• ‘The Batman’ companion TV series about Gotham PD coming to HBO Max

    ‘The Batman’ companion TV series about Gotham PD coming to HBO Max

    HBO Max has given a series commitment to a drama set in the Gotham police department from Matt Reeves and Terrence Winter, Variety has learned. The untitled series will be set in the world Reeves is creating for the feature film “The Batman,” with the intent being to launch a new Batman universe across multiple platforms. …
  • Michael Keaton may return as Batman in ‘The Flash’ film

    Michael Keaton may return as Batman in ‘The Flash’ film

    Michael Keaton is in talks to return to the role of Batman in the upcoming Warner Bros. movie “The Flash,” starring Ezra Miller, The Wrap reported Monday. The 68-year-old actor first played the Caped Crusader in 1989’s “Batman” and 1992’s “Batman Returns,” both directed by Tim Burton. His most recent venture into comic-book territory was …
  • Denny O’Neil, ‘Batman’ writer and comic book legend, dead at 81

    Denny O’Neil, ‘Batman’ writer and comic book legend, dead at 81

    Longtime comic book writer and editor Denny O’Neil died Thursday at home of natural causes, Games Radar reports. He was 81. Best known for his work writing DC Comics’ “Batman” and editing Batman titles from 1986 to 2000, O’Neil also worked at Marvel Comics on such series as “Spider-Man” and “Iron Man.” Over the course …
  • Bane masks become latest craze during coronavirus pandemic

    Bane masks become latest craze during coronavirus pandemic

    It’s the coronavirus’ reckoning for Batman fans. The public has turned to an unlikely ally in the fight against COVID-19: Bane. Masks modeled after Tom Hardy’s depiction of the burly “Batman” baddie from the smash-hit movie “The Dark Knight Rises” have been selling like hotcakes since the advent of the pandemic. The bizarre trend comes …
  • Zoë Kravitz concerned about returning to film ‘The Batman’ after coronavirus

    Zoë Kravitz concerned about returning to film ‘The Batman’ after coronavirus

    Zoë Kravitz, who plays the Catwoman in the upcoming “Batman” movie, is concerned about what will happen once filming is allowed to resume after the coronavirus pandemic, a report said. “I was probably touched more than any job [on The Batman], just because of the clothes and the combat and all of that,” says Kravitz, 31, …
  • Robert Pattinson refuses to work out for Batman role because he doesn't want to 'set a precedent'

    Robert Pattinson refuses to work out for Batman role because he doesn't want to 'set a precedent'

    He says that actors who lift weights all the time are ‘part of the problem’. Robert Pattinson has opened up about body image for men in Hollywood in a brand new interview. The actor was interviewed by GQ while in lockdown in London, and discussed his role in forthcoming Christopher Nolan film Tenet as well as his decision to become the next Batman. Pattinson was …
  • Alicia Silverstone recalls ‘hurtful’ body-shaming during ‘Batgirl’

    Alicia Silverstone recalls ‘hurtful’ body-shaming during ‘Batgirl’

    As if. Alicia Silverstone is opening up in a new interview about how it felt to be publicly body-shamed by tabloids when she starred as Batgirl in the 1997 film, “Batman & Robin.” “They would make fun of my body when I was younger,” the now 43-year-old told The Guardian. “It was hurtful but I …