The Lego Batman Movie looks more and more like a fanboy-pleasing antidote to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice each and every day.
Just in time for Christmas, Bat-Fans now have six wicked character posters to rejoice over - featuring the Dark Knight and his wards, his faithful butler Alfred and baddie couple Joker and Harley Quinn.
In this spinoff of The Lego Movie, egotistical and self-centred Batman (Will Arnett) actually has to take some responsibility in his life when he adopts young ward Robin (Michael Cera) - just as another masked hero, Batgirl (Rosario Dawson), takes Gotham City by storm.
As if he doesn't have enough problems, his nemesis The Joker (Zach Galifianakis) and Harley Quinn (Jenny Slate) have gathered all of Gotham's greatest criminals to take revenge on the Dark Knight.
The Lego Batman Movie will be filled to the brim with references to classic DC lore - from the inclusion of the Justice League to finally letting Batman '89 star Billy Dee Williams play Two-Face.
Producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have gone so far as to describe The Lego Batman Movie as a "90-minute Easter egg" for DC fans.
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"There is no favouritism, and there are no limits [to what we reference]," Lord boasted.
Miller added: "[Director] Chris McKay, the director of the movie, is a real Batman aficionado and knows really arcane stuff that was only in one issue of the comic book in 1972, and that sort of thing."
The Lego Batman Movie swoops into cinemas on February 10, 2017 in the UK and the US. Watch a trailer below:
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