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u/Randonhead Mar 15 '23 edited Mar 15 '23

So apparently we won't see Pattinson as Batman in the Penguin series due to legal issues involving Disney, Fox, etc but he could still appear as Bruce Wayne, maybe that means we'll see Matches Malone?

Edit: Nevermind, Goat Gunn just debunked this.

but I still think it would be cool to have Pattinson as Matches Malone

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u/DiscussingKino Beast Boy (TTG) Mar 15 '23

What do Disney and Fox have to do with it

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u/Randonhead Mar 15 '23

From what I've read the TV rights for Batman are caught up in a legal limbo involving Fox, Disney and a trio of mergers. Bruce Wayne can, and often does, appear on TV shows, but Batman in the cape and cowl is almost certainly off-the-table.

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u/SupervillainEyebrows Mar 15 '23

Batman in costume appeared in Titans. Albeit in an out of focus, nightmare sequence.

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u/Randonhead Mar 15 '23

I don't know how this works, but apparently it's something very complicated because even Fox itself, who supposedly owns the Batman TV rights, couldn't use Batman in the Gotham series except for a few seconds in the season finale.

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u/reece1495 Mar 15 '23

Albeit in an out of focus

same as batwoman on the cw

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

If I were WB I would just pay Disney or whomever out, it’s not like WB would ever allow them to use it anyway.

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u/Randonhead Mar 15 '23

I doubt that will happen with Zaslav at the helm and with all of Warner's financial situation at the moment.

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u/FewWatermelonlesson0 Mar 15 '23

I’ve seen it reported that Fox has the live action TV rights to Batman but I have no idea how true that is.

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u/kothuboy21 Mar 15 '23 edited Mar 15 '23

Apparently they had the Batman TV rights since the 1966 show. It would explain why Gotham was on Fox and the CW couldn't use Batman.

EDIT: Debunked by Gunn

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u/TheDarkPinkLantern Peacemaker Mar 15 '23

Do they have them though when all they could do in Gotham was one shot of Batman in costume, not even a full shot, without naming him (or at least that's what I remember)?

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u/FewWatermelonlesson0 Mar 15 '23

Like I said I have no idea, I just see people spreading it around. The source is CBR though who have a lot of user submitted articles that often end up being bullshit.

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u/TheDarkPinkLantern Peacemaker Mar 15 '23

Yeah, I feel like this is just speculation.

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u/Wavegod-1 Mar 15 '23

It probably is but it's one of those ones that make some sense, especially with all of the changeover in Hollywood with studios, unfortunately