Although stated to take place within The Dark Knight trilogy, the producers have acknowledged that the plot from the anthology is not necessarily integral to the main story told within the films.

The shorts are written by Josh Olson, David S. Goyer, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Jordan Goldberg and Alan Burnett.

[1][2] All six segments of the anthology film star Kevin Conroy, reprising his voice role as Batman from the DC Animated Universe.

The film had its television premiere on Cartoon Network on October 4, 2008 with a TV-14-V rating and an exclusive parental warning after each commercial break, with a few of the more graphic scenes cut.

Batman: Gotham Knight is split into six segments: Have I Got a Story for You was written by Josh Olson and animated by Studio 4°C.

Crispus Allen and Anna Ramirez are partners and members of the Major Crimes Unit that have been hand-picked by Lieutenant James Gordon.

The two are assigned to take the recently captured Man in Black (who was captured previously on Have I Got A Story For You), revealed to be Jacob Feely, an escaped inmate from Arkham Asylum with an expertise in advanced electronics and explosives, back to Arkham Asylum, which most of the Narrows has been converted into following the events of Batman Begins.

Ramirez and Maroni manage to get clear in time, while Allen is rescued by Batman who proceeds to take out the Russian and his men.

He attempts to force a truce between the two gang leaders until he can get evidence against them and that Sal Maroni and the Russian can then argue who gets the top bunk at Blackgate Penitentiary.

Batman gives Gordon an earpiece that will allow them to stay in contact and descends below ground, trying to find Cardinal O'Fallon and his abductor.

Using the methane already present in the room, he sparks an explosion that destroys several water pipes, flooding the area and allowing him to escape with the Cardinal.

Severely injured, Batman cauterizes the wound and attempts to get out from underground, reflecting on his experiences with managing pain as he does before the events.

Over several months, she teaches him to minimize his pain to the point where he can control it, sleeping on a bed of needles or standing on hot coals without reacting.

In his penthouse, he examines the firearms he took from the underground tunnel's gutter (during the events of Working Through Pain) which he intends to turn in to the police.

Deadshot then gleefully reveals that Batman was his real target the entire time and that the threat against Gordon was merely a ruse to draw him out.

Later, Wayne confides to Alfred about how similar the fight in the tunnel seemed to the night his parents were murdered and comments that "I've been trying to stop those two bullets all my life."

[4] The music for Gotham Knight, while being an original score, contains samples of earlier and notable Batman themes from past media.

[5][6] As of October 2021[update], the film holds a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on eight reviews with an average score of 6.8/10.

The review gave the movie a generally favorable response, stating, "it's something new and entirely fresh for the Dark Knight and that alone is worth checking out if you're a DC Animation fan.

[12] It is also including trailers and advertisements of The Dark Knight, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Lego Batman and Popeye the Sailor 1938–1940 (vol.

A DVD (Blu-ray Disc for PlayStation 3) of the movie was bundled with the collector's edition of Batman: Arkham City, which was released on October 18, 2011.

A Blu-ray and DVD combo was also released paired with Volume One of the Batman: Black and White comic book series in 2015.

Special features include the documentary Batman and Me: The Bob Kane Story, the A Mirror for the Bat featurette and the audio commentary of the film by Gregory Noveck, Dennis O'Neil and Kevin Conroy.