Batman: Knightfall to Get Multi-Part Animated Movie Adaptation

Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced astatine New York Comic Con connected Friday that the iconic aboriginal ‘90s DC Comics storyline Batman: Knightfall is being adapted into a multi-part animated film.

The movie – directed by Jeff Wamester and written by Jeremy Adams – is presently successful accumulation for a 2026 release. The authoritative crippled synopsis for Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall follows:

“When the mysterious behemoth known lone arsenic Bane frees Batman’s full Rogue’s Gallery from Arkham Asylum, the Caped Crusader is pushed to his intelligence and carnal breaking point.”

The movie's logo tin beryllium seen below.

Behind the scenes, Rick Morales serves arsenic Supervising Producer alongside Producers Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau. Sam Register and Michael Uslan are Executive Producers connected Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall.

The celebrated comics tally Batman: Knightfall was created by Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Dennis O’Neil, Peter David, Jo Duffy, Jim Aparo, Graham Nolan, Norm Breyfogle, and Jim Balent.

Although Batman: Knightfall came successful astatine #15 connected IGN’s picks for the apical 27 champion Batman comics and graphic novels, we inactive expressed mixed feelings astir its execution:

“Knightfall is an illustration of a communicative that overcomes the shortcomings of its creation and writing, which were flawed if lone due to the fact that of respective change-ups implicit its work … The communicative shows wherefore Bruce Wayne’s morality makes him the perfect Batman. He is uniquely suited to beryllium the benignant of leader that Gotham needs, which is made plain by juxtaposing him with the murderous Azreal.”

Elements of Batman: Knightfall made their mode into Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises wherever Tom Hardy’s Bane broke Batman’s backmost and took implicit Gotham City.

No connection yet connected the dependable formed oregon the archetypal trailer for Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall volition beryllium revealed.