FIRST LOOK at BATMAN YEAR ONE - DC UNIVERSE Animated Film Images

Finally! DC Universe is finally starting to release some images from their next animated film, BATMAN: YEAR ONE. Of course we're talking about the animation-version of the famous Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli Graphic Novel by the same name. Today, The Hollywood Reporter got some EXCLUSIVE images from the movie. We also get a list of the voice actors: Bryan Cranston ( AMC's Breaking Bad ) is playing Jim Gordon, Ben McKenzie is Bruce Wayne / Batman, Eliza Dushku is Selina Kyle / Catwoman, and Katee Sackhoff is Detective Sarah Essen.

Video - The Dark Knight Rises: Gary Oldman Interview ( Batman Movie )

Actor Gary Oldman (Commissioner Jim Gordon) chats to Adrian Hieatt from Absolute Radio about the upcoming Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises". Gary reveals everything he's allowed to say so far about the top-secret script, how Director Christopher Nolan manages to keep things secret, and working with Tom Hardy ( Bane, the Villain ).

Video - Gary Oldman Spills a Little Bit About THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman Movie

In this MTV Interview Video Clip Gary Oldman ( Commissioner Jim Gordon ) talks a little bit about the next Batman movie, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES! Of course he is sworn to secrecy & we don't get too much information, but at least he's talking about it, ha!

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Funny BATMAN Humor Comic Strips!

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, whew! OK, here are 2 extremely funny Batman-related comic strips submitted by a couple of awesome Bat-Blog Fans. They know who they are & I wanna tell them, "Thanks guys, these humor comics are hilarious!!". Readers, be sure to click on them for larger, more readable, versions.

Strange BATMAN Advertising From Argentina!

Here's a really weird piece of Batman history I came across the other day. It's a picture of an advertisement that might have appeared in a vintage comic book. I'm pretty sure that it is from Argentina. It features Batman, Robin, & Jim Gordon. It looks like they are trying to sell Strawberry Yogurt??? It's made to look like a comic book page & it's titled "El Acertijo", which means, "The Riddler". But, the Riddler character is NOT in the ad...yes, very strange. If anybody can read this, or knows about its origin, then please let us know.

Jerry's Photos: CUSTOM BATMAN 12" HOT TOYS FIGURES

Our good friend Jerry, who lives in Taiwan, sent us some amazing photos the other day. He recently went to a store at some shopping mall in Taipei City called "Taiwan Figure Union". He said he saw a lot of awesome stuff, such as these 12" Batman Movie Custom Figures that some Bat-Fans got to display in the front store windows. I have to say that they are all very impressive with really great head sculpts. I mean, some of them look just like the original actors! The main focus for most of the dolls appear to be the 2005 BATMAN BEGINS movie, but in photo #2 we get to see a version from an earlier Batman movie, maybe 1992 BATMAN RETURNS-inspired. They made one of the "R'as al Ghul" character & it looks exactly like Liam Neeson, ha! They also made a more Modern Day "Comic Book JOKER" but used the body from THE DARK KNIGHT Heath Ledger figure by HOT TOYS ( in fact, I think all these customs were made using HOT TOYS bodies and it was just the heads & clothing that were customized ). The one of Police Sergeant Jim Gordon is one of my personal favorites as they did an amazing job on Gary Oldman's face. They did a few variations on Bruce Wayne's character which are pretty interesting. Overall, I would have to say that I'm very very impressed with all of these. As a side-note: I'm not really sure if they were all done by one artist or many different ones, but either way, very great work! Also, I wanna thank Jerry for taking the time to shoot these pics & sharing his love of the Batman Character with us. It's really neat seeing what goes on in Taiwan & it's so cool that there are serious Bat-Fans there too!!

Cracked BATMAN PARODY Video: Is It Time For Batman To Tone It Down?

OK, From the Cracked Magazine website we get this totally funny Batman Parody video titled, "IS IT TIME FOR BATMAN TO TONE IT DOWN?". It's deals with the way that the Dark Knight totally abuses all the villains & bad guys that he catches, it's hilarious!

Is it Time For Batman to Tone it Down? -- powered by Cracked.com

VIDEO: BATMAN VANISHING! By College Humor

College Humor has just made another parody-spoof of The Dark Knight Batman movie & it's pretty funny! It features Jim Gordon talking on the roof of the Gotham City Police Department building with Batman...enjoy!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Learning Spanish: Batman in the Latin American Culture!

One aspect of the Bat-Blog that I really enjoy is getting to meet people from all over the world who love the character. It's totally crazy to me how Batman is so popular all over the globe. I think that's neat. Now, one thing I like to do here every now & then is cover Batman-related news from other places but a lot of times I totally can't understand the language. Sadly, I only speak English & if a website or other information is in another language ( like German, Spanish, Japanese, etc...) then I'm screwed! It mainly happens when I talk about brand-new bat-merchandise ( Toys, Comic Books, etc ) I have found outside the USA. Now of course I don't mean for this to be offensive in any way. I'm just an idiot who only speaks one language, ha ha! Well, the other day a friend of mine who lives extremely far away sent me a wonderful list of a few "Batman Words" that are in Spanish. I thought it was pretty interesting so here it is ( Hey, You didn't know you were gonna learn something new today, did you? ):

• Bruce Wayne is Bruno Diaz
• Dick Grayson is Ricardo Tapia
• The Joker is El Guason
• Catwoman is Gatubela
• Batgirl is Batichica
• Gordon is Fierro
• The Riddler is El Acertijo
• Mr Freeze is Capitan Frio
  

Video: BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM Video Game Trailer With BANE!

Our good friend Brian sent us this amazing video featuring brand-new footage from the BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM Video Game. It features the super-villain, BANE!! This game just keeps looking better all the time! ( Thanks Brian ).

Actor PAT HINGLE Died - He played Commissioner Gordon in the early BATMAN Movies

Actor Pat Hingle, who played Commissioner Jim Gordon in the Batman movies from 1989 through 1997, died on Saturday. He was only 84 years old. Friends of the family say he has battled heath problems the last few years. His last role was in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" which came out in 2006. On a personal level I always liked this guy, both in the Batman movies, & many other films he did. Plus, as a regular person, he always seemed like a really cool guy. He will be missed. . . Rest in Peace. As sort of tribute I found this recent video of him talking about his life. It's titled "Pat Hingle, In His Own Words".

LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT Action Figure Box Set

New from DC Direct, next year, will be a special LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT Action Figures Set. It will include Batman, The Joker, Two-Face, & GCPD Commissioner James Gordon. This box set includes all four action figures, all featuring brand new paint application, as well as LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT SPECIAL, a unique 64-page collection of stories featuring each character’s secret origin and other tales. Personally, I really like the figure of Jim Gordon, that's awesome! Release Date: On sale June 17, 2009.

Video: VINTAGE 1966 BATMAN TV Commercial Promo Spot

If you love Batman like I do - you'll love this prehistoric promo spot, kinda like a TV commercial, for the new, and hottest show on television - BATMAN! ( Hey, it was new at one time you know ). Pulled from a 1966 episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - you'll see Comissioner Jim Gordon ( Neil Hamilton ) telling you to watch Batman on ABC - on Wednesday and Thursday night. This is in B&W - a very rare piece of media promoting one of the top TV shows in the history of televsion broadcasting. Nanna nanna nannaaa BATMAN!

THE DARK KNIGHT TV Interviews : Christian Bale & Gary Oldman on July 14th

More actors from THE DARK KNIGHT Batman movie will be making the rounds of some of the TV talk shows. On Monday, July 14th, Christian Bale ( Batman and Bruce Wayne ) will appear, very early in the morning, on The Today Show. Then Gary Oldman ( Lt. James "Jim" Gordon ) will have an interview on 2 different TV shows: The View, in the afternoon, & then The Late Show with Conan O'Brian. Please check your local listings for the time.

Video: THE DARK KNIGHT Viral Marketing at ACME Security Systems

Here's an interesting video that TOYSREVIL put up at YouTube that features the recording of Jim Gordon's voice. Basically, it's the phone call you receive from the "ACME Security Systems" website that is a part of the viral marketing by Warner Bros for The Dark Knight Batman movie.

THE DARK KNIGHT: Message From Jim Gordon, GCPD

Today, as a part of the Acme Security Systems ( Gotham City ) website I got an e-mail from Jim Gordon. It reads,

"My friend,

Indictments are about to be handed down. If you don't want your name on one, we'll need your full cooperation in an upcoming operation.

In case you haven't heard, we are struggling with a bit of corruption in the department. I'm not about to let the Gotham PD collapse in on itself, so we're taking action. We've identified a group of offenders that need to be apprehended. Problem is, most of these cops are hightailing it out of the city. But a C.I. just like you just gave us some information on their last known whereabouts. Now all we need is to catch them. This is where you come in.

Consider yourself on deck. I'll contact you next week, and let’s just say it's in your best interest to play along. County's not a place you want to spend the rest of your life.

Lt. Jim Gordon, MCU"

I guess we'll have to see what happens next!

New BATMAN Merchandise: THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Story Books!

Later this year Scholastic Publishing is going to publish a few Batman-related children's books that focus on the characters from the new DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie. The artwork is pretty cool if you ask me! They will feature Batman and The Joker but it looks like they will also have Alfred, The Butler & Jim Gordon, The Police Commissioner too. Look for these later in fine book stores everywhere or grab some online at Amazon.

The CLOWN TRAVEL AGENCY Viral Marketing, Part 3

OK, I was recently outta town & couldn't cover the whole "Joker Website" mess but our friend Zdravko ( from Bulgaria ) was on top of it. He wrote an e-mail saying, "Although it was night here when the Clown Travel Agency scavanger hunt started, I took part in it. It was all about picking up packages and following instructions in the addresses that appear on the site (2 new addresses per hour) and one of them was in Las Vegas, where my cousins live. So my cousin tried to get the Vegas package, but someone was there before her. After all the stamps were placed on the site, the list burned down and there was a message from the Joker telling you a new site - www.acmesecuritysystems.com/delos and a password - NEEDLE. He said that he needed you to crack the security system for him. If you could get through, you get a phone call from Jim Gordon...They even called me, in Bulgaria!". WOW! Thank you Zdravko for sending the report. Readers, he even made an audio wav of Jim Gordon's message but right now I don't have a way to post it so you'll have to go to the ACME Security Systems page & use the password NEEDLES to hear it.