I could just melt. <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Nick Venable is an Assistant Managing Editor, and the TV Editor. His humble origin story with CinemaBlend began all the way back in the pre-streaming era, circa 2009, as a freelancing DVD reviewer and TV recapper. After rising up through the ranks covering Movies, Nick leapfrogged over to the small screen to cover more and more television news and interviews, eventually taking over the section for the current era. Born in Louisiana and currently living in Texas — Who Dat Nation over America’s Team all day, all night — Nick spent several years in the hospitality industry, and also worked as a 911 operator. And if you ever happened to hear his music or read his comics/short stories, you have his sympathy. His love for his wife and daughters is almost equaled by his love of gasp-for-breath laughter and gasp-for-breath horror. A lifetime spent in the vicinity of a television screen led to his current dream job, as well as his knowledge of too many TV themes and ad jingles.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What He's Into</strong>: Nick is one of those people who won’t necessarily insert a Monty Python reference into every conversation, but is still mentally equipped to do so. Beyond such appreciation for surreal UK comedy, Nick also indulges in as much horror splendor as possible, from Stephen King novels to James Tynion IV comics to Freddy Krueger one-liners to all things Mike Flanagan. Throw in a dash of NFL, some 311 and Weird Al, fried crawfish poboys, bourbon, ‘90s-era pro wrestling, crossword puzzles and mystery-driven video games, and baby, you got a stew going. (Nick will insert an Arrested Development reference into every conversation, if possible.)</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What He's Excited About</strong>: Anything Jeff Lemire, Tom King and W. Maxwell Prince think of, ever. More of Kelly Reilly’s deliriously fierce performances on Yellowstone. HBO’s The Last of Us. Clone High’s return. Colin Farrell’s Penguin being in every movie/TV show/breakfast cereal.</p>

Gotham Knights features a version of Gotham City where Batman's former sidekicks carry on the fight after his death. Here are 12 other classic DC tales that revolve around Bruce Wayne either dying or retiring from his war on crime.

The Batman's ARG website is now seized by the Gotham City Police Department, potentially pivoting the site for one of the HBO spinoff shows.

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Jeffery Wright explains how The Batman's version of Gotham City differs from what we've seen in the past.

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Today the Gotham Awards nominations were announced, officially kicking off what’s sure to be a unique awards season. Unveiled by the Independent Filmmaker Project, the IFP Gotham Awards traditionally signals the beginning of awards season as the first group out, unveiling nominations for the best of the year as chosen by distinguished juries made up of prominent film critics. Notably, Kelly Reichardt’s indie film First Cow received the most nominations with four, including Best Feature, Best Screenplay (by Reichardt and Jon Raymond), Bst Actor (John Magaro), and Breakthrough Actor (Orion Lee). But perhaps even more notably, for the …

Another impressive addition joins the already amazing cast.

The CW has revealed the first images of Javicia Leslie donning an all-new cape and cowl for Batwoman. As the character Ryan Wilder, Leslie is taking over the title role from Ruby Rose's Kate Kane for season 2, which will see a full redesign of the Batwoman costume debuting in episode 3. Here's what showrunner Caroline Dries had to say: “Ryan’s journey starts from a place of ‘What can this Batsuit do for me?’ But it’s not long before she realizes the power of its symbol and what it can do for everyone else in …

During The Batman director Matt Reeves’ appearance during the DC FanDome event, and with a keen eye on corporate synergy, he discussed the upcoming Gotham P.D. live-action series that will debut on HBO Max (timing for that one is TBD but we can safely bet it will be alongside The Batman’s theatrical launch next fall). Up until now the only thing we knew about the show was that it would be overseen by Reeves and Terrence Winter, who created Boardwalk Empire for HBO and wrote the script for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street. Tonight, …

Matt Reeves has revealed how The Batman movie will connect to the HBO Max series Gotham PD.

If you wanted a closer look at the first Gotham Knights trailer that debuted during today's ongoing DC FanDome, you're in the right place. We pulled dozens of shots from the video to show off WB Games Montreal's upcoming 2021 title, which will give players the opportunity to control four superheroes from the pages of DC Comics: Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin. And if this first look is any indication, those heroes will get a chance to evolve into something even more impressive as the game goes on. Here's the official synopsis as we have …

The first trailer for WB Games' highly anticipated new video game Batman: Gotham Knights is now here! We'll have our thoughts up shortly, but we wanted to bring the video to you as quickly as possible. Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/IhVf_3TeTQE Watch the world premiere of Gotham Knights. Batman is dead. It is now up to the Batman Family - Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin - to protect Gotham City, bring hope to its citizens, discipline to its cops, and fear to its criminals. You must evolve into the new Dark Knight and save Gotham from …

After more than a year spent offering up teases of the (presumably titled) Batman: Gotham Knights and the new game's focus on the Court of Owls, WB Games Montreal has given us a solid bit of intel. Through a bit of a twisting, turning social media maze, the studio behind 2012's Batman: Arkham City and 2013's Batman: Arkham Origins has revealed that tomorrow, August 18th at 11am ET, fans everywhere will be getting a taste of the upcoming title and its story focus ... we hope. Batman: Gotham Knights is already on tap for this weekend's DC …

Some exciting news today as The Batman director Matt Reeves and Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter are teaming up for a police procedural set in the world of The Batman that will run on HBO Max. Per the press release: The groundbreaking television series to be written by Winter is set in the world Reeves is creating for The Batman feature film and will build upon the motion picture’s examination of the anatomy of corruption in Gotham City, ultimately launching a new Batman universe across multiple platforms. The series provides an unprecedented opportunity to extend the world established in …