Dumbass of the Day

[theEpiphany]

Batman Mayor Files Suit For Caped Crusader Cash

11 November 2008 5:30 PM, PST

The Mayor of a Turkish city called Batman is suing director Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. bosses for a cut of their Caped Crusader film franchise.

Huseyin Kalkan has accused the brains behind The Dark Knight of using the cityss name without permission in the bizarre new legal action.

The Mayor states, .There is only one Batman in the world. The American producers used the name of our city without informing us..

And Kalkan goes so far as to blame the latest Nolan film for a spate of murders and suicides in Batman.

He also claims the stigma attached to the city makes it almost impossible for local businesses to be taken seriously abroad.




Seriously? :sign:

 

[chainer]

Linky

Can't find the source, though! Who knows, this could be garbage press. Either way, it's garbage news. Isn't this a little late?

 

[Marco-Polo]

Linky

Can't find the source, though! Who knows, this could be garbage press. Either way, it's garbage news. Isn't this a little late?

Not really late, since the legal hijinks date to Nov 7 according to wikipedia (linky). It appears that the mayor just got out of jail, too.

 

[Unclebillybonz]

Well shouldn't he be sueing DC Comics then, since they were the first to 'steal' the towns name and use it for financial gain?

What about all the other TV shows and Movies previous? Why now, why this movie? :sign: