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  • Doctor Strange by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, via

GOOD NEWS FIRST: In a move that was more or less demanded by the excitable denizens of Tumblr, Benedict Cumberbatch is probably going to play Doctor Strange, which should be a profoundly good fit given that the best Doctor Strange comics are weird, trippy, psychedelic freak-outs about a big old weirdo and Cumberbatch seems either unwilling or unable to play anyone who isn't a big old weirdo. Sorry, Keanu.

BAD NEWS SECOND: Joel Schumacher is coming for you. Presumably because his feelings are still really hurt by how much everyone on the planet hates Batman & Robin. And now DC Comics is reportedly giving him the chance to make up for his sins. Maybe? Sort of? It'll still probably be better than Before Watchmen. Prepare yourselves:

Originally there was meant to be a third film, Batman Triumphant, which Joel Schumacher was signed on to direct, but it was cancelled after the poor reaction to Batman & Robin.

And that was that. Until next year.

Because Bleeding Cool has been told that Joel Schumacher is writing a 12-issue Batman comic, currently being drawn by Dustin Nguyen, which will revisit his intentions for the three films, or which two were made. Rewritten from scratch and telling one story, this will contain his original vision for the movies. (Via.)

As a particularly disastrous Mercury-hosted installation of Hecklevision proved a while back, Batman & Robin is utterly irredeemable by anyone ever for any purpose whatsoever. Even so, I'll still never get tired of this: