Yeah, you absolutely just read that correctly … the “Batman” here being the small town of Batman, Turkey, and they are suing Christopher Nolan for using their name in the massive summer success, The Dark Knight.

Let’s clarify here — they’re not going to sue DC Comics, or the creator of the character decades ago, or Warner Bros. for making all the movies, or directors Tim Burton or Joel *gag* Schumacher for their former Batman movie contributions. Nope, they’re specifically suing Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight. Obviously this makes sense because all those other ones didn’t make nearly as much money (The Dark Knight is currently at 8 million domestic), so their using the name was welcomed back then. The town is suffering from all sorts of crime and suicides and economical hardships (because no one has those anymore!) and so you’ll see, this all makes perfect sense [...]