Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
A gas streetlight, Selina Kyle in Victorian dress and a top hat, and in front of her Batman. Beneath a foggy street and the mysterious cloaked figure of the Ripper.
Promotional poster
Directed bySam Liu
Screenplay byJim Krieg
Based on
Gotham by Gaslight
by
Produced bySam Liu
Starring
Edited byChristopher D. Lozinski
Music byFrederik Wiedmann
Production
companies
Warner Bros. Animation
DC Entertainment
The Answer Studio (Animation services)
Distributed byWarner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12) (Newseum[1])
  • January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23) (Digital Download)
  • February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06) (Blu-ray)
Running time
78 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is a 2018 American adult animated superhero horror film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, featuring an alternate version of the DC Comics character Batman. It is the 31st film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It is directed and produced by Sam Liu and written by James Krieg, loosely based on the standalone graphic novel of the same name by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola.[3]

The film was released for a world premiere screening at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. during the "DC in D.C." event on January 12, 2018[4] and then for digital download on January 23, 2018 before coming out on DVD and Blu-ray on February 6.[5] Batman: Gotham by Gaslight was the last film to be released in Benjamin Melniker's lifetime, a longtime DC film producer who died a month later at the age of 104.[6][7]

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  2. ^ "Batman: Gotham by Gaslight". Amazon. February 6, 2018. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  3. ^ Lovett, Jamie (July 8, 2017). "DC Animation's Next Movie Revealed". Comic Book. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "'DC IN D.C.' Warner Bros. Television Group and DC Comics Landmark Diversity in Pop Culture Event January 12–13, 2018 -". The Good Men Project. December 19, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Newsarama Staff (November 14, 2017). "BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT Film Release Date & New Trailer". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  6. ^ McMillan, Graeme (February 27, 2018). "Benjamin Melniker, Prolific 'Batman' Producer and MGM Exec, Dies at 104". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "Benjamin Melniker, producer of every modern Batman movie, dies aged 104". Archived from the original on June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.