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Amazon scoops up ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ after HBO Max cancellation
Amazon has reportedly picked up Batman: Caped Crusader, the animated series Warner Bros. developed for HBO Max but scrapped last August to cut costs. Despite also drawing interest from Netflix, Apple and Hulu, the upcoming show will have a home on Amazon Prime.
First announced in May 2021, Batman: Caped Crusader sounds like a spiritual successor to Batman: The Animated Series, the beloved 1990s weekday afternoon staple. The upcoming show was created by executive producers JJ Abrams, Matt Reeves and Batman: The Animated Series developer Bruce Timm. In addition, celebrated comic-book writer Ed Brubaker is on the creative team for the 10-episode first season.
The Amazon sale was part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to monetize content by selling it to third parties. The studio will now focus on the Batman IP as part of a 10-year DC Comics meta-story spanning film, TV, gaming and animated series. In addition, a sequel to Reeves’s 2022 film The Batman and spin-off series The Penguin on HBO Max are in the works.
“We are beyond excited to be working together to bring this character back, to tell engrossing new stories in Gotham City,” Abrams and Reeves said when Batman: Caped Crusader was announced. “The series will be thrilling, cinematic and evocative of Batman’s noir roots, while diving deeper into the psychology of these iconic characters. We cannot wait to share this new world.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/amazon-scoops-up-batman-caped-crusader-after-hbo-max-cancellation-215511679.html?src=rss
Tech for diagnosing spinal injuries scoops clinical innovation award
The inaugural Clinical Innovation Awards saw four Irish healthcare teams awarded €15,000 each for their tech inventions aimed at improving patient outcomes.
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The Sun scoops Making A Difference national award for our Give It Back campaign for disabled kids
THE Sun has won this year’s Making A Difference national award for our Give It Back campaign for disabled kids.
Exposing how only 4 percent of families with disabled children reported getting the support they needed, the Government forked out an extra £48million to fund support programmes to help exhausted parents.
The Sun campaigned for Government to give back the annual funding cut from hundreds of thousands of families, which in 2021 rose to a shameful £573million.
Shockingly, 89 percent of pupils with special needs go on to sustained education, employment, or apprenticeships after school, compared to 94 percent of their peers with no similar needs.
During the campaign, the newspaper partnered with the Disabled Children’s Partnership to give a voice to unheard parents who were battling to get their children the support they needed.
The West Midlands Express and Shropshire Star also won the local award for the campaign, Feed A Family, which teamed up with foodbanks to stock up supplies ahead of Christmas.
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News Media Association’s chief executive Owen Meredith said: “Many congratulations to The Express and Star and The Sun for winning the 2022 Making A Difference Award for the best national and local campaign.
“This year’s entries demonstrate the remarkable landscape of UK journalism today, highlighting the importance of trusted and quality journalism as well as showcasing news media’s powerful ability in delivering agenda-setting investigations, campaigns and scoops to the public.
He added: “The winning campaigns, Give It Back and Feed A Family, are outstanding examples of the vital role journalism plays in our society, from informing and engaging the public to fundraising and raising awareness of important causes.
“The teams behind these campaigns should be immensely proud of their achievements.
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Food waste project scoops €2m funding in SFI challenge
The winning team will use the funding to develop packaging that is sustainable and prolongs the shelf life of fresh produce.
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Fashion-tech platform scoops top prize at Trinity’s LaunchBox 2022
LaunchBox 2022 winners Ecode will receive a cash prize and co-working space at Dogpatch Labs to further the business.
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Belfast engineering graduate scoops top prize at Invent 2022
Peter Gilleece said the £26,000 prize funding would help Vikela Armour to expand into industries such as automative and aerospace.
Read more: Belfast engineering graduate scoops top prize at Invent 2022