"Merry Little Batman" Animated Movie News & Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

[RoyalRubble]

A new animated movie Merry Little Batman is in the works for the "Acme Night" programming block on Cartoon Network and HBO Max.

Merry Little Batman

An animated family action comedy destined to join the rogue's gallery of classic holiday movies. When a six-year-old Damian Wayne finds himself alone in Wayne Manor, he must transform into "Little Batman" in order to defend his home and Gotham City from the crooks and super-villains intent on destroying Christmas. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based on characters from DC, Merry Little Batman is Executive Produced and directed by Mike Roth (Regular Show) from a screenplay by Morgan Evans (Earth to Ned).

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[Frontier]

Well, this was unexpected. A Batman and Robin Christmas special straight out of Lil' Gotham .

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Sounds super cute. WB Animation and CN are really starting to show some unique creativity with their DC properties again.

 

[SweetShop209]

A Home Alone like movie starring a young Damian Wayne? Well, he does have a rebellious streak that can work well with a plot like this. This should be fun.

 

[TheGreatOne2]

This is probably get released Christmas 2022 My guess though

 

[Yojimbo]

Logo has been released.

 

[Frontier]

Logo has been released.

That's a really cute logo .

 

[RoyalRubble]

Next week Benjamin Tong will start work as a character designer for Merry Little Batman.

 

[Medinnus]

Sounds super cute. WB Animation and CN are really starting to show some unique creativity with their DC properties again.

I don't think that a remake of "Home Alone" as a bat-family Xmas movie is the height of creativity...

 

[Frontier]

I don't think that a remake of "Home Alone" as a bat-family Xmas movie is the height of creativity...

It all depends on the execution .

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I don't think that a remake of "Home Alone" as a bat-family Xmas movie is the height of creativity...

Well an animated remake with Damian Wayne is alot more creative than whatever they just dumped on Disney+...

 

[Medinnus]

It all depends on the execution .

Well, to be fair, you can say that about most things...

One of my favorite quotes from a Marvel comics writer who was kvetching about continuity and that his critics were harping on it went something like: "Continuity is unimportant in pursuit of a good story." I agreed 100% but that his story and its execution were far from that threshold.

 

[RoyalRubble]

12/06/2021:
James Mosley II is also helping produce the movie (it's in the Instagram page description). Posted this photo from a Warner Media event with the Merry Little Batman logo on a panel.

06/15/2022:
Via Variety's write-up of the WB Animation panel at Annecy.

“Merry Little Batman”

Billed as “an animated family action comedy destined to join the rogue’s gallery of classic holiday movies,” a sneak peek excerpt has six-year-old Damian Wayne alone in Wayne Manor as two thieves creep in to case the joint, but gasping in horror as they see Batman at the top of the stairs. It is, in fact, Damian perched on top of a giant vase, grinning with glee.

 

[Frontier]

06/15/2022:
Via Variety's write-up of the WB Animation panel at Annecy.

“Merry Little Batman”

Billed as “an animated family action comedy destined to join the rogue’s gallery of classic holiday movies,” a sneak peek excerpt has six-year-old Damian Wayne alone in Wayne Manor as two thieves creep in to case the joint, but gasping in horror as they see Batman at the top of the stairs. It is, in fact, Damian perched on top of a giant vase, grinning with glee.

I'm curious to see how they characterize Damian in this...

 

[Yojimbo]

Via Variety's write-up of the WB Animation panel at Annecy.

“Merry Little Batman”

Billed as “an animated family action comedy destined to join the rogue’s gallery of classic holiday movies,” a sneak peek excerpt has six-year-old Damian Wayne alone in Wayne Manor as two thieves creep in to case the joint, but gasping in horror as they see Batman at the top of the stairs. It is, in fact, Damian perched on top of a giant vase, grinning with glee.

lmao, definitely has a Home Alone vibe. But with Damien wonder how much they will push the envelope yet still keep it a family comedy.

 

[Rick Jones]

Billed as “an animated family action comedy destined to join the rogue’s gallery of classic holiday movies,” a sneak peek excerpt has six-year-old Damian Wayne alone in Wayne Manor as two thieves creep in to case the joint, but gasping in horror as they see Batman at the top of the stairs. It is, in fact, Damian perched on top of a giant vase, grinning with glee.[/I]

When I think of how Damian started when he was introduced in the comics, I would say those crooks in this special will be getting off easy.


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[Frontier]

lmao, definitely has a Home Alone vibe. But with Damien wonder how much they will push the envelope yet still keep it a family comedy.

When I think of how Damian started when he was introduced in the comics, I would say those crooks in this special will be getting off easy.


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I hope they don't tone down or kiddify his personality. I want the arrogant little brat .

 

[Medinnus]

I hope they don't tone down or kiddify his personality. I want the arrogant little brat .

I want the borderline sociopathic lethal little brat

 

[RoyalRubble]

06/22:
Erin McDermott worked as freelance character designer for the movie according to her resume.

06/28:
Looks like they had a test screening for the movie.

(Note the link might get taken down later on, it's happened recently with the posts about screenings for Scoob: Holiday Haunt).

08/23:
Reportedly the movie is still in production, but not for HBO Max anymore. It's being shopped around to other outlets.

 

[Frontier]

08/23:
Reportedly the movie is still in production, but not for HBO Max anymore. It's being shopped around to other outlets.

Does David Zaslav know how to run a streaming service? Or that Cartoon Network exists?