Robert Pattinson broods and batters his way through new The Batman trailer

Robert Pattinson is appropriately darkish and brooding and beating up dangerous guys within the newest trailer for The Batman, which debuted at DC FanDome this weekend. Directed by Matt Reeves, the movie’s launch has been delayed a number of instances, however will lastly hit theaters subsequent March.

As I’ve written beforehand, the unique plan was to set the movie inside the DCEU, after the occasions of Justice League. However as Warner Bros. was rethinking the shared-universe mannequin for its superhero movies in favor of standalone movies and franchises, Affleck introduced he was stepping down as director, and the studio changed him with Reeves. Affleck would finally withdraw from the mission altogether, following his divorce from Jennifer Garner and a stint in rehab for alcohol abuse.

Reeves introduced a really completely different imaginative and prescient to The Batman, saying that he needed it to be “an nearly noir-driven, detective model of Batman,” targeted on Bruce Wayne’s second 12 months combating crime because the Caped Crusader, somewhat than as soon as once more retelling the character’s origin story. 

Reeves mentioned that the plot would comply with a sequence of murders, revealing the historical past of corruption in Gotham and the way Bruce’s household is linked to that corruption. The basic dangerous guys—the Riddler, Penguin, Catwoman—are additionally within the early levels of their growth into full-fledged villains. Reeves has cited Alfred Hitchcock movies as a serious affect on the general appear and feel of his movie, in addition to Chinatown, The French Connection, and Taxi Driver.

Filming was paused in March 2020 on account of COVID-19—dialect coach Andrew Jack died from the illness shortly thereafter—after 1 / 4 or so of the movie had been shot. And three days after filming resumed in September 2020, Pattinson examined constructive for COVID-19, briefly shutting down manufacturing once more. Filming did not wrap fully till March of this 12 months, and the studio pushed the movie’s launch to 2022 in consequence.

Along with Pattinson, the solid consists of Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) as Commissioner Jim Gordon; Colin Farrell (Implausible Beasts and The place to Discover Them) as Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin; Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) as Bruce Wayne’s butler and mentor, Alfred Pennyworth; John Turturro (Barton Fink, The Massive Lebowski) as crime boss Carmine Falcone; Paul Dano (Okja, 12 Years a Slave) as Edward Nashton/The Riddler; and Zoë Kravitz (X-Males: First Class) as Selina Kyle/Catwoman. (Kravitz voiced the character in The Lego Batman Film.)

The primary teaser dropped throughout final 12 months’s DC FanDome, and the Warner Bros. CinemaCon panel this previous August featured a short sizzle reel of latest footage. This newest trailer opens with the arrest of Dano’s Riddler in a espresso store, though we do not see his face—simply the query mark sample within the foam of his cappuccino. We get a bit extra footage of Batman beating up road goons, some critical sparkage with Selina/Catwoman, and a fiery confrontation with Oswald Cobblepot. Nevertheless it’s the Riddler who appears to dominate the proceedings, with an ominous voiceover: “What’s black and blue and pink throughout? You.”

In different Batman information, Warner Bros. dropped a brief sneak peek of footage for The Flash movie that is been in growth for a superb 17 years. It is loosely primarily based on the 2011 comedian crossover story Flashpoint, during which Barry travels again in time to forestall the dying of his mom, and unintentionally unravels house and time in consequence. This new footage confirms that. Ben Affleck is rumored to reprise his Batman, together with Michael Keaton, who final performed the Caped Crusader in 1992’s Batman Returns. Yep, we is likely to be getting a mutliverse model of the DCEU.

We do not see the face of both Affleck or Keaton on this footage, however we do see Barry method Batman from behind and ask, “Are you in?” And that does sound like Keaton within the voiceover. The studio does not appear to have launched the footage on their very own YouTube channel, however a model is embedded beneath. You may watch the complete streamed DC FanDome occasion right here.

The Batman is slated for launch on March 4, 2022. The Flash is scheduled to hit theaters on November 4, 2022.

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