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What's the value of a villain? The Joker gets his own film

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Apr 3, 2019
Who says crime doesn't pay?
Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker.
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Holy franchise, Batman! You’re 80!

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Mar 29, 2019
Grab your cowl and utility belt while we take a look at one of the highest-earning superheroes.
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'Lego Batman' producer wants to make everything awesome (again)

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 9, 2017
Dan Lin says this time, there's more pressure to build a successful franchise.
Dan Lin, producer of "The Lego Batman Movie,"
Courtesy of Warner Bros.
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Batman v Hollywood

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 20, 2016
They said it couldn't be done: Making superheroes into movie stars. Forty years ago, Hollywood told 27-year-old Michael Uslan a Batman movie would never succeed. More than a dozen big-budget superhero movies will hit the big screen in the next few years. Holy impossibility, Batman!
Burt Ward as Robin, Adam West as Batman and Cesar Romero as The Joker, in a still from the 1960s "Batman" TV show, 1967.
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Warner Bros has a lot riding on "Batman v. Superman"

by David Brancaccio and Adriene Hill
Mar 25, 2016
The Man of Steel is bulletproof, but is he review-proof?
Batman and Superman as they appear in "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice."
Warner Bros. via Giphy
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All the times Batman and Superman almost met on the big screen

by Tony Wagner
Mar 24, 2016
"Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice" is a match-up 70 years in the making.
Artist Mauro Perucchetti's sculpture 'Modern Heroes', which depicts Batman and Superman in a pose reminiscent of The Creation of Adam in The Sistine Chapel, is installed in the Halcyon Gallery on October 6, 2010 in London, England.
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Looking for superheroes in Detroit?

by Quinn Klinefelter
Mar 24, 2016
A new app shows where scenes were shot for Batman vs Superman around Detroit
Downtown Detroit at night. 
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The boy who saved Batman

by Tommy Andres
Mar 23, 2016
You know the story of the Dark Knight. But do you know the story of his savior?
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Michael Keaton, George Clooney and the 'Batfleck'

by Jeff Tyler
Aug 23, 2013
Everybody has their capes in a twist over Ben Affleck as the new Dark Knight. But the franchise is like the superhero himself. It always wins.
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Sizing up Batman's 2013 expenses

by Molly Wood
Jul 17, 2013
Mashable has an infographic tallying up the likely costs of utility belts, Batmobiles and tasteful cave furniture for Batman through the years -- adjusted for inflation of course.
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