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FilmPG-132008

Batman: Gotham Knight

ActionCrimeAnimationDramaScience Fiction

Directed by Futoshi Higashide, Yasuhiro Aoki, Jong-Sik Nam

Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City. From TMDB

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Batman: Gotham Knight is a 2008 action crime animation film, directed by Futoshi Higashide and Yasuhiro Aoki, starring Kevin Conroy, Jason Marsden and Scott Menville.

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  • ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    James Gunn says he’s open to a ‘Batman Beyond’ film in the future. “I love Batman Beyond. So that’s a great thing for the future. And I think that’s something that originated in animation that could be a good movie.” (via: HOLA! USA/IG)

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  • Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    If you accept (as you should) that every Batman’s origin story involves young Bruce Wayne seeing a Zorro movie with his parents the night they were killed, then we must accept as canon that Affleck’s Bruce Wayne became Batman because he saw ZORRO, THE GAY BLADE in 1981. RIP, Peter Medak.

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  • Chris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    Kicking myself that I didn’t mention on Wednesday that BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #3 features covers by Goran Parlov (the 1st work for DC!), Brian Bolland (with the Clayface movie variant), Jim Cheung, Diego Olortegui, and Flops!!

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  • Chris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    It’s the last piece of my self-imposed Batman EGOT. Make a Batman comic ✅ Work on a Batman cartoon ✅ Work on a Batman movie ✅ Have a Batman figure/statue based on my work …

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  • Chris DeRose @scratchyderose.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Rewatching The Crow and Dark City as double feature. I swear to god Alex Proyas should’ve directed a Batman Movie in the 90s. The gothic, grungy, art deco city setting in these two movies would’ve slapped hard for a Batman movie.

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  • Bob Chipman ("MovieBob") @bobchipman.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    "CLAYFACE." Full review embargoes lift tomorrow but it's good 👍 Old-fashioned mid-budget horror movie with aspirations to a male-POV take on "THE SUBSTANCE" - sure, let's do one of these for every Batman-nemesis if they can be this compact and fun 😁

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  • Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Honestly my thoughts are more with Matt Reeves at what is clearly a very difficult time than a Batman movie. It sounds like it is being very sensitively handled.

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  • Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    It rules that the two best possible versions of animated Batman, one film noir and one brightly goofy, already exist.

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  • WheatQuirr @wheatquirr.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    buddy, let me tell you about a little film called The Lego Batman Movie.

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  • 🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    I would 100% prefer a Steven Soderbergh Batman movie

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  • Matt G. ♾️🍉 (15 days 🎂) @artistsince05.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    A couple of sketches of Andrea Beaumont from Batman:Mask of the Phantasm that I drew based on scenes of the film. #artistonbsky #as05 #humanart #traditionalart #batman #andreabeaumont

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  • Grainne @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 26, 2026

    Robert Pattinson Praises Steven Soderbergh for Stepping in to Finish ‘Batman 2′ Filming After Matt Reeves’ Exit: ‘Completely Selfless’.

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  • theJLM / Jeremiah Lee McVay (he/him) @thejlm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    The last 4 movies I watched... Porco Rosso The Lego Batman Movie Rain Man Digger And since I skipped last week, also watched: You Can See Everything Rosemary's Baby Nuremberg Prince of Darkness Charlotte's Web #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj

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  • Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    "Clayface failing at the box office tells us that comics movies are dead!" I mean maybe, but also: making a movie about a c-tier Batman villain was a pretty silly idea

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  • The Enigma of Amigara Walt @blackcasebook.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Somebody should make a podcast about empire, Marxism, Orientalism, myth and folklore, subjectivity, postmodernism, existentialism, the culture industry, American political history, Qabala, Gothic literature, film noir, and Batman

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  • James Harvey @ The World's Finest @worldsfinest.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    The acclaimed "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker" animated movie was originally slated to premiere on this day (Oct. 31) back in 2000. However, demanded edits to trim the violence and ease the tone resulted in the film being pushed back until Dec. 12, 2000. #BatmanBeyond #Batman

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  • Hit 'Em in the Bskets @wykstrad.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Even funnier is that there is also a Mexico City Dia De Los Muertos parade in Batman vs Superman, and for that one the city apparently said, "Eh, I think we'll wait until this happens in a better movie before adopting it."

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  • Dave @dheberer.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Nothing here is so bad I would warn you away from it, I would either recommend Dr. Phibes because you need a Batman '66 Saw/Se7en movie in your life or No Hard Feelings because it got fun crazy a few times and that's good enough.

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  • Michael J. Miller @mycomicrelief.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    It’s #LetterboxdFriday again! My #LastFourWatched shows an unplanned progression of Anne Hathaway movie, Batman movie, Anne Hathaway movie, Batman movie. So the logical question is…do I ride this trend to its inevitable conclusion in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’??

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  • Uncle Hershey (BDay 10/21)♎ @unclehershey.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Cumming this week! Just in time for Halloween! Batman Fucks Robin! Halloween Cosplay with @andydyme.bsky.social film by @vinnybanana.bsky.social edited by @ryanspadexxx.bsky.social for @nyseed.bsky.social

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  • Sammi Lou Thorne @sammi2009.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    Saturday last week was an all physical media day - some non-horror (depending on how you look at it) snuck in: #lastfourwatched for #letterboxdfriday Batman v. Superman Dawn of Justice The Blob Ill: Final Contagium San Andreas

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  • Schlockluster Video @schlocklustervideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    On October 13, 2012, Batman: The Movie was screened on Svengoolie. Here’s a new drawing of Adam West!

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  • A L I E N Cerny @alancerny.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Making movies is the best set of electric trains a kid ever had, to paraphrase Orson Welles. Matt Reeves wouldn’t have left if it wasn’t important. It’s a Batman movie. The character will survive.

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  • James Harvey @ The World's Finest @worldsfinest.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    The "Batman vs. Two-Face" animated movie debuted on this day (Oct. 10) in 2017. The second DC Animated Movie title based on the classic live-action "Batman" TV series, this far-out flick introduces Two-Face, who aims to transform Gotham into a city of Two-Faces! #Batman66 #Batman

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  • Spook E. Peyote @niceandinnocent.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    My favorite thing about this song is that it's from a Batman movie

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  • 🎃 🩸 𝕂𝕪𝕝𝕖 𝕆𝕣𝕕 🩸 🎃 @therealkyleord.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    Yesterday we saw #Clayface and i effin loved it. Baby Kyle was so excited to see one of his favorite Batman villains not only in live action, but in a horror movie. The possibilities are endless with the character and seeing his abilities utilized in some creative ways was a hoot! Recommend

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  • The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.comBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Cinematographer Greig Fraser (Dune, The Batman, Rogue One): “Every day was the most complicated day. How do you capture a puppet without a face in a rolling circle with no gravity. Then there are stairs and steps to factor in. Everything was a challenge, but an awesome challenge.”

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  • HENNY OMEGA @homunculusdick.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2026

    I'm rewatching Batman (1989) and this is a goddamn MOVIE.

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  • Sean @huckelcommasean.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Vance is the guy in a Batman movie who yells, “IT’S DA BAT!” before dropping his gun and running

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  • Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    The concept art for the indie horror movie FROM BEYOND was done by comics legend Neal Adams, the definitive Batman and Green Lantern artist who also did amazingly influential work on X-Men.

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  • Skeletal Stephie 🏳️‍⚧️ @stephiesparda.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Oh, and another another example for me is basically everything having to with the way Barbara Gordon is treated in The Killing Joke. It's hard for me to appreciate it's impact on Batman stories going forward when Barbara getting fridged leaves such a bad taste in my mouth. The film is so much worse.

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  • SHINY @1800video.gamesBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Went back and checked some old Batman. Love the look of Gotham and the architecture. YCSE was incredibly done. Excellent meta narrative of trusting the media. The Stuff has a good movie in there somewhere. The effects were very neat.

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  • Wildmimic @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 17, 2026

    The best movies i have seen in my life for me personally were probably: - Sharknado (all of them) because of their absurdity. It's something to laugh at, and they do not aspire to be anything else, which is something we all need from time to time, while it is seldom provided. Honorable mention for anything Monty Python. - Nolan's Batman movies, because they capture the atmosphere Batman Movies deserve perfectly (I am not a fan of his later stuff tho. Dunkirk was fine but somewhat boring…

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  • spoonshiro @spoonshiro.comBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    Starship Troopers The Crow Conan the Barbarian Aliens Mortal Kombat 1995 Superman 2 Batman Returns Grease Just about every animated Disney movie (except Rescuers Down Under, that movie is rad)

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  • 🎃 Ryan S. Pumpkins 🎃 (Any Questions?) @ryanwritesgood.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Any time anyone brings up "Batman Forever" (a movie I unironically love) I am compelled to tell people that as much fun as both Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones seem to be having, the movie made Jones absolutely despise being on set with Carrey, saying "I cannot sanction your buffonery."

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Silent film star Francis X. Bushman's final role was as a wealthy collector of silent pictures and promoter of a silent film festival on TV's Batman (1966).

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  • Clifford Batteau @cliffordbatteau.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    Pointing out between both sides of Skydance, two most successful movies at box office this year between both came out after summer movie season AND both on the WB side, one is a low budget horror movie based off a Batman rogue, and the other is a Wile E. Coyote movie THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO RELEASE

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  • OMACTIVATE @mikemyersbrunch.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    My Clayface journey continues as I read Batman #40 for the first time. Man the first Clayface Basil Karlo wants to kill everyone on the cast of his movie that made him famous because he was fired from the industry for being an asshole. Bruce is dating an actress so gets involved.

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  • Matt Anderson @mattbegins.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    While I know his career spanned far beyond the world of comic books, there will always be a part of me that wishes Patrick Stewart played Mister Freeze in a live action Batman movie. RIP.

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  • CadMunt @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 26, 2026

    If marijuana or masturbation aren't cutting it, rewatch some familiar TV - TNG, X-Files, Batman TAS. The familiarity usually puts me out, sometimes I'll watch six episodes and get an hour sleep.

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  • John Jackson Miller @ GalaxyCon St. Louis @farawaypress.comBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    Can‘t let Clayface week end without mentioning BATMAN: RESURRECTION features our own take on the character — connecting his origin to Tim Burton’s 1989 BATMAN film. The hardcover is still in print, two years after release! Also ebook, softcover, and audio. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/750157...

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  • Nat Harkness 🇵🇷🏳‍⚧🧹 #VisionDivison @peanutbutterwhisky.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    "Keep pulling MCU shit" and it's wanting Gunn and Safran to develop the Batman movie they announced on their own volition 3 years ago. Nobody develops Batman Beyond until we know The Brave and the Bold still has a director.

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  • K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    hear me out: they should have made a Batman movie in 1982 just to have George Carlin be a completely deranged Riddler www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eNk...

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  • TheImpressiveX @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 29, 2026

    Batman Casting in DC Universe ‘Isn’t Far Away,’ Says James Gunn: A ‘Movie Star’ Isn’t Mandatory but He’ll Be ‘Around the Same Age’ as Superman.

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  • ToughPigs @toughpigs.comBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    New podcast! We have QUESTIONS about Kermit’s Swamp Years! PLUS: Who’s the first Muppet onscreen in this movie? What musical is “Over the Rainbow” from? Miss Piggy’s Broadway sheet music book! Me First and the Gimme Gimmes! Batman never dies! And we’re not ready for this episode to be over!

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  • Paula @totallypaula.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    Newcomer Tom Rhys Harries brings a pathos to Clayface that makes you feel sympathy for the killer. A villain from the Batman universe the film was entertaining. Although Mike Flanagan has a co-writing credit, he has distanced himself from the film. You decide . ⚖️🦇 #FilmSky #Shocktober #BodyHorror

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  • James Harvey @ The World's Finest @worldsfinest.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    The "Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman" animated movie premiered on this day (Oct. 21) in 2003! Released on home video with the Catwoman-centric "Chase Me" animated short, this third animated movie based on Batman: The Animated Series introduced the mysterious Batwoman! #BatmanTAS #Batman

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  • Count Paxula @paxholley.comBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Add “for Tax Purposes” to a movie. Batman Returns for Tax Purposes

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    James Gunn is open to ‘BATMAN BEYOND’ becoming a future DC film. “I love Batman Beyond. So that's a great thing for the future. And I think that's something that originated in animation that could be a good movie.” (via Hola! USA/IG) #BatmanBeyond #JamesGunn

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  • Rain Dog @brushwolf.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    oh fuck yes the best Batman movie ever made is free on YouTube youtu.be/RVoMRsFdX-Q

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  • Mark 🏳️‍🌈 @mark55.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Watch The Batman for Halloween because I fucking love this movie.

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  • Night of the Living Dave @aferaldavid.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nRA... this remains the best sequence in any Batman movie

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  • Dustin Quillen @dustinquillen.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    The headlines that really get my goat are like, “Chris Pratt’s Batman Movie Leaving Netflix Tomorrow” and you think, “What? That dude is not in a Batman movie,” then you click the article and it’s about The Lego Movie, which technically has a Batman in it (This is a real thing that happened to me.)

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  • James Harvey @ The World's Finest @worldsfinest.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the highly-anticipated "Batman: Knightfall Part 2: Knightquest" animated movie will be available on physical and digital media starting Dec. 15, 2026. Check out the press details here: dcanimated.com/2026/11/batm... #Batman #BatmanKnightfall

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  • Guy Blexas @convolutedname.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    Put out the trailer for a new Star Wars movie today! Announce a new Batman casting! Go nuts!

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  • 💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    fun trivia; in this film, Arthur Holmwood is portrayed by a young Michael Gough, who would go on to play Alfred in the Burton-era Batman films.

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  • Doc Beechler @docbeechler.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Remember, The Batman is a Halloween through Election Night film

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  • Dial Liz-Z for Zombie (Lizzy Rose Oliver) @lizzyrosevo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    While it started based on music, I have a love for the more visual arts (paintings and movies) that can be described as goth. I'm that weird girl who's gonna put Batman Returns on the Christmas movie watch list XD

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  • loz @turquoisehexagon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday Wild Horse Nine (2026), The Mummy (1999), The Batman (2022), Return to Silent Hill (2026) ❤️🎥🎬📽️ @letterboxd.social

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  • pnwricky ☔️ @itsrickypnw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    This movie was intense! I love Batman and have been waiting for them to dig deeper into his Rogue gallery. It was great to see them bring Clayface to the big screen. He scared me as a kid on the cartoon and now as an adult this movie was legit scary body horror.

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