Mayor of Batman, Turkey, files suit

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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