The ceremony will be held on September 26, with Jim Lee in attendance.
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Batman becomes the first superhero to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking a major milestone for comic book characters. The famous DC Comics hero, who first appeared in 1939, will be officially celebrated on September 26. His star will be placed alongside those of Batman TV series actor Adam West and co-creator Bob Kane. Thus, Batman joins other iconic pop culture figures such as Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse. DC President and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee, who created the acclaimed Batman series Hush between 2002 and 2003, has been confirmed to attend the ceremony.
Hollywood Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said: “Fans around the world will be thrilled to know that Batman will have his own star, alongside series star Adam West and co-creator Bob Kane.” A total of 11 actors have played Batman in theatrically released films, starting way back in 1943 with Lewis Wilson and followed by Robert Lowery in 1949. It wasn’t until 1966 that the character would return to the big screen with Adam West, followed by Michael Keaton in 1989 for Tim Burton’s film and its 1992 sequel. Keaton then briefly returned as the character in The Flash (2023). West and Keaton are thus far the only Batman actors to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Director Joel Schumacher took over the franchise in the mid-1990s with Val Kilmer and George Clooney for the much more kitschy Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). The latter, which also starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Uma Thurman, is widely considered the worst Batman film. In 2005, Christopher Nolan began the Dark Knight trilogy, the most acclaimed and celebrated iteration of the character to date, which saw Christian Bale play the hero in three films and radically changed the landscape of superhero films.
More recently, Ben Affleck played Batman in Zack Snyder’s mostly unsuccessful attempts to bring the DC Universe to life, both in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and in the box office flop of the first Justice League film. In 2022, Robert Pattinson played a young version of Bruce Wayne in the dark and gritty The Batman, with a sequel slated for 2026.
Source: Yahoo.com
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