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Mayor of Batman, Turkey, files suit

Posted by Ty Burr  November 12, 2008 02:12 PM
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You can't make this stuff up: According to Variety, CNN, and other outlets, Warner Brothers and director Christopher Nolan are being sued by the mayor of Batman, a city in southeastern Turkey, for using the town's name without permission.

Presumably the citizens of Hellboy, Lithuania, are calling their lawyers.

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