{"id":215266,"date":"2025-10-10T21:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/215266\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:56:07","slug":"knightfall-animated-films-set-at-warner-bros-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/215266\/","title":{"rendered":"Knightfall&#8217; Animated Films Set at Warner Bros. Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA multi-part animated film adaptation of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/batman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_batman\" data-tag=\"batman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Batman<\/a>: Knightfall\u201d is currently in production, Variety has learned.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe announcement was made at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/new-york-comic-con-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_new-york-comic-con-2\" data-tag=\"new-york-comic-con-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Comic-Con<\/a> at the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/warner-bros-animation\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warner-bros-animation\" data-tag=\"warner-bros-animation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warner Bros. Animation<\/a> panel \u201cThe Art Knight: Batman in Animation.\u201d The first part of\u201dBatman: Knightfall\u201d is slated to debut in 2026, with an exact premiere date to be announced at a later time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe film is based on the Batman comic book arc of the same name that was released in three parts between 1993 and 1994. It was created by Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Dennis O\u2019Neil, Peter David, Jo Duffy, Jim Aparo, Graham Nolan, Norm Breyfogle, and Jim Balent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt is widely regarded as one of the best Batman stories of all time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe official logline states, \u201cWhen the mysterious behemoth known only as Bane frees Batman\u2019s entire Rogue\u2019s Gallery from Arkham Asylum, the Caped Crusader is pushed to his mental and physical breaking point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cBatman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall\u201d is directed by Jeff Wamester and written by Jeremy Adams. Rick Morales serves as supervising producer alongside producers Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau. Sam Register and Michael Uslan are executive producers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cKnightfall\u201d has never been directly adapted for the screen, though it has been referenced in numerous Batman projects over the years. Perhaps most famously, elements of the storyline were incorporated into the film \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne\/Batman and Tom Hard as Bane. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPrevious Batman animated films include \u201cBatman: Death in the Family,\u201d \u201cBatman: The Killing Joke,\u201d and \u201cBatman: Under the Red Hood.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A multi-part animated film adaptation of \u201cBatman: Knightfall\u201d is currently in production, Variety has learned. 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