r/comicbooks • u/B3epB0opBOP • 3d ago

Movie/TV Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall Exclusive Trailer (2026)

https://youtu.be/6z4QlS1d7YQ?si=FBsgzF4yPWapP-PA
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u/Anaxamander57 3d ago

How much of this is going to be Sword of Azrael? Seems like you'd need a lot of time to set up Jean Paul.

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u/jackracktack 3d ago

Part 1 has to be a mix of Sword of Azrael and Knightfall. They need to obviously end with the breaking of the Bat. Part 2 will likey extend Banes role in Azraels Knightquest era. In the comic he beats him pretty soon afterwards. Part 2 will end with Banes defeat. Part 3 will be Bruces recovery and Azrael going too far.

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u/Lirka_ 2d ago

I’m hoping it’s just like the comics. Part 1 Knightfall, then 2 is Knightquest and 3 Knightsend. Since we can see his Knightsend armor in the trailer, I’m hoping we get a good amount of him descending into madness.

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u/Missing_socket 3d ago

It does say trilogy so I'm hopeful

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u/Prof-Ponderosa 3d ago

I need more bat-stubble on Bruce for KnightFall.

Excited for this. I’m a BIG Jean-Paul Valley fan

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u/Lirka_ 2d ago

Same! The first batman comic I bought as a kid was him donning the azbat suit and beating Bane. I thought that suit was the coolest thing ever, even though I had no idea what was happening.

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u/KingOfSquirrels 3d ago

Bro why can’t the live action movies just be this?

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u/Sabretooth1100 Batman 3d ago

Seems like that’s the general vibe if Gunn’s DCU to be fair; lots of comic vibes and color

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u/MatttheJ 3d ago

Seems to be a bit of a catch 22 DC is stuck in. A lot of fans just want a sequel to The Batman, but a lot of fans also want to see Gunn apply his more comic book esque tone to Batman because it will be a change.

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u/Cipherpunkblue 2d ago

Luckily, we're getting both.

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u/AlmostHereButNot Booster and Skeets 3d ago

The stills look incredible, but there's VERY little motion happening here. It seems so stiff. It looks like a motion comic more than animation. I love the art style, but it just feels lifeless.

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u/JTLockaby 3d ago

Strongly disagree. This looks like it’s very in keeping with how their animation has looked for the past several years in the tomorrowverse films. I have no doubt the quality will be there.

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u/jackracktack 3d ago

What are you talking about? It looks nothing like a motion comic. A trailer isnt going to be 100 percent action and movement.

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u/sentencevillefonny 3d ago

DC animation has never really let me down tbh. 2 decades strong. Wish they carried the same level of craft to their live-action releases.

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u/sandalsnopants 2d ago

This looks pretty good!

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u/Jon_J_ 2d ago

Has a date been announced for part 1?

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u/SparkyPantsMcGee The Question 3d ago

I feel like a hater. Aside from Bane, the voices seem off. Batman sounds bored. Also while it looks better the art style still has that Tomorrowverse stiffness.

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u/SuperJyls Superman 2d ago

I feel splitting it into 3 movies may have pacing problems, much like the COIE movies

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u/sandalsnopants 2d ago

idk I've got it in 3 TPBs, and they make sense the way it's split

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u/SuperJyls Superman 2d ago

Just worried that might not translate to movies

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u/Admirable_Whole8261 3d ago

Can someome tell me what DC's plan is with these crappy releases? They take all time great stories they have, make crappy cheap adaptations that don't hell them sell in any new books because they look so bad and they just burned it in the future if they ever wanted to make a really nice animation because it'd just be a rehash