Diddy stars in his own Batman short film for Halloween, says WB blocked him from being the Joker

If there was any incredibly wealthy person in real life who decided to dress up as a giant bat, tool around in a tricked-out car, and beat up random criminals all in the name of some nebulous idea of justice, smart money would be on Diddy. Or Elon Musk. But Diddy made a short film about it first.

The Bad Boy for Life sometimes known as Sean Combs, currently also known as Love, had a bit of a conundrum: In a video posted to social media on Halloween, Diddy claimed that he'd received a cease-and-desist letter from "the studio" for his epic Black Joker costume last year because he was "breaching the trademark."

Warner Bros., which controls the screen rights to Batman, didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment Wednesday.

As a solution to his Halloween hullabaloo, Diddy decided to double-down on his Gotham dreams and went full Batman, complete with his own short film envisioning his end to the Hollywood actors' strike.

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"I'm tired of mediocrity. Of the shortcuts. Of the greed. Of empty suits telling us that we don't deserve more," Diddy, in his best gravelly "I'm Batman" tone, says in voice-over in the short film, which he shared on social media with the hashtag "#TheDarkestKnight." It soon becomes apparent that Diddy/Batman is here to wage a war on behalf of the working class. Or at the very least, the Hollywood working class.

After some swanky shots of Diddy's Batmobile (which raises so many questions), we get to the meat of the story. Batman breaks into a two-time-Oscar-winning movie bigwig hotshot producing man's office and knocks him around until the producer agrees to, singlehandedly, end "the strike."

"They say you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain," BatDiddy continues in voice-over, with a shot of him as the Joker tauntingly flashing on the screen. "And if that's what it takes to stand up to oppression, break the system, and stand for love, I guess you could call me a villain then."

The next morning, the newspaper headlines are all celebrating the end of "the strike" as Diddy sips from his tiny little espresso cup.

Does this whole elaborate production seem like a giant "screw you" to Warner Bros. for allegedly sending him a cease-and-desist in the first place? Possibly. Does Diddy's blatant Batman rip-off violate SAG-AFTRA's moratorium on franchise costumes for union members? Probably, if Diddy is a union member (though he hasn't appeared in a film since 2016's Girls Trip).

But most importantly, is Diddy ready, willing, and able to take up a vigilante alter ego at apparently the drop of a hat? Yes. Yes. A million times, yes. Let's just hope he restricts his extracurricular activities to crimes of vibe-harshing, the real American epidemic.

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