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The ultimate BatmanDC’s comic book sensation, is heading to the screen.
The comic will be adapted into an animated series and co-developed by the comic’s creators, writer Scott Snyder and artist Nick Dragotta.
The series is one of three animated projects showcasing DC’s growing slate of anime and was part of the joint venture between DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
The presentation featured DC Studios Co-President and Co-CEO Peter Safran and Warners Animation President Sam Register along with Warner Animation artists sharing first looks and creative insights into the next wave of DC animation.
Also in the news was DC’s first anime series, Joker: Laugh riotbeing greenlit and a new series centered around superdog Krypto is in development.
The ultimate Batmanthe comic, reimagined the Caped Crusader from the ground up when he entered the Ultimate Comics line in late 2024. Bruce Wayne only lost one of his parents, not two. He was a blue-collar worker in the projects, not some rich kid from one of the richest families in Gotham City. He was kidnapped, a big man who wasn’t afraid to kick a kid who was part of a gang of bad guys.
The series has sold over six million copies in its time The ultimate Batman It went from #1 to 11 editions. The comic and line helped DC beat Marvel in market share for the first time this century and made stars out of Dragotta and other artists. And this week, it was revealed that she’s getting the Funko treatment.
Snyder will serve as executive producer and showrunner, with Dragotta as producer.
joker It is executive produced by longtime DC animation veteran Jim Craig, who has worked on modern adaptations of DC classics The guards and Crisis on Infinite Earths. Yasuhuro Aoki is directing while SOLA Entertainment of Japan is working with Warner Animation and DC Studios. The project has not yet been set with the network.
In what feels like a compelling hook, the story sees the Clown Prince of Crime become a different version of his arch-enemy, a detective solving a murder. The tagline revealed for Annecy reads: “When Batman is murdered, the Joker launches a ruthless crusade through Gotham’s underworld to find the killer who has taken on his greatest adversary. But his violent quest for answers pushes him closer to vigilante than villain, the Joker is forced to confront the truth that without Batman, he doesn’t know who he is.”
Finally, Warners and DC Studios have hired CH Greenblatt (SpongeBob SquarePants), another animation vet, is set to take on an untitled Krypto series. The dog has been in the spotlight as he appeared last year Superman It plays a major role in Supergirl.
The log states: “When he’s not hanging out with Superman or Supergirl, Krypto joins forces with a gang of misfit criminals living down the block, and they soon discover that he’s a ball of destructive, lovable energy worse than any of them! As he follows them into misadventures and ill-conceived plans, Krypto’s pure nature slowly ends up redeeming them, whether they want it or not.”
Warner Animation and DC have several projects, including the second season of Batman: Caped Crusader And the next Batman: Knightfall.
