the-hell-Nuclear-Man-was … Continued
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What Warner Bros. Needs to Do to Save the DC Extended Universe From Its Biggest Enemy, Warner Bros.
Last week, the news came out that Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) would direct a Justice League Dark movie, with a script from Guillermo del Toro, who would be sticking around to produce. All of that sounds like great news, but there’s just one issue: the looming presence of Warner Bros. over it all. For … Continued
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DC Comics’ Most Popular Superteams Will Clash in Justice League vs. Suicide Squad
It’s not just Marvel getting in on the ‘superteams duking it out’ stuff lately—DC is joining in on the fun with a newly announced event that is setting two of their current most popular teams, the Justice League and the Suicide Squad, at each other’s throats. Revealed through Wall Street Journal, the event series—written by … Continued
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The First Look at Deathstroke, the Villain in Ben Affleck’s Solo Batman Film [UPDATED]
UPDATE 12:05 pm ET: The Wrap is now reporting that Deathstroke is in fact the primary villain of the solo Batman movie. While we’re still unsure if this is test footage for that film or if Deathstroke may also be making a cameo appearance in Justice League, at least we now know where to expect … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Guy’s Gadget-Packed Batman Costume Earned Him a Guinness World Record
By now, there’s a Guinness World Record for just about any random accomplishment you can think of, including “most functional gadgets on a cos-play suit” which is currently held by Ireland’s Julian Checkley who managed to cram 23 different contraptions into his impressive Batsuit. His costume isn’t quite as impressive as Batman’s actual getup, but … Continued