For those of you that haven’t heard, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark isn’t the only superhero stage production opening this year. Batman is getting one of his own.  Batman Live is a touring arena show that will start its  in the U.K.  on July 19th and will run through October 8th. After the U.K. tour it will move on to Europe and then to North America. This show cost $20 million dollars to produce and takes 20 trucks to move the show from arena to arena.

Last week there was a press event in London that gave us a deeper look into the setup of the show, along with revealing the rogues gallery Batman and Robin will have to face. The villains showed up live and in costume. Among them were the Joker, Harley Quinn, Riddler, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, and Penguin. Gordon Murray, who is famous for designing Formula One cars, will be designing the Batmobile that will be used. Es Devlin, known as a costume/stage designer for Lady Gaga will also be working on the show.

The video clips below are from the press event that was held last week. Below the videos are pictures that are taken from Superhero Hype. You can see the costumes in better detail in those pictures. I likes the look of most of the costumes, but for I cannot stand the Robin. It looks a too Joel Schumacher-y for this bot!

Sources: Robot 6 , Superhero Hype