Knightfall’ Is Changing into an Animated Film Saga

Batman is getting one other sequence of flicks, they usually’ll be primarily based on his well-known comedian guide storyline, Knightfall.

At New York Comedian Con on Friday, Warner Bros. introduced a four-part, “multi-chapter animated occasion,” with the primary movie releasing someday in 2026. Within the comics, Knightfall was created by Jo Duffy, Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Dennis O’Neil, Peter David, Alan Grant, Jim Aparo, Jim Balent, Graham Nolan, and Norm Breyfogle and ran from 1993 to 1994. In response to the press launch, it sees Batman “pushed to his psychological and bodily breaking level” after the steroid-using mercenary Bane involves Gotham and busts his rogues out of Arkham Asylum.

Bane’s since develop into certainly one of Batman’s most well-known enemies and is infamous for breaking his backbone. Whereas recovering, Bruce recruits grad scholar Jean-Paul Valley to don the cowl in his stead, however issues… don’t go nicely, main Bruce to make use of supernatural means to heal himself and produce down his former buddy, who began going by Azrael.

Knightfall is taken into account one of the crucial vital Batman arcs: together with introducing its two new supporting characters, it’s thought of instrumental to the delivery of the “Bat Household” as we all know it right now, which incorporates Nightwing, the Robins and Batgirls, and Azrael, funnily sufficient.

Batman: Knightfall is the newest DC Comics arc to be tailored into multi-part animated films, preceded by Disaster on Infinite Earths and Watchmen. We’ll have extra on this upcoming set of movies as information comes out.

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