More Batman: Gotham Knight Details

Posted by Matt Butrovich | May. 21, 2008 12:11PM PST | 903 views | 0 comments

FILED UNDER: News. Movies, Comics.

The official site for Batman: Gotham Knight is now up, and offers a ton of exciting content for those that can't wait for the direct-to-DVD release in a few weeks. On the site, you'll find a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the movie, plenty of images and videos, along with downloads and character bios to be added in the future. There are also links to the movie's MySpace and Facebook pages. Keep reading for a full breakdown of the synopsis straight from the site, and I've even assembled preorder links through Amazon after the post.

• In “Have I Got a Story for You,” Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson (“A History of Violence”) tells the story of how chance encounters with Batman by a group of youngsters leave each kid with a very different impression of the Dark Knight.

Sounds a lot like the Batman - The Animated Series' episode "Legends of the Dark Knight." Awesome.

• In “Crossfire,” acclaimed novelist/comics writer Greg Rucka tells the story of Gotham City police having to get over their distrust of Batman – while under fire from the mob.

 If it's anything like the comic series Gotham Central it will be great.

• In “Field Test,” writer Jordan Goldberg showcases the incredible high-tech arsenal Batman commands and reveals that there are some things even Batman won’t do in his pursuit of justice.

• “In Darkness Dwells” takes Batman into the Gotham sewers to face “Killer Croc,” a deformed thug who seems even more monstrous after the Scarecrow, and his fear toxin, makes a resurgence, in a story by David S. Goyer, co-screenwriter of “Batman Begins.”

• Award-winning comics writer Brian Azzarello explores an early chapter of Bruce Wayne’s training in “Working Through Pain,” showing how a mysterious and exotic Indian woman named Cassandra introduced Batman to techniques that would help him to conquer the physical and spiritual consequences of what he does.

• Finally, in “Deadshot,” four-time Emmy Award-winning writer Alan Burnett ties together threads from all the Batman Gotham Knight chapters, as Batman must thwart an unerring assassin whose love of guns and disregard for human life lets him cross lines that even a Dark Knight shies away from.

Batman: Gotham Knight comes out on July 8, but the graphic novel version ships next week!

(Source: SuperHeroHype)

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