Official BATKID BEGINS Trailer Witness the new BATKID BEGINS trailer! The film is directed by Dana Nachman (The Human Experiment). BATKID BEGINS will be released in theaters on June 26. On November 15, 2013, the world came together to grant one 5-year-old leukemia patient his wish to be Batman for a day. “Batkid Begins” looks at why and how this phenomenon took place, becoming one of the biggest “good news” stories of all time.