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World Crisis Looms as City of Batman Revolts Against Christopher Nolan [Hollywood DiplomacyWatch]
Posted on November 10, 2008
No one in Hollywood likely ever expected to see the words Batman and Turkey in the same sentence, but a developing story out of the Balkans reaffirms our faith in the impossible: The mayor of an actual Turkish city called Batman announced over the weekend he plans to sue director Christopher Nolan for naming infringement. Frustrated over the superhero's incursion into his centuries-old city's cultural turf, mayor H seyin Kalkan's proposed lawsuit would nevertheless omit Batman creator Bob Kane, publisher DC Comics and film franchisee Warner Bros. as Nolan's co-defendants. Instead, it woul...
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