Today in viral videos: HBO's nerdiest show has a '90s opening-credits remix, the Justin Timberlake media assault is relentless and relentlessly enjoyable, and the clumsiest penguins the world has ever seen.
A (pretty) well sourced report suggests that Bale will return to his role as the Caped Crusader for Warner Bros.' answer to The Avengers franchise. So how would this work?
DC Comics decided it's time to kill Batman-sidekick Robin again which is notable because this incarnation of Robin has actually been popular, unlike the last Robin to be unceremoniously killed off.
The actor is suddenly rumored to be taking up Christian Bale's cowl and appear in the Warner Bros.'s Justice League movie as the new Batman. This "decision," of course, has divided nerds the world over.
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Today in books and publishing: Man Booker longlist announced; unpacking the DOJ's e-books suit; DC delays new Batman comic; titles censored in China sell quick in Hong Kong.
Warner Brothers very correctly thinks it would be "insensitive" for them to report their box office numbers for The Dark Knight Rises this weekend, so instead they're delaying announcing their returns until Monday out of respect for the victims of the tragedy in Colorado.
President Obama and Mitt Romney were both scheduled to talk about how terrible each other are this Friday, but then an actual terrible thing happened.
A gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding at least 59 more. Click here for continuing updates on the tragedy.
Today we review the final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises.
The Dark Knight Rises is ostensibly a fantasy. So why does it feel like one of the most political movies of the summer?
Today in books and publishing: The rush to out Batman, the many problems of librarians, the bailout guy gets a book deal.
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The announcement that the final trailer for The Dark Knight Rises is debuting before The Avengers is the first strike in a war between two comic book companies vying for summer movie domination.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense
Lots of people are interested in the new Batman movie, Taylor Swift has Hunger Games fever, and Liam Neeson has it out with some wolves.
Commissioner Kelly describes a scene straight out of Batman
The 'Up in the Air' author is blogging through a long list of complaints
The first trailer for the new Batman movie doesn't shed much light on the plot
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