HOLY ’60S, BATMAN! WB TO LICENSE TV CHARACTERS

In the decade of The Dark Knight, the campy Batman television series of the 1960s seems oddly old-fashioned, but Warner Bros. presumably believes there’s still life in the old series yet. It announced a new licensing and merchandising program today (Thursday) built around the “Dynamic Duo” of Batman and Robin and their iconic enemies including […]

NOLAN REMOVES JOKER FROM BATMAN’S DECK

Showing his hand early, at least when it comes to casting the role of the Joker, director Christopher Nolan said Monday that the character will be eliminated in the next Batman movie, scheduled to premiere in July 2012. The character, who was portrayed on television by Cesar Romero and Mark Hamill, and in movies by […]