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The Batman character was born in the pages of a comic book 85 years ago and continues to fascinate audiences around the world. Since his first debut in Detective Comics #27 on March 30, 1939, the caped crusader has transcended his origins and become one of the most beloved superheroes in history.

Batman: The Animated Series (1992)

Michael Uslan, who acquired the film rights to Batman in 1979 and cemented his status as a cultural icon, spoke at the Cultural Summit in Abu Dhabi with his son and producing partner David Uslan.

Suggestedhbo Max Introduces Brand New Mystical Aztec Batman Fighting Against Spanish Conquistadors

Uslan senior is responsible for overseeing all subsequent Batman film adaptations, starting with the 1989 blockbuster simply titled Batman. It started with the critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning Joker (2019), not to mention several animated spin-offs.

Batman Takes Flight Around the World

Michael Uslan’s vision extended beyond Hollywood. He recognized the potential for international interpretations of the Batman character,...

Batman is heading to Mexico.

HBO Max Latin America has ordered an original animated feature-length film that takes the DC Comics character south of the border.

The streamer will launch the Dark Knight story Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios (Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires). The news was unveiled at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.

The animated feature comes from Warner Bros. Animation and DC in partnership with Anima and Chatrone.

In the time of the Aztec Empire, Yohualli Coatl — a young Aztec boy — experiences tragedy when his father and village leader, Toltecatzin, is murdered by Spanish Conquistadors. Yohualli escapes to Tenochtitlan to warn King Moctezuma and his high priest, Yoka, of imminent danger. Using the temple of Tzinacan, the bat god, as a lair, Yohualli trains with his mentor and assistant, Acatzin, developing equipment and weaponry to confront the Spaniard invasion, protect Moctezuma’s temple, and avenge his father’s death.

HBO Max Latin America has unveiled a new take on the Dark Knight in the upcoming animation feature “Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios” (“Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires”) in the first ever collaboration between Warner Bros. Animation, Particular Crowd, Mexico’s Anima and “Book of Life” producer Chatrone. The new project was announced Monday night at a cocktail event held at the 37th Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (Ficg).

The original, Spanish-language animated film places the iconic DC superhero against the backdrop of Aztec Mexico and immerses viewers in the enigmatic culture of Mesoamerica.

The tale centers on a young Aztec boy, Yohualli Coatl, whose father, village leader Toltecatzin, is murdered by Spanish Conquistadors. Coatl flees to Tenochtitlan to warn King Moctezuma and his high priest, Yoka, of looming danger. “Using the temple of Tzinacan, the bat god, as a lair, Yohualli trains with his mentor and assistant, Acatzin, developing...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. and around the world has reshaped the agenda at the first ever Women in Animation Virtual Summit, held in conjunction with Annecy 2020 Online, this year’s digital version of the Annecy International Animation Festival and Mifa 2020.

Unveiled by Women in Animation on Thursday, the summit’s program will cover both the global call for justice and the Covid-19 crisis and their momentous effects on the animation industry.

Under the motto, “Reimagining the Future: Race, Solidarity and the Culture of Work,” the Women in Animation Virtual World Summit will post exclusively on Annecy Online on June 17 and be available for festival and Mifa badge holders to view for the rest of the two-week festival.

Wia will make the Summit available to their members and more widely at a later date.

Nearly 50 Latin American producers, financiers and commissioners to attend.

Power to the Pixel has announced the delegation of 48 producers, financiers and commissioners set to attend Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum (Oct 13-16) - held as part of the 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18)

Leading the Latin American delegation are funds Incaa (Mexico), Imcine (Mexico) and RioFilme (Brazil).

Each fund brings with them a group of production companies, executives and media experts will participate in the Conference (Oct 13), Pixel Market Finance Forum (Oct 14), Pixel Market Meetings (Oct 15) and the annual Think Tank (Oct 16).

Other partners of the delegation are Abpitv, the Brazilian TV Producers Association, leading Latin American entertainment lawyer, Cesnik Quntino & Salinas and Brazilian co-production specialist, Filmcup Institute.

The British Council have also supported the attendance of 16 producers and company representatives working in cross-platform and interactive media innovation from across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela...

20th Century Fox Animation and Reel FX Animation Studios have announced casting for the companies’ animated comedy The Book Of Life, which 20th Century Fox releases in theaters everywhere one year from today - October 17, 2014.

Channing Tatum, Zoë Saldana, Diego Luna, Christina Applegate, Ice Cube, Kate del Castillo and Ron Perlman star in the film produced by acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and directed by Jorge Gutierrez. Gutierrez also wrote the screenplay with Doug Langdale.

Also joining the cast are Cheech Marin, Hector Elizondo and legendary tenor Placido Domingo, plus Ana de la Reguera (Nacho Libre, Eastbound and Down), Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included), comedian Gabriel Iglesias (Stand-up Revolution), radio personality Ricardo (“El Mandril”) Sanchez, and Danny Trejo (Machete).

An animated comedy with a unique visual style, The Book Of Life is the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart.

With two TV shows brewing their own version of the classic Washington Irving tale, Sleepy Holly, it's going to be interesting to see which falls flat and which gallops away like The Headless Horseman on his ghostly steed.

Deadline reports that The CW’s "Sleepy Hollow" drama has landed at Warner Bros TV. The project was pitched to the network last month with no studio attached, and has now been laid off at one of the CW’s sibling studios, Warner Bros.

The CW was in talks for the pitch, a contemporary take on Washington Irving’s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, when another Sleepy Hollow drama project hit the marketplace, one co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and directed by Len Wiseman. The development led to the CW pushing the pause button in the negotiations to reaccess the situation. The network eventually proceeded with buying the project,...

The CW’s Sleepy Hollow drama has landed at Warner Bros TV. The project was pitched to the network last month with no studio attached, and has now been laid off at one of the CW’s sibling studios, Warner Bros. Related: The CW Eyes Sleepy Hollow Series The CW was in talks for the pitch, a contemporary take on Washington Irving’s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, when another Sleepy Hollow drama project hit the marketplace, one co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and directed by Len Wiseman. The development led to the CW pushing the pause button in the negotiations to reaccess the situation. The network eventually proceeded with buying the project, described as a boundary-pushing horror story for television. (The Kurtzman/Orci drama landed at Fox with a put pilot commitment.) Related: Alex Kurtzman And Bob’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Drama Lands At Fox As...

Armageddon, Deep Impact. Volcano, Dante's Peak. Two projects with the same kind of idea. Happens all the time. Well, you can now add a television series based on Sleepy Hollow to that ever growing list!

According to Deadline, The CW is in talks for "Sleepy Hollow", a drama series project from Missing writers Patrick Macmanus and Grant Scharbo and producers Gina Matthews of Little Engine Prods (Missing) and Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone Prods.

The project, described as a boundary-pushing horror story for television, is a contemporary take on the classic tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, in which FBI Agent Ichabod Crane arrives in Sleepy Hollow to investigate a mysterious beheading. "Sleepy Hollow" is not set up at a studio yet.

This comes hot on the heels of the proposed Fox TV "Sleepy Hollow" series with Len Wiseman. Expect The Asylum to come up with a series...

Exclusive: The Headless Horseman is making a splash at the onset of this year’s broadcast development season. The CW is in talks for Sleepy Hollow, a drama series project from Missing writers Patrick Macmanus and Grant Scharbo and producers Gina Matthews of Little Engine Prods (Missing) and Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone Prods. The project, described as a boundary-pushing horror story for television, is a contemporary take on the classic tale The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, in which FBI Agent Ichabod Crane arrives in Sleepy Hollow to investigate a mysterious beheading. Sleepy Hollow is not set up at a studio yet. Talks with CW come just as another Sleepy Hollow drama pitch is being shopped to Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC. Also titled Sleepy Hollow and also envisioned as a contemporary take on the tale, that project hails from Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, with Len Wiseman attached to direct.

Comic-Con 2012 is so close we can taste it! The epically badass geek convention is set to invade San Diego from July 11th to July 15th, and we can't wait to get over there and get crazy!

Comic-Con International has released the full schedules for Wednesday July 11th and Thursday July 12th, and there's a ton of stuff going on! It's going to kick off with a great first couple of days that will give you plenty of stuff to do! Wednesday looks like it's going to be an awesome day of pilot screens and Thursday has got stuff like Twilight... (fart) and Disney will be holding their big panel, along with a ton of other great stuff to check out!

I've gone through the schedule and put a *** next to all the event's we hope to be able to cover. If there's anything on the list you would like information on please let us know,...

Exclusive: Chatrone LLC has optioned both film and television rights to the Mexican novel, Death Of Artemio Cruz by the late Carlos Fuentes. Chatrone partners Carina Schulze and Aaron D. Berger will developing for both feature and TV treatments. The novel is considered Fuentes’ masterpiece and was at the center of the Latin “Boom” movement in the world of literature in the late 80s. The novel is essentially a deathbed confession by the title character as he looks back on his corrupt and sordid life and how he evolved from idealistic revolutionary to successful businessman and exploiter of the people and the ideals he once fought for. The book won the Cervantes Prize in 1987. “Artemio’s story is compelling because it embodies the history and struggles of Latin America,” says Chatrone’s Carina Schulze. “We are pleased to obtain the opportunity to bring the story to the big screen and other media,...

As if the guy didn’t already have enough on his plate, we can now add one more movie to our favourite Mexican auteur’s ever growing pile. Director of the modern fantasy classic Pans Labyrinth and the Hellboy Series: Guillermo Del Toro has recently signed on to produce an upcoming CG-animated feature ‘Day Of The Dead’.

At first glance the title may be a bit confusing but let me clarify something: This is not a remake of George Romero’s Day Of The Dead and contains no connection to his zombie franchise or zombies at all it seems;

The story is “an action-packed, fully CG-animated picture, with a “Romeo and Juliet” style love story set against a Mexican “Day of the Dead” backdrop”.

Setup at Reel FX, the project will be directed by Emmy Award Winner Jorge R. Gutierrez best known for Nickelodeons El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera.

It was revealed earlier today that Guillermo del Toro will be producing a new CG-animated project titled Day of the Dead. We now have the official press release, which provides additional details on the project:

Jorge R. Gutierrez To Direct Tent-pole Project Set for 2014 Release

Reel FX has teamed with Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Puss in Boots, Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth) to produce a groundbreaking, CG-animated film — working title, Day of the Dead. Del Toro will also present the film which is directed by Emmy Award winner Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera). The film is being penned by Gutierrez and Emmy Award nominee Doug Langdale. Reel FX will produce alongside Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone, Inc. Day of the Dead is scheduled to be released in fall 2014.

The film is an action-packed, fully CG-animated picture, with a “Romeo and...

Yet another project is in the works for the great Guillermo del Toro, and this one is right up his alley! Read on for all the details which just so happen to fit like a glove!

According to Variety, Guillermo del Toro has come onboard with Reel FX to produce a CG-animated film with the working title Day of the Dead. Del Toro will also present the film, directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez from a script he wrote with Gutierrez and Doug Langdale. Reel FX will produce alongside Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone.

The flick's story will be a Romeo and Juliet-style tale set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop. It's the first time since 1993's Cronos that del Toro has collaborated on a feature project set in Mexico.

"This is a colorful, vibrant, vital fable that utilizes the animation medium in an incredible way," del Toro said of the project.

Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Blade 2, Pacific Rim) has come onboard with Reel FX to produce a CG-animated film with the working title Day of the Dead, reports Variety. Del Toro will also present the film, directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez, from a script he wrote with Gutierrez and Doug Langdale. Reel FX will produce alongside Aaron Berger and nm4434011 autoCarina Schulze[/link] of Chatrone. Story's a "Romeo and Juliet"-style tale set against a Mexican "Day of the Dead" backdrop. It's the first time since 1993's Cronos that del Toro has collaborated on a feature project set in Mexico. "This is a colorful, vibrant, vital fable that utilizes the animation medium in an incredible way," del Toro said. Reel FX said "Day of the Dead" is scheduled to be released in fall 2014.

Guillermo del Toro is returning to his Mexican roots with Day of the Dead, a CG-animated movie he has boarded as a producer. Del Toro is teaming up with Reel FX to make the film, which will be directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez, the co-creator of a Nickelodeon show named El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. Del Toro also will “present” the film, which also is being produced by Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone Inc. Gutierrez and Doug Langdale, whose writing credits include El Tigre plus many other animated TV shows, wrote the script, which

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Reel FX has teamed with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Puss in Boots, Pacific Rim, Pan's Labyrinth) to produce a groundbreaking, CG-animated film - working title, Day of the Dead. Del Toro will also present the film which is directed by Emmy Award winner Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre). The film is being penned by Gutierrez and Emmy Award nominee Douglas Langdale. Reel FX will produce alongside Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone, Inc. Day of the Dead is scheduled to be released in fall 2014.

The film is an action-packed, fully CG-animated picture, with a "Romeo and Juliet" style love story set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop. It represents the first time in almost twenty years - since 1993's Cronos - that del Toro has collaborated on a feature project set in Mexico. Music is also integral to the story; the film will feature an...

Reel FX has teamed with Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth) to produce a groundbreaking, CG-animated film tentatively titled Day of the Dead.

Del Toro will also present the film which is directed by Emmy Award winner Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera). The film is being penned by Gutierrez and Emmy Award nominee Doug Langdale.

Reel FX will produce alongside Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone, Inc. Day of the Dead is scheduled to be released in fall 2014.

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Day of the Dead lands Guillermo del Toro as producer of Jorge R. Gutierrez film. Reel FX and del Toro are to produce the CG-animated film now under the working title of Day of the Dead, which del Toro will also present, reports Variety. Jorge R. Gutierrez also scripted the film alongside Doug Langdale, which Chatrone's Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze Reel FX will produce with Reel FX. Pic is scheduled for a fall 2014 release and is apparently a Romeo and Juliet-style story set against a Mexico Day of the Dead backdrop. to be released in fall 2014...

Day of the Dead lands Guillermo del Toro as producer of Jorge R. Gutierrez film. Reel FX and del Toro are to produce the CG-animated film now under the working title of Day of the Dead, which del Toro will also present, reports Variety. Jorge R. Gutierrez also scripted the film alongside Doug Langdale, which Chatrone's Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze Reel FX will produce with Reel FX. Pic is scheduled for a fall 2014 release and is apparently a Romeo and Juliet-style story set against a Mexico Day of the Dead backdrop. to be released in fall 2014...

Day of the Dead lands Guillermo del Toro as producer of Jorge R. Gutierrez film. Reel FX and del Toro are to produce the CG-animated film now under the working title of Day of the Dead, which del Toro will also present, reports Variety. Jorge R. Gutierrez also scripted the film alongside Doug Langdale, which Chatrone's Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze Reel FX will produce with Reel FX. Pic is scheduled for a fall 2014 release and is apparently a Romeo and Juliet-style story set against a Mexico Day of the Dead backdrop. to be released in fall 2014...

Reel FX has teamed with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro ( Puss In Boots , Pacific Rim , Pan's Labyrinth ) to produce a CG-animated film carrying the working title Day of the Dead . Del Toro will also present the film which is directed by Emmy Award winner Jorge R. Gutierrez ( El Tigre , The Adventures of Manny Rivera ). The film is being penned by Gutierrez and Emmy Award nominee Doug Langdale. Reel FX will produce alongside Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone, Inc. Day of the Dead is scheduled to be released in fall 2014. The film is an action-packed, fully CG-animated picture, with a .Romeo and Juliet. style love story set against a Mexican "Day of the Dead" backdrop. It represents the first time in almost twenty years -- since 1993's...

Comic-Con International has unleashed the full schedule for Wednesday and Thursday for the San Diego Comic-Con 2011, and there is going to be a ton of stuff to keep you incredibly busy and entertained.

Like I've been saying it's never to early to start planning, and there is a ton of stuff here that we are looking forward to checking out. I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we are looking forward to attending. What panels and events are you looking forward to?

We will be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you everything you need and want to know about. We will also be having a GeekTyrant meet-up this year, which we announce soon.

See you at the con!

Wednesday July 20th

!!! 6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural...