What Happens When BATMAN Enters Public Domain?

The weird legal loophole that puts Batman in the public domain will happen in... 2035?

[neauxway]

No sidekick named Robin, but what about Batman and Christopher Robin?

[paramoosestudios]

Finally, after all these years, I will be able to make Batman vs Winnie the Pooh, the greatest crossover of all time

[agr]

I will say that with Batman many of the classic characters actually appear pretty quickly. Robin, The Joker, and Catwoman in 1940, and Penguin in 1941. So you can either: 1) string out your story/series so these characters appear when they enter the public domain or 2) wait a year or two. Of course as you said, you have to use the public domain version of the characters as your baseline.

[caturiges]

Don't forget the biggest potential of this: Crossovers! Once in public domain we can mix every one of these characters in a single movie!

[RiseOfTheKumquat]

"Yeah, sure, it's legal, but you *WILL* go to Hell for doing that." -My mom, when I told her that there's a Winnie The Pooh slasher movie coming out this year

[definitelynot_tfol]

The positive thing about all of Batman's iconic traits being locked down is that I am now free to have a Batman who drives a rusty pickup truck with rocket boosters, stops crime using boxing gloves and has an assistant named Jimothy Quarterdime.

[CorthosFellrin]

Having the opening shot be Batman pulling a Glock on a villain would funny af.

"I thought you didn't kill?"
"Wrong Bat"
*Bang*

[casey]

Since the Greek and Norse mythologies have always been in the public domain, people have added new flavors to make their stories of them unique. Such with Wonder Woman, Hercules, Thor, Lore Olympus, Percy Jackson, Supernatural, etc. The same can be said with this Batman since even in comics he’s had multiple iterations of varying styles, so unique ones outside of DC continuity would still work pretty well

[PleasantGreen]

I'm looking forward to your adaptation in 12 years

[TheTexas]

Austin really keeps looking for things to add to his cinematic universe

[ChristopherCopeland]

Hearing the list of ‘limitations’ honestly sounds like it could give birth to the most refreshing Batman iteration we’ve seen in years or decades. Taking the character back to that primordial premise of billionaire detective who dresses as a bat man and losing all the decades and decades of now-played-out character, setting, and plot ornaments that the franchise has aggregated over the years is the most interesting thing I’ve heard in a long time

[LiMe]

How to avoid trademarks whilst being recognizable
Movie title: "the man in the bat costume"
City name: Havesteak
Have=got
Steak=ham

[raytheuglymusician]

I’m writing a public domain Batman story specifically for it falling out of copyright and I was LITERALLY just trying to figure out this shit yesterday. Thank you!

[felipea]

By 2037 you will be able to use Joker, Gotham and Robin tho

[jameshamill]

I know you said "No rogues gallery at all" but a good chunk of those rogues were introduced in 1940 so all you'd have to do is wait an extra year and you'd have access to the Joker, Robin (Dick Grayson), Tony Zucco, Catwoman, Hugo Strange, and Clayface. Most of his core rogue gallery was introduced relatively early on. You even have a couple of fun characters from the early Gothic stories of 1939 like Doctor Death and the Mad Monk which have been adapted by Scott Snyder and Matt Wagner respectively. Joe Chill is also 1939.

Rogues Gallery Year of Introduction 1941-1950
Penguin, Scarecrow, and Rag Doll get introduced in 1941.
Two Face and Salvatore Maroni were introduced in 1942.
Solomon Grundy comes into play in 1944.
The Riddler and Mad Hatter's first appearances are in 1948.
Deadshot is introduced in 1950.

[Jamesyboi]

Imagine a batman show or movie without anyone that is apart of the rogues gallery or sidekicks or even alferd

[CybusterKai]

Fascinating to think about these major characters entering public domain not convinced they won't just find some way to hold onto the rights anyway lol knowing them.

[Labyrinth]

I prefer you do a video with Steamboat Willie's Mickey Mouse entering public domain. Disney will be HELLBENT on making sure it never happens and if they fail, they’ll likely still sue people out of spite even though it would be legal to use Mickey Mouse in your own work

[atypicalmedia]

It is true that many iconic Batman elements won’t be in the public domain until decades after the man himself, but several like Robin, Joker, Hugo Strange, Gotham City, etc. came just a couple years after Detective Comics #27. So if you hold off two or three more years, you’ll get the fuller package. Or you can just create your own villains for him to fight.

[nikeneon]

Finally I can make my own spiritual successor to 00s masterpiece Batman vs Dracula. Batman vs Werewolf