Anatoli appeared in his first live adaptation as a recurring cast member on The CW Arrowverse television series Arrow played by David Nykl.

Anatoli also appeared as a secondary antagonist and a henchman for Lex Luthor in the DC Extended Universe film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice played by Callan Mulvey.

[3] The Hammer's general, angry that the Soviet government is working to better relations with the United States, sends Knyazev on a mission to kill 10 high-ranking U.S. officials in an attempt to cripple the Strategic Defense Initiative program.

These include scientists, civilian administrators, military figures, and politicians, the last of whom being then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan, scheduled to visit Gotham City.

The Beast quickly has the limb replaced with a cybernetic gun, made by one of Gotham's top weapons dealers.

His protégé, the NKVDemon, surfaces in Russia, but is killed by Batman's ally, Soviet police detective Nikita Krakov.

[4] The Beast becomes a traditional supervillain, engaging in a counterfeiting scheme and having additional cybernetic implants inserted into his body.

In One Year Later, KGBeast is killed by Tally Man as part of the Great White Shark's plot to discredit Two-Face.

He is hired by the Penguin, Black Mask, and Great White Shark to kill Batman and Two-Face after the latter threatens to release his collection of blackmail data to the world.

[11] Nightwing survives, but the head trauma combined with manipulation from the Court of Owls causes him to become amnesiac and take on the identity of Ric Grayson.