The Batman (Matt Reeves)

[Random Guy Esq.]

Yet another soft reboot, but unlike his predecessor Zach Snyder, I've actually enjoyed a lot of Matt Reeves' work. This is scheduled for a 2021 release, so still a long ways off, but there's news this morning that Robert Pattinson is the front runner to don the cowl. A decent choice I reckon - he's shown that he has a lot more strings to his bow since Twilight, and has been hired by directors such as Cronenberg, Nolan, and Herzog.

I'm not sure what exactly they can do with Batman though, unless they maybe take one of the better unique comic arcs and film that. Definitely don't want to see another generic hero origin movie.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Nicholas Hoult also in the running, apparently.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

I don't have a problem with that if the movies are good. In fact, I think Batman works better in his own bubble, away from the fantastical/supernatural elements of the extended DC roster.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Zoe Kravitz has been cast as Catwoman/Selina Kyle.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Paul Dano cast as The Riddler. That's pretty good!

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Just please no one piece latex suit. I know it’s a classic look but it would just look ridiculous. A proper three piece suit in dark green with fluorescent question marks could work though.

Agreed!

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

I'd also add that I hope they actually have him setting actual bloody riddles rather than just poncing around camply with question mark shaped gadgets.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

First look at Pattinson in the new Bat suit (also a first listen to Michael Giacchino's score).

https://twitter.com/x/status/1228093055103881216

As sceptical as I am, they're ticking the right boxes so far.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Didn't we say the same thing about Affleck's grizzled, bulked-up, no-hold-barred Batman? The execution of the character was not the problem, it was the script of the whole movie around that character.

Personally, I didn't say that because I knew Snyder was in charge!

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

You can tell that all from a 20s dark scene of a chest plate?

Tell all what?

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

That they're ticking all the right boxes. Only box I can see that they've ticked is, it's definitely batman.

Key words were "so far", as in we don't have a lot to go on. But what we can see/hear is the casting, choice of director, design choice for the suit, first impressions of the score etc. And while I'm still very sceptical and fully expect them to mess it up, I don't think they've done it yet.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Yeah, that looks far worse in the flesh (and in the daylight).

 

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Not on a family-friendly forum!

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

I don't hate it. Some of the designs have been ludicrous over the years.

 

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Whats a teaser, looks awesome. So nice to hear they are going for a noir detective sorta vibe.

Details from the panel stolen from Reddit

• Batman will be investigating a series of murders that tie in and explore the wide spread and deep rooted corruption that runs throughout Gotham City
• The Batman takes place during Batman’s second year, while his upcoming HBO series about the Gotham PD will be set during his first year.
• This film will be starting points for Riddler, Catwoman, and “Ozzie, who doesn’t like to be called the Penguin”
• All the actors had input on the design of their costumes, but it is insinuated they are all meant Amor appear in beta phases (all their clothing/equipment is function driven.
• The Gotham PD series will continue to explore the themes of wide scale corruption in Gotham, and will be focused on a cop “battling for his soul”.
• Only 25%- 30% of the film has been filmed
• Paul Dano is playing “a version of the Riddler” that is unlike what fans are used to.
• Primary influences were Chinatown, Taxi Driver, and films from the 70s that explored corruption.

Good info, thanks!

Colin Farrell was unrecognisable in the trailer (as Ozzie)!

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Where are people getting emo Bruce from? He's wearing the eye make-up that every Batman since Keaton has worn, except the makers of this film aren't pretending that he doesn't. That is, it doesn't magically disappeared when he takes off the cowl.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

It's not the eye makeup. It's the hair and the look of a sulky teenager. Total emo.

Unlike the chirpy, happy-go-lucky Bats we all know and love.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

I'd rather film makers not be shackled by the elitism, prejudice, or maybe just plain old shortsightedness of the original creators, or by the backwards social views that existed in the time it was written. And surely implanting a completely new character is worse than changing an existing character's skin colour... from a literary purist's point of view?

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Well, if he can't develop a vaccine, nobody can.