It’s been over 30 years since Bane broke the bat and made DC Comics history in the process. Coming around the same time as The Death of Superman, the moment the masked villain defeated Batman and shattered his back in the process forever changed the course of the character on the page and has become one of the most recognizable pieces of Bruce Wayne’s lore, even to those who have never read the Knightfall storyline it came from. Christopher Nolan made it an iconic part of his superhero trilogy capper, The Dark Knight Rises, while everything from Robot Chicken to Rick and Morty has parodied the exact scene where Bane delivers the signature blow. Yet, only now is the saga where it originated from getting a proper adaptation for the screen.
Next month, Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will debut Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall, the first piece in a trilogy of films based on the landmark comic book event. Starring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds lead Anson Mount as Bruce Wayne and the MCU’s Scorpion, Michael Mando, as Bane, the film will recreate the moment the brute frees Batman’s entire Rogue’s Gallery from the confines of Arkham Asylum and back onto the streets of Gotham City. With so many threats out and about, the Caped Crusader will be pushed to his breaking point both figuratively and quite literally when he comes face-to-face with the masked and muscular monster. Collider can exclusively share a novel sneak peek of the moment Bruce encounters Bane for the first time and begins a fight he’s wholly unprepared for.
Our footage begins in Wayne Manor on a obscure and stormy night, when Bruce finds both Tim Drake and Alfred unconscious on the floor. It’s not long before the perpetrator reveals himself to be Bane, who tracked him down, much to the Bat’s surprise. He gives a brief evil monologue, calling Batman a crutch and the “weakness that drowns this city” before the two prepare to fight. Although he’s the so-called world’s greatest detective, Bruce clearly didn’t see his enemy’s transformation into a hulking mass of muscle through the power of venom coming. Things do not go well for The Dark Knight as, despite his size, Bane still proves agile enough to catch him with one devastating hit after another while shrugging off any meager blow Batman can lay on him. Completely outmatched, the hero makes a hasty retreat with a few smoke bombs, but the masked menace knows where he went, and he has every intention of breaking him.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
03
How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
04
Who do you want beside you when things get hard? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
05
What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is extensive.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to employ it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of age-old wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough petite acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something massive across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You employ it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are pointed enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally sanguine about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being candid about how demanding that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
‘Batman: Knightfall Part 1’ Combines Star Power, Experience, and Comic History
Joining Mount and Mando in Knightfall is former Halo star Pablo Schreiber, taking on the role of Jean-Paul Valley, the man whom Drake trained to step in for Bruce when needed. The animated film is directed by Jeff Wamester and penned by Jeremy Adams, who has no shortage of experience writing straight-to-digital Warner Bros. movies, including the Mortal Kombat Legends titles and Justice League: Warworld. With the release of the novel Batman movie comes a few special features that explore the history of the character and the Knightfall comic saga. “Breaking the Bat: Adapting the Knightfall” goes behind the scenes to explore how the original team tackled animating such a renowned storyline from Bruce Wayne’s history, while “Batman Needs a Robin” spotlights the hero’s trusty sidekick as the filmmakers break down Robin’s, and especially Tim Drake’s, importance to the Caped Crusader.
Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall releases on digital platforms on August 25 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 8. Part 2 is slated to drop sometime later this year, whilePart 3 will follow in 2027. Check out our exclusive sneak peek in the player above.
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