New animated Batman movie channels Home Alone and sees the Joker go full Grinch in first trailer

The first trailer for animated movie Merry Little Batman is here, and it's absolutely wild.&ꦕnbsp;

The clip, which you can watch above, sees Batman leave his son, young Damian Wayne, home alone near Christmas (to do important Batman stuff, of course). When he gets intoܫ trouble and is stuck away from Gotham, Damian must suit up and take on the city's most dastardly criminals himself, Kevin McCallister style, as the Joker is going full Grinch and trying to steal Christmas. 

All in all, it looks like an adorable – and very fun – holiday movie with a hefty helping of chaos.ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Count us in. 

Merry Little Batman is directed by Regular Show's Mike Roth, with Teen Titans Go's Morgan Evans behind the screenpl꧋ay.

It was announced back in April that Merry Little Batman would be followed by ✃an animated spin-off series, titled Bat-Family.

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Merry Little Batman arrives this December 8 on Prime Video. In the meantime, check out our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best movies on Amazon Prime Video to fill out your watchlist. 

Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediꦏate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA𒐪!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.