io9: Batman And Robin

Read a preview of Batman and Robin, starring Bruce Wayne's ninja assassin son!

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:25:00 PST

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One of the newer cast members in the Batman comics is Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul's semi-sociopathic offspring. Since his birth, Damian has been trained in the art of murder by the League of Assassins. Damian's mellowed considerably since taking up the mantle of Robin, but he's still a pint-sized rebel. More »

DC Comics tells us about Bruce Wayne's secret identity bombshell

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:11:14 PDT

Grant Morrison's final issue of Batman and Robin came out today. In the comic's final panels, Bruce Wayne revealed a huge secret to the press. io9 spoke with DC Comics editor-in-chief Bob Harras about Batman's new status quo. Spoilers! More »

The Top 10 Killer Body Mods - And We Mean Killer Literally

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:30:00 PDT

What's the best part of being posthuman? Smiting your enemies with but a single touch, of course! Here are 10 mutants, cyborgs, and martial artists who are equipped to take down their nemeses using deadly limbs and epidermis. More »

Hellboy + Tequila + Aztec Vampires = One Helluva Miércoles

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:00:00 PDT

What do you get when you dump Hellboy in 1950s Mexico, team him up with three vampire-fighting luchadores, and douse this gang in tequila? You get Hellboy in Mexico (Or, a Drunken Blur), a comic ready-made for Cinco de Mayo. More »

The Top 10 Weirdest Songs From Superhero Movies

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:40:31 PDT

Mika's single for Kick-Ass continues the cherished tradition of musicians penning (often absurd) songs for superhero flicks. Here are some of the best and/or worst songs from comic-book cinema. And no, that Nickelback song from Spider-Man ain't on here. More »

The Weather Is Awesome Edition

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:00:00 PDT

It's Batman, Buffy, and a tripped-out Peter Parker this week! Also, S.H.I.E.L.D. goes old-school, Jonathan Ross debuts his supernatural crime drama, and Wee Hughie meets some supes who aren't total wankers. When the sun's shining like this, we crave comics! More »

40+ Examples Of How Big-Screen Superhero Costumes Fail

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:48:19 PDT

When superhero/supervillain costumes succeed on the big screen, it's a miracle. But it's also rare. The movie superhero outfits are a multiverse of fail, and here are 40-odd examples of total costume catastrophe. Brace yourself, this won't be pretty. More »

Science Fiction's Greatest Love Potions And Devotion Rays

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:22:27 PST

Are you facing the prospect of being alone on Valentine's Day? It's not too late to make someone fall in love with you. Science fiction's full of handy ways to make someone swoon into your arms, and here's a list. More »

The Truth About Pirate Batman

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:00:36 PST

To everyone who got excited over the prospect of seeing a time-traveling Bruce Wayne dressed up like Johnny Depp's Cap'n Jack Sparrow in next year's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne series: We're sorry... but it's not going to happen. More »

Akiva Goldsman (Sorta) Admits Batman And Robin Was Terrible, But He's Making More DC Movies

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:12:54 PDT

Akiva Goldsman finally admitted it: Batman And Robin was not his finest hour. But superhero buffs it was the most important movie in superhero history, and Goldsman is planning a slew of new movies about DC's heroes. More »

The Real Reason Marlon Wayans Passed On Playing Robin

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:10:08 PDT

We talked superheroes with the all-new "real American heroes," Marlon Wayans and Channing Tatum, and found out the real reason Marlon wasn't cast as Joel Schumacher's Robin — and why he couldn't pull off the "motorcycle in the rain" scene. More »

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:04:47 PDT

Movie sequels that don't suck are rare creatures — like flying unicorns — but they do exist. But it's almost impossible to find an example of a third movie in a series that didn't self-immolate. Why is that? More »

Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin

Graeme McMillan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:00:00 PDT

With the second issue of DC Comics' Batman and Robin released today, we asked writer Grant Morrison why we need a new Batman, how sane Bruce Wayne really was, and whether Batman is actually sci-fi or not after all. More »

Batman Is Reborn...With A Vengeance

Alasdair Wilkins — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:00:00 PDT

Bruce Wayne is dead (or is he?), but the Batman franchise is back in full swing after three months of the meandering Battle for the Cowl. But with seven different Bat-related titles released in June alone, which are the must-reads? More »

Remembering Burton's Batmania, 20 Years Later

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:00:59 PDT

It was 20 years ago this week that Tim Burton's Batman was released, changing the face of summer blockbusters, superhero movies and even breakfast cereal forever (Okay, maybe not that last one). Perhaps it's time to relive some Batmania...? More »

Batmania - The Sequels

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:00:45 PDT

As the cliche (doesn't) go: Where there's the box office smoke, there's going to be sequel fire, and Batman's box office breaking lead to three follow-ups that pretty much define that whole The Good, The Bad and The Ugly idea. More »

Batmania - The Aftermath

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:00:30 PDT

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Batmania - The Merchandise

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:00:26 PDT

In the summer of 1989, you couldn't get away from Batman even if you tried. Kevin Smith put it best: More »

Batmania - The Movie

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:00:01 PDT

Even before Tim Burton took the director's chair of Batman in 1986, the movie seemed troubled, if not just outright unlikely to ever happen. A Batman movie had been in development since 1980, following the success of Richard Donner's Superman The Movie and Superman II, with various writers - including comic writer Steve Englehart - and directors (amongst them, Ghostbusters' Ivan Reitman) attached at different times. It took Burton's arrival, following the success of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure as well as Frank Miller's gamechanging The Dark Knight Returns comic series, to galvanize a coherent direction for the movie, but even then, it would take another two years - and Burton's Beetlejuice becoming a hit - to get the movie greenlit by Warner Bros. More »

Sink Your Teeth Into A Fine Selection Of This Week's Comics

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:00:00 PDT

Hope you've got a healthy appetite when you hit the comic store tomorrow, because with comics about teen vampires, werewolves on the moon and culinary detectives, there's a lot to chew on in this week's comics. Plus new Batman. More »

Why Batman And Robin May Be The Best Comic Ever

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:30:00 PDT

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's new series Batman And Robin aims to update the 1960s Batman TV show by mixing it with David Lynch and Chris Cunningham. Morrison explains his masterplan. More »

Akiva "I Am Legend" Goldsman Takes On U.S. Version Of Primeval

Alyssa Johnson — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:00:00 PDT

More details about the planned movie version of Britain's Primeval have come out, and it's being described as Jurassic Park meets Lost. As imagined by Akiva Goldsman (I, Robot, Fringe, Batman And Robin). Yay? More »

Meet The New Batman, Same As The Old Batman?

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:30:29 PDT

The soliciations for DC Comics' June releases are out, including the brand new Batman line-up post-Battle For The Cowl. But who is the new Batman? And what's going on with Robin? Speculation ahead. More »

Arnold Schwarzenegger's 10 Greatest Acting Challenges!

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:30:00 PST

When science fiction legend Arnold Schwarzenegger leaves office as California governor in 2011, he doesn't plan to return to acting. Instead, he wants to help lead the way on climate change. That's a darn shame, because we need Arnie's Heston-on-steroids style of acting more than we need his thoughts on global warming. And to prove it, here are 10 movie moments where Arnie brought his acting A-game in the face of almost insurmountable challenges. More »

How I Learned To Relax And Love The Governator

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:41:00 PDT

When I was a kid, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the face of science fiction, and he always freaked me out. His body was so overstuffed and sausagey, his eyes so piggy. And he seemed like the embodiment of the Reaganite swagger, even before George Bush Sr. started trying to talk like him. And yet, he starred in more big science fiction films than any other actor back then. And recently, I've been appreciating his legacy and his over-the-top performances. I just watched every Schwarzenegger science fiction movie in one giant marathon, and I've finally learned to love my Governor. More »

It's Great To Be A Superhero Star

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:30:36 PDT

Kirsten Dunst told MTV she's "in" for Spider-Man 4 and 5, but then she turned a bit more coy when the site asked if she'd actually signed anything. In other superhero actor news, George Clooney told the Sun newspaper that the bomb-tastic Batman And Robin was great for him: "With hindsight it's easy to look back at Batman and go, 'Woah! that was really sh**, and I was really bad in it.' The truth is, Batman is still the biggest break I ever had. It changed my career. I wouldn't be doing this now if it hadn't been for Batman." [MTV Splashpage and The Sun] More »

Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:38:00 PDT

Now that we're already discussing Iron Man 3, and filming may soon start on the Superman Returns sequel, it's a good time to look at science fiction's wreckage-strewn history of bad and weird sequels. From the crazy dancing in The Matrix: Reloaded to the crazy dancing in Spider-Man 3, few genres have created as many horrific sequels as science fiction. But which SF movie sequel is the absolute worst? Only you can decide. More »

Bring Home The Head Of Arnold Schwarzenegger

charliejane — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:00:00 PST

A genuine casting of Arnie's head from Batman & Robin is just one of the bizarre movie props available on eBay right now. You can also own the robot head of Robin Williams from Bicentennial Man, and the original helmet from the Rocketeer movie. Or if your loved ones are really obsessive, you can get them some even weirder crap. More »

New Batsuit Has Bra Cups Instead Of Nipples

charliejane — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:30:00 PST

Batman's chest will have special bat-cups which, ummm, lift and separate his pecs. At least he's not sporting the much-criticized nipples from 1997's Batman and Robin. New Batsuit images from The Dark Knight from Uruloki, via IESB. More »