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Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall

RELEASED 23 Jun 20261h 19m★ 9.1 TMDB

Arkham Asylum has been destroyed, and all its inmates have been unleashed upon Gotham City. As Batman races to round up some of his greatest enemies, he is pushed to his physical and mental limits and into a final confrontation with a new threat: the man called Bane!

WATCH NOTE

First feature in the separate animated Knightfall trilogy; begin here, then continue with Knightquest and Knightsend. No earlier DC screen adaptation is required. Covers the feature only, excluding packaged featurettes. Tim Drake is this story's Robin; Jason Todd is also credited, without establishing a Red Hood persona. The official-credit transcription verifies Jessica Camacho as Renee Montoya, David Dastmalchian as Riddler, Andrew Morgado as Victor Zsasz and Mick Wingert as Harvey Bullock. Rotten Tomatoes instead credits Wingert as Harvey Dent and lists Jack Giffin rather than the transcription's Jack Griffo as Tim Drake; these conflicts remain unresolved, and the existing Two-Face association is preserved pending review. Commissioner Jim Gordon resolves to the existing James Gordon identity. Azrael, Catman, Ventriloquist, Mad Hatter and other supporting official character-profile matches, plus complete silent appearance coverage, remain unresolved. Warner Bros. specifies August 25, 2026 North American digital availability and 78 minutes; Rotten Tomatoes lists August 24 streaming and 79 minutes. Earliest worldwide release and exact runtime remain unresolved; the catalogue's June 23 date is not independently verified.

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Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall is title 55 of 118 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Begin with Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall, the opening feature of the animated trilogy adapting Knightfall, Knightquest and Knightsend. Continue with Part 2: Knightquest and then Knightsend. This first chapter provides an entry point without requiring an earlier Batman screen adaptation.

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Anson MountBatman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Michael MandoBane (voice)
Pablo SchreiberJean-Paul Valley / Azrael (voice)
Jeff BennettVentriloquist / Scarface / Vincent (voice)
Luis BermudezCatman / Doctor / Guard (voice)
Bruce BoxleitnerCommissioner Jim Gordon (voice)
Jessica CamachoRenee Montoya (voice)
Anthony CrivelloFranco Bertinelli / Priest / Prisoner (voice)
David DastmalchianThe Riddler (voice)
Jason FlemyngMad Hatter (voice)
Jack GriffoRobin / Tim Drake (voice)
Jason HightowerThe Riddler Henchman / Behemoth / Prisoner (voice)

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