"Batman: Knightfall (Animated Multi-Film Event)" Pre-Release News & Discussion (Spoilers)

[Breakfast Master]

Jeremy Adams as writer is wonderful news, besides Waid and Williamson he's my favourite DC author of the current crop (even if his Aquaman run is complete ass)

 

[Yojimbo]

It looks like the 4-part bit originated from Screenrant. That's the earliest mention of it I could find.



Jenny Li worked on it as a concept + background artist for the last year and a half at WB.

Jeremy Adams as writer is wonderful news, besides Waid and Williamson he's my favourite DC author of the current crop (even if his Aquaman run is complete ass)

What do you consider his best comic run so far?

 

[Otaku-sempai]

As far as I can tell, Screen Rant's Andy Behbakht is just assuming a 4-part adaptation based on pure speculation. Unless he knows something that we don't?

 

[Yojimbo]

As far as I can tell, Screen Rant's Andy Behbakht is just assuming a 4-part adaptation based on pure speculation. Unless he knows something that we don't?

Only thing I can think of is if someone at the Art Knight panel said it was a 4-parter and Behbakht was there. But no recording of the panel has shown up yet. So to be determined.

 

[Breakfast Master]

What do you consider his best comic run so far?

Flash, he fixed Wally and in a way that made sense out of everything senseless at the time.

 

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Batman Knightfall Is The Next DC Animated Movie"​

"One of the most iconic comic panels of all time is the image of Bane cracking Batman’s spine over his knee while yelling “…BREAK YOU!!” He breaks him in Knightfall, first released in 1993 and the next story from the DC library to get its own animated treatment. DC and Warner Bros made the announcement at NYCC.

Knightfall is one of the most important Batman stories and one that changed everything. Up to that point Batman was best known for being totally invincible and coming prepared for any situation, no matter how outlandish. A roided-out South American man in a lucha mask decided he could change that if he tried hard enough. So he wove an elaborate scheme to break all of Batman’s villains out of Gotham and have Bats fight them all in just one night. Then, when Bruce was exhausted and just wanted the comfort of his cushy rich-guy bed, that’s when super-muscular Bane would appear to finish him off.

It actually worked. Bane beat Batman on his first try. “The Man Who Broke The Bat,” he became known as. Bruce had to recuperate and stay in bed while his spine healed, and someone who called himself Azrael handled the job of Batman until he was better. Knightfall was a turning point for the Batman comic and the introduction of the “Bat-Family” as we know it. After this point Batman no longer fought crime alone."

Read the full article here.

 

[MatthewP]

imagine if they did this movie in the BtAS style just to make amends over depriving audiences of the spine-break in the OG show

 

[Millicay]

imagine if they did this movie in the BtAS style just to make amends over depriving audiences of the spine-break in the OG show

I actually would like that a lot, don't know if it's different direction or animation studios but both Soul of the Dragon and Gods and Monsters had pretty solid animation, besides there's always the nostalgia factor. I'm obviously excited about the announcement but what I'm really looking forward to is a first look.

For what it's worth, Kelley Jones, one of the artists who worked on Knightfall (the comic), replied to my tweet talking about the animation yesterday and just said "It’s awesome", so fingers crossed!

 

[Otaku-sempai]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Batman Knightfall Is The Next DC Animated Movie"​

"One of the most iconic comic panels of all time is the image of Bane cracking Batman’s spine over his knee while yelling “…BREAK YOU!!” He breaks him in Knightfall, first released in 1993 and the next story from the DC library to get its own animated treatment. DC and Warner Bros made the announcement at NYCC.

Knightfall is one of the most important Batman stories and one that changed everything. Up to that point Batman was best known for being totally invincible and coming prepared for any situation, no matter how outlandish. A roided-out South American man in a lucha mask decided he could change that if he tried hard enough. So he wove an elaborate scheme to break all of Batman’s villains out of Gotham and have Bats fight them all in just one night. Then, when Bruce was exhausted and just wanted the comfort of his cushy rich-guy bed, that’s when super-muscular Bane would appear to finish him off.

It actually worked. Bane beat Batman on his first try. “The Man Who Broke The Bat,” he became known as. Bruce had to recuperate and stay in bed while his spine healed, and someone who called himself Azrael handled the job of Batman until he was better. Knightfall was a turning point for the Batman comic and the introduction of the “Bat-Family” as we know it. After this point Batman no longer fought crime alone."

Read the full article here.

Also reporting a 4-part adaptation. Source?

EDIT: I submitted the article to IMDb and it was rejected. At this point it seems like IMDb has something against the site Anime Superhero itself, though no reason was given.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Bill Dunn did background paint for the movie.

 

[-batmat-]

4 movies seems a bit overkill, but, here's hoping for the best.

 

[Otaku-sempai]

Bill Dunn did background paint for the movie.

Huh. I know that Antarctic Press' Ben Dunn has a brother; I wonder if that's Bill?

4 movies seems a bit overkill, but, here's hoping for the best.

There is a lot of story within the three arcs, so I can maybe see it? It's also been proposed that the fourth part would adapt the Batman: Prodigal story arc.

 

[Dallas Kinard]

Please please please have beautiful, fluid animation in the vein of Superman/Batman Public Enemies and Apocalypse.

Please be a standalone flick with zero ties to any pre-existing continuity.

Please have the epic tone and vibe that Under The Red Hood and The Dark Knight Returns has.

Please be good! This story deserves the best this DTV line has to offer. I want the best composers, animators and writers on this one project.

 

[Otaku-sempai]

Please please please have beautiful, fluid animation in the vein of Superman/Batman Public Enemies and Apocalypse.

Please be a standalone flick with zero ties to any pre-existing continuity.

Please have the epic tone and vibe that Under The Red Hood and The Dark Knight Returns has.

Please be good! This story deserves the best this DTV line has to offer. I want the best composers, animators and writers on this one project.

Well, as stand-alone as a multi-part adaptation can be.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Looking through the replies in this Instagram post Jeremy Adams ("Spacekicker") says the movie will have 3 parts.

 

[Yojimbo]

Looking through the replies in this Instagram post Jeremy Adams ("Spacekicker") says the movie will have 3 parts.

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Thanks for finding that (and quickly squashing this dumb question that shouldn't have been a question at all and just been stated from the start in the PR).

 

[Frontier]

Jeremy Adams confirms Robin will be Tim Drake in the movie.

 

[Yojimbo]

Jeremy Adams confirms Robin will be Tim Drake in the movie.

No offense, but a really unnecessary concern. I was surprised people thought they wouldn't use Tim. It would be a concern if the DTVs had an ongoing canon still going but it doesn't.

 

[Frontier]

No offense, but a really unnecessary concern. I was surprised people thought they wouldn't use Tim. It would be a concern if the DTVs had an ongoing canon still going but it doesn't.

Honestly I know people soured on the in-continuity stuff but there's a part of me that can't help but wonder how they would've approached Knightfall in the DCAMU.

I remember James Tucker talking at one point about having ideas about adapting Damian's death and Tim.

 

[RoyalRubble]

That Tim Drake confirmation is in the same Instagram post from before. In fact that's how I found it in the first place but figured three parts trump one Tim in this case.