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From West to Bale, a ranking of the best movie versions of Batman

Who is the best Batman?

Robert Pattinson’s first foray as the Caped Crusader with The Batman is hitting theaters March 4. He’s the latest in a long line of actors to take on the iconic superhero, and early returns are good.

Reviews are praising the film, with Rotten Tomatoes giving the DCEU addition a “Certified Fresh” rating at 85 percent. Matt Reeves directs as Pattinson’s Batman faces off against the Riddler and the Penguin with the help of Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman).

It has a long run time — an impressive two hours and 56 minutes — but 92 percent of audiences have given the movie a thumbs up.

In honor of Pattinson donning the tell-tale mask, we decided to rank some of the previous Gotham defenders. Keep in mind, this only takes into account their performance as Batman, not as Bruce Wayne, and does not include Pattinson (yet).

New ‘Gotham Knights’ trailer shows Robin and Batgirl will take on the Court of Owls

Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood will have their hands full in this new third-person brawler from WB Games Montréal.

A new story trailer for Gotham Knights dropped during DC Fandome on Saturday, and with it came a bunch of details on the game’s setting and lore.

Set in Gotham City in rapid decline after the death of Batman himself, Gotham Knights  is about his successors Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl, teaming up with Red Hood to take on the Court of Owls — a cult of rich folks who try to influence everything in town with nefarious intent. Huge jerks, basically. Seem like WB Games Montréal is making them the big bad of Gotham Knights, or they’ll play enough of a part the focus of the DC Fandome trailer for the game.

Check out the new story trailer for Gotham Knight for yourself below.

It sure looks bleak, or at least it does when compared to the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League story trailer that also came out of DC Fandome. Hopefully, we’ll see some more gameplay for Gotham Knights before it launches sometime in 2022. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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New ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’ art shows off its team of deviant heroes

Harley Quinn and King Shark, what more could you ask for?

Rocksteady is sharing Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League  character artwork all over Twitter of everyone’s favorite, ahem, well-intentioned messy do-gooders, and they have never looked better.

Ahead of DC Fandome happening later this month, staff at Rocksteady Studios are slowly revealing some spiffy new art of each squad member. From familiar faces like Harley Quinn to lesser-known (yet still beloved) folks like Deadshot, every character looks pretty sick. Especially King Shark, who is very likely sick in the literal sense. Because he eats people, you see! 

Since I’m such a ridiculously generous person, I’ll gather all the tweets showing off the Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League character renders below. That way, you don’t need to go hunting for them. Let’s begin!

First up is Deadshot, who radiates “disappointed dad” energy, according to Rocksteady’s marketing manager Gaz Deaves.

Next is Captain Boomerang, who looks kind of like a sleazy used car salesman that’s really into airsoft.

Everybody’s favorite fish-man is here. Not voiced by Sylvester Stallone this go-around, sadly.

Last and by no means least is Harley Quinn. Thankfully totally separate from The Joker. She’s too good for him, anyway.

There’s also a new DC Fandome trailer with a short clip of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League in motion too. It’s at the 0:33 mark of the video below, blink and you’ll miss it.

Rocksteady also said that gameplay for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will be at DC Fandome on Oct. 16, which should be pretty exciting. After all, it’s hard not to be stoked that the studio behind Batman: Arkham Asylum is making a new game. Hopefully, it will turn out better than Marvel’s Avengers.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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Batman gets into esports as DC partners with FaZe Clan for new comic book

Who knew the Caped Crusader’s ELO was so high?

Holy colorful computer chairs, Batman! DC Comics is collaborating with FaZe Clan on a limited edition comic book where several content creators will transform into superheroes. 

The first issue of this collaboration features Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Batwoman teaming up with FaZe Clan to fight The Joker, Mr. Freeze, and The Riddler. At least, that’s what we can glean from the cover art, anyway.

“DC is excited to partner with FaZe Clan to share this custom Batman story with their amazing gaming fans,” Daniel Cherry III, general manager at DC Comics, said via Esports Insider. “This partnership is a great opportunity to invite even more fans into the iconic DC universe.” 

Check out the teaser for this collaboration for yourself below.

“The limited-edition comic will feature popular FaZe Clan members like Banks, Apex, Temperrr, Rain, Adapt, Rug and Blaze in Super Hero form,” DC Comics said on its official blog. “And this is just the beginning. There’s even more FaZe Clan and Batman coming in Batman Month that fans won’t want to miss, including limited-edition Batman and FaZe Clan merchandise like esports jerseys, tees, hoodies and more.”

The comic will be out on Sept. 24 for those that dig these sorts of crossovers. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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Zack Snyder’s Darkseid photo doesn’t mean his ‘Justice League’ cut will be good

The movie comes out on HBO Now in 2021

Snyder fans, you were right.

After sending just one, single tweet, Zack Snyder’s unreleased cut of the Justice League movie is already so much better than the original 2017 version.

This morning, Snyder sent a tweeted out what seems to be a preview thumbnail from his cut of the Justice League movie set to debut on HBO Now in 2021.

It was a picture of Darkseid — one of the most diabolical, yet captivating, villains in DC Comic lore. He’s one of the main foils of the Justice League. His alien species is classified as “New God” and, if that isn’t terrifying enough, he’s bent on destroying all sentient life across the universe. Basically, he’s Thanos but way worse.

This picture of Darkseid and his intergalactic army sends absolute shivers down your spine as a DC Comics fan.

Now, don’t get me wrong. Seeing this picture and knowing that there is a Justice League movie coming with Darkseid in it is probably going to be the highlight of my week.

But at the same time, it’s so hard for me to actually get excited about this movie.

We’ve got to be honest about DC Comics and their cinematic universe. To this point? It hasn’t been good. And that’s putting it kindly. Their hits since the Dark Knight trilogy have come so few and far between.

Maybe the most critically acclaimed one, Joker, isn’t even a part of their main cinematic universe structure. Out of the ones that are, Wonder Woman is probably the best of them. And that was from 2017.

The original cut of the Justice League film that also came out in 2017 was, maybe, the worst film yet. Snyder was originally the director of the film but he stepped away after the untimely passing of his daughter. The film was passed on to Joss Whedon, but Snyder maintains that the product we saw was not true to the version of the movie originally intended to create.

So there’s hope for this film to be good. But as a DC Comics fan, still, you’ve been burned enough to know not to get your hopes up. After all, this is the same team that came up with the fantastic idea of giving us the B-Side cut of this movie in the first place.

Now, four years later, we’re getting the right version of this? I don’t know, bruh. Something feels off.

This movie can certainly be good — I hope it is! But I’m just not holding my breath.