Attendees to the 2012 New York Comic-Con will be treated to the first footage from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, the conclusion to the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel. As an added bonus, the convention will also be screening a special premiere of The Batmobile, a one-hour documentary on the history of the iconic vehicles.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 is now available on Blu-ray. If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to check out Gil’s review of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 on Blu-ray and all of our previous coverage on the film. Hit the jump to see the first image from Part 2 as well as details on New York Comic-Con.
Here are the pertinent details for attendees of the 2012 New York Comic Con, followed by the full press release and first image from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2:
- The BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, PART 2 panel is on Saturday, October 13 from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the IGN Theater.
- THE BATMOBILE screening is on Friday, October 12 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the IGN Theater.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 and The Batmobile documentary will be the spotlight offerings from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment at New York Comic Con.
Attendees of the Con will be the first to see footage from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2, the highly anticipated epic animated conclusion to Frank Miller’s landmark story. On Saturday, October 13 from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the IGN Theater at the Jacob Javitz Center,
executive producer Bruce Timm, dialogue/casting director Andrea Romano and special guests will discuss the making of the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie and show some tantalizing clips. Also anticipated during the panel is the announcement of the 2013 slate of DCU animated films. Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 will arrive from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in early 2013.An autograph session with Timm & Romano will follow the panel at 2:00 p.m. in the DC Entertainment booth.
No vehicle has ever captured fans’ imagination like the Batmobile – and New York Comic Con attendees will be the first to see the entire one-hour documentary, “The Batmobile,” at a special premiere screening on Friday, October 12 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the IGN Theater.
The film gives a riveting, in-depth examination of the Batmobile – from the impressive history of all of the vehicles to the construction of this iconic character. The documentary features a distinguished array of Batman experts and filmmakers including Adam West; George Barris, designer of the famed 1966 Batmobile; respected producer/author Michael Uslan (“The Boy Who Loved Batman”); Andy Smith, builder of the modern-day Dark Knight “Tumblers”; Tim Burton, Director of Batman (1989) & Batman Returns; Joel Schumacher, Director of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin; Christian Bale; and Christopher Nolan, Director of The Dark Knight Trilogy. “The Batmobile” documentary is directed by Roko Belic and produced by Tara Tremaine for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
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The Batmobile deserves its own ps3/xbox game! The Arkham games were great, but I haven’t teared my way round Gotham since the 1990s with Batman Returns on the sega mega-cd (awesome Batmobile/Batboat levels) and even the Batman & Robin game on the megadrive/ps1? which was 100 times better than the movie.
We need a new Batmobile game for the new generation of consoles. (Also a revamped Pod-Racer game too!)
Bored of F1 games and street car racing, gimme bullets and missiles and jet thrusters damn it!
I’m excited for the release of TDK Returns: Part 2. I absolutely loved the first one. Having never read the graphic novel (I know, I know….I need to), I have been told that this was pretty faithful to the graphic novel. Just the little tease at the end of part 1 leads me to believe that this Joker will be a sadistic, murdering psychopath.
Terrible, in part 1 they totally missed the point of the graphic novel. They washed it down, animated it lamely and added bad looking cgi to what should have been an old school animated project and to put it simply , turned one of the greatest comic book of all time into a generic mediocre cartoon.
Your wrong.. it was not washed down & the animation was perfect for that period in time. Its not 2012 in the movie, it was back in the Reagan era. The soundtrack was on point along with the top notch action. it is the best batman animated flick 2 date hands down. Get wit it or get off it!!