The films (and their marketing) have become obsessed with this kind of sliding scale of “dark” and “light” Batman adventures. That dynamic carried over to films like Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, and most recently, The Lego Batman Movie, which forced Batman to come out of his cave and crack a Dad joke or two. That isn’t exactly faulty thinking - Robin’s role when he was first introduced in the comics was to gather and maintain younger readership. Home EntertainmentĪt least at far as Batman movies have been concerned, Robin’s role has been to inject some levity into a usually grim storyline. Hollywood hasn’t ever seen this Robin Photo: Warner Bros. For those who don’t know, Damian is the secret love child of Bruce Wayne and Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter Talia, and he eventually takes on the mantle of Robin.Īnyone expecting Brave and the Bold to feature a new, peppy partner turning Batman into a brighter, less conflicted character may be very much surprised.
(At least not yet.) Instead, according to Gunn’s announcement, it will feature Batman dealing with his own biological child, Damian Wayne.
What little we know about the new Batman film indicates that it will also be a team-up movie, only he won’t be hanging out with heroes like Plastic Man or Metamorpho. A lot of the fun comes from seeing the various outlandish characters of the DC universe bounce off the Dark Knight’s tight-lipped countenance. In a Brave and the Bold story, familiar DC characters team up, most famously with Batman. And among re-imaginings of Superman, Swamp Thing, and Green Lantern came the newest movie incarnation of Batman: Brave and the Bold.įor comic book and cartoon fans, the name recalls a famed title in the annals of DC. After a decade of tumultuous overhaul, he presented a slate that’s intended to provide a coherent universe across movies, TV, cartoons, and video games. 31, James Gunn, freshly named as DC Studios co-CEO, announced his slate of projects for the new version of the DC Universe.
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