“The Batman,” Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.'s 2022 film directed by Matt Reeves and featuring an all-star cast, ripped off a writer’s story and characterization of the caped crusader, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in a New York federal court.
The movie features a version of the character that’s physically weaker than most recent depictions and pits him against a Riddler villain who is more concerned with mass murder and bringing a biblical plague than delivering campy jokes. Those elements were lifted from work that Christopher Wozniak pitched to DC Comics and longtime Batman producer Michael Uslan, Wozniak alleged in ...
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