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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stuart Heritage

Doorbells, chicken and special edition biscuits: why are The Batman’s tie-ins such a joker?

Did you order Papa John’s black ghost chilli chicken wings?
‘You ok? You’ve barely touched your limited edition Papa John’s black ghost chilli chicken wings’ … Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman. Photograph: Album/Alamy

By all accounts, The Batman will be a dark, dark movie. Taking its visual cues from Seven, and featuring a protagonist who has a breakdown and finds himself lured into intractable ethical murk by the suffocating power of vengeance, all signs point to the film being three hours of grot and depression and anguish.

But wait, have you tried the new The Batman Oreos yet? They’re absolutely bat-licious!

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