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Batman RIP revealed....well kinda...Spoiler warning

So one week today we'll know the ultimate fate of Bruce Wayne. One week today DC sells out there star hero for comic book sales, one wee today it all ends for The Dark Knight. One week from today, Grant...

Posted by Richard Mooney on November 18, 2008 3:28 PM

The death of The Dark Knight - who will be the new comic book Batman?

THIS month sees the dramatic conclusion of the comic book story Batman RIP which has been billed as "the death of The Dark Knight" and "the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman". Published on November 26, Batman issue 681 will...

Posted by David Bentley on November 18, 2008 2:43 PM

The Dark Knight filmmakers sued, new website launched with full script

WARNER BROS has launched a new 'For Your Consideration' website for Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight listing potential Oscar categories and offering a download of the full film script. The site will be updated to include soundtrack details, reviews...

Posted by David Bentley on November 11, 2008 9:47 PM

Batman's bike from The Dark Knight at international motorcycle show

THE amazing Batpod bike from Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight will be a major feature at the Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show, to be held at the NEC, Birmingham, UK, from Saturday, November 29 to Sunday, December...

Posted by David Bentley on November 10, 2008 4:21 PM

Mystery man to take up Batman challenge

After residents of Chalfont St Peter called for a Batman style vigilante to help reduce anti-social behaviour in the village one mystery man has pledged to take on the challenge in a video post on Youtube. The video clip, entitled...

Posted by Greg Burns on November 10, 2008 9:34 AM

Robin prequel series The Graysons is scrapped

I FEEL somewhat relieved that proposed new TV show The Graysons, about the early years of Dick Grayson before he became Batman's sidekick Robin, has been scrapped because it would compromise The Dark Knight film franchise. There was a...

Posted by David Bentley on November 7, 2008 10:01 AM

Stars cast in fantasy films War of the Gods, Clash of the Titans, Gulliver's Travels

ACTOR Henry Cavill from The Tudors is in negotiations to star as Greek hero Theseus in Relativity Media's mythological movie War of the Gods, to be directed by Tarsem Singh, reports Variety. At the same time, Warner Bros is in...

Posted by David Bentley on November 6, 2008 11:40 AM

Reports conjure up Christian Bale as top choice for Doctor Strange

I'M not sure which tabloid magician conjured up this piece of news - it sounds so dubious I very nearly didn't mention it here for fear of appearing to give it any more substance. Dark forces are clearly at...

Posted by David Bentley on November 4, 2008 8:20 PM

Christopher Nolan rules out superhero crossovers for Batman franchise

DIRECTOR Christopher Nolan says other superheroes do not exist in the world he created for Batman Begins and its blockbuster sequel The Dark Knight. Nolan ruled out the idea of any superhero cameos or crossovers by any of DC Comics'...

Posted by David Bentley on October 29, 2008 10:40 PM

Kate Beckinsale hangs up her latex suit and quits Underworld film series

KATE BECKINSALE has quit her role in the Underworld film series about the centuries-old battle between vampires and their werewolf rivals who are known as lycans. The actress, who played a wolf-slaying vampire called Selene, looked stunning in a skintight...

Posted by David Bentley on October 29, 2008 12:46 AM

Here's the latest Batman news flash - but don't get too excited...

AS THE world waits - rather prematurely at this point - for official news of the next Batman movie, the vacuum is being filled with the usual speculation. Writer David Goyer's recent dismissal of recent rumours as 'BS' (I'm...

Posted by David Bentley on October 28, 2008 11:45 AM

BATMAN RIDES AGAIN FOR MORE DARK NIGHTS

BATMAN is back... less than a week after we all thought he'd left the building! Christopher Nolan's piledriving thriller with Christian Bale in the lead role of The Dark Knight (12A) is making an unexpected comeback at Birmingham's giant IMAX...

Posted by Graham Young on October 22, 2008 4:27 PM

Smallville producers blocked from using Batman and Wonder Woman in hit show

SMALLVILLE co-creator Alfred Gough says the writers and producers were refused permission to feature Batman and Wonder Woman in the hit TV series. The show centres on the early years of Clark Kent, before he donned the Superman costume,...

Posted by David Bentley on October 21, 2008 10:10 PM

Batman theme tune composer Neal Hefti dies, aged 85

THE AWARD-WINNING composer of the theme tune for the 1960s Batman TV series has died at the age of 85. Neal Hefti's jaunty guitar-based title music for Batman was a 12-bar blues track. Its 'Batman' exclamations, once thought to...

Posted by David Bentley on October 17, 2008 9:59 AM

Lego Batman (Xbox 360) - Warner Brothers Interactive

I am having a fairly easy week this week, the kids have been at it again reviewing games for me.. Lego Batman is the latest in a series of visually stunning and ludicrously brilliant and addictive games depicting famous...

Posted by Steve Wollaston on October 13, 2008 9:01 PM

DVD and Blu-ray news on The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and The Dark Knight

THE Incredible Hulk roars on to DVD and Blu-ray today (October 13), slightly earlier than its October 21 release in the US. Most of the fanboy fuss has been about a blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse of what some claim to be Captain...

Posted by David Bentley on October 13, 2008 9:17 AM

Justice League screenplay being reworked to tie in with The Dark Knight, says Megan Gale

AUSTRALIAN actress and supermodel Megan Gale says the Justice League movie project is being rewritten to make it consistent with events in The Dark Knight. Gale, 33, who's of British and Polynesian descent, was cast as Wonder Woman in...

Posted by David Bentley on October 9, 2008 4:04 PM

Dark Knight scribe David Goyer says ALL recent Batman rumours are nonsense

SINCE The Dark Knight soared across the screens, boosted by Heath Ledger's manic and final performance as the Joker, everyone's wanted a slice of superhero sensation. It's led to all sorts of batty balderdash as the media embarked on...

Posted by David Bentley on October 8, 2008 2:01 PM

The Graysons TV show Pilot....script ideas

You know that bit in the Simpsons just before they're sitting down to watch the TV, when they have a different skit every time? Yeah well I could imagine that as the intro this new TV show, John Grayson...

Posted by Richard Mooney on October 3, 2008 4:49 PM

Fox boss: "We're thinking seriously about a Daredevil reboot."

A REBOOT of superhero film adaptation Daredevil is under serious consideration by bosses at 20th Century Fox. Fox co-chairman and chief executive officer Tom Rothman said a restart was "something we are thinking very seriously about." Rothman told IESB...

Posted by David Bentley on October 3, 2008 11:07 AM