New animated Batman movie channels Home Alone and sees the Joker go full Grinch in first trailer
Nov. 14, 2023This looks like one wild Christmas movie
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The first trailer for animated movie Merry Little Batman is here, and it’s absolutely wild.
The clip, which you can watch above, sees Batman leave his son, young Damian Wayne, home alone near Christmas (to do important Batman stuff, of course). When he gets into trouble and is stuck away from Gotham, Damian must suit up and take on the city’s most dastardly criminals himself, Kevin McCallister style, as the Joker is going full Grinch and trying to steal Christmas.
All in all, it looks like an adorable – and very fun – holiday movie with a hefty helping of chaos. Count us in.
Merry Little Batman is directed by Regular Show’s Mike Roth, with Teen Titans Go’s Morgan Evans behind the screenplay.
It was announced back in April thatMerry Little Batman would be followed by an animated spin-off series, titled Bat-Family.
If the trailer has you in the mood for moreBatman and Robin, the good news is we’ll be seeing Bruce and Damian Wayne in the new DCU as part ofChapter One: Gods and Monsters. The film,titled Brave and the Bold, will be directed byThe Flash’s Andy Muschietti, but details are thin on the ground after that.
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Merry Little Batman arrives this December 8 on Prime Video. In the meantime, check out our guide to thebest movies on Amazon Prime Videoto fill out your watchlist.
I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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