New Batman Movie Officially Confirms Bane as Main Villain in Epic Trailer
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Key Points:
- Warner Bros is adapting the iconic Batman: Knightfall storyline into a trilogy of animated features, with the first trailer released at the Annency Animation Film Festival.
- The story follows Batman, voiced by Anson Mount, as he faces escalating chaos in Gotham from villains like Joker, Two-Face, and Bane, who ultimately breaks Batman’s back, leading to the rise of a new Dark Knight, Jean-Paul Valley.
- The trilogy marks the first animated appearances of Valley's high-tech Batman costume and his vigilante persona Azrael, highlighting his brutal methods that challenge the original Batman.
- Batman: Knightfall was originally conceived by Batman editor Dennis O'Neil and a team of creators in the 1990s, exploring themes of violence and heroism, and was loosely adapted into the film The Dark Knight Rises.
- The animated trilogy is directed by Jeff Wamester, written by Jeremy Adams, with Rick Morales as supervising producer and executive producers Sam Register and Michael Uslan.
