Warner Bros. Animation, DC Comics, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment have released the official teaser trailer for the upcoming Batman: Knightfall Trilogy animated feature event. The classic 1990s DC Comics event Batman: Knightfall is being adapted into a three-part animated feature, with the first part titled Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Knightfall and set for release later in 2026. Check out the teaser trailer below along with accompanying press details.
Part One of the Epic Three-Part Movie Event
Premieres at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival
DC, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released the official trailer for Batman: Knightfall, a three-part movie event bringing to life one of the most iconic and beloved sagas in the rich history of Batman comics.
· Part One of the trilogy, Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall premiered tonight at the 2026 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with an official release planned for later this year.
· Description: When the mysterious behemoth known only as Bane frees Batman’s entire Rogue’s Gallery from Arkham Asylum, the Caped Crusader is pushed to his mental and physical breaking point.
· Based on characters from DC and the DC Comic Book Event, Batman: Knightfall by Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Dennis O’Neil, Peter David, Jo Duffy, Jim Aparo, Graham Nolan, Norm Breyfogle, and Jim Balent.
· Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall is directed by Jeff Wamester and written by Jeremy Adams. Rick Morales serves as Supervising Producer alongside Producers Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau. Sam Register and Michael Uslan are Executive Producers.
· Starring Anson Mount as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Michael Mando as Bane, Pablo Schreiber as Jean-Paul Valley/Azrael.
About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s current slate include Bat-Fam, Batman: Caped Crusader, Batwheels, Creature Commandos, DC Super Powers, Get Jiro!, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Krypto Saves the Day, Mister Miracle, My Adventures with Green Lantern, My Adventures with Superman, Starfire!, Teen Titans Go!. The studio has also produced a slate of theatrical feature films including The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with New Line Cinema (December 2024), The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie with Ketchup Entertainment (March 2025) and Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (July 2018). As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films – including the DC Universe Movies – for DVD, Blu-ray and digital media. Recent releases include Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires. Upcoming slate for Warner Home Entertainment include Batman: Knightfall.
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment (WBHE) distributes the award-winning movies, television, animation, and digital content produced by Warner Bros. Discovery to the homes and screens of millions through physical Blu-ray Disc(TM) and DVD retail sales and digital transactions on major streaming, video-on-demand cable, satellite, digital, and mobile channels. WBHE is part of Warner Bros. Discovery Content Sales, one of the world’s largest distributors of entertainment programming.
About DC
DC, part of Warner Bros. Discovery, creates iconic characters and enduring stories and is one of the world’s largest publishers of comics and graphic novels. DC’s creative work entertains audiences of every generation around the world with DC’s stories and characters integrated across Warner Bros. Discovery’s film, television, animation, consumer products, home entertainment, games, and themed experiences divisions, and on the DC Universe Infinite digital comic subscription service. Learn more at DC.com.
Previous Batman: Knightfall Trilogy details can be found here. Batman: Knightfall Part One: Knightfall, the first installment of the three-part adaptation, arrives late-2026 from Warner Bros. Animation, DC Comics, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Stay tuned for updated and more right here at The World’s Finest.
