Robert Pattinson IS The Batman

[Jekecy]

I guess it could be due to his relationship with WB, but I’m kind of tickled to think that the casting process for a new Batman was even on Nolan’s radar.

Rob's involvement was leaked a few days earlier. Anyone following movies had heard about it already.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Nolan might as well be co-chairman over there.

I'd very much welcome that.

 

[Micromind]

Nolan might as well be co-chairman over there.

Are you calling Nolan a chairman ?

 

[I Am The Knight]

No chairs allowed?

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

Robert's new movie.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Robert's new movie.

Look at our boys ruffled shirt! Despite the warning sign of the Netflix logo that looks awesome.

Although, every time I see the title for some inexplicable reason I read it in a sing-songy voice to the tune of "Party all the Time". My girl wants the Devil All the Time, Devil all the Time, Devil all the ti-i-me.....

 

[Gothamsknight]

Robert's new movie.

Film looks great and Pattinson sounds fantastic.

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

I want Matt Reeves to find a spot for Bill Skarsgård in his Bat universe.

 

[Eddie Dean]

well since he played the most famous of killer clowns that right it himself and since batman has the joker a character who is a most famous of killer clowns and bill skarsgard has shown he can play most famous of evil clowns he can play joker

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

 

[Pennywise]

Matt Reeves' The Batman Movie Will Explore the Soul of Bruce Wayne | Den of Geek

We still have to wait a little more than a year (if we’re lucky) to see a new vision of Batman make his way to the big screen. That’s when Robert Pattinson dons the cape and cowl in The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves. Reeves isn’t just directing The Batman, he also co-wrote the script with Mattson Tomlin. Den of Geek caught up with Tomlin to discuss the screenplay he wrote for Project Power, a superhero-esque action movie that arrives on Netflix later this week (you can read our full Project Power-centric interview with Tomlin here), and the writer gave us some tantalizing hints about what might be in store for The Batman.

“It’s tough to talk about, just because you want the movie to speak for itself,” Tomlin admits. However, he’s still willing to talk in broad terms about how this version of the Dark Knight will be different from ones we’ve seen on screen in recent years. Both Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, which starred Ben Affleck in the cape and cowl, focused on an older, more experienced Dark Knight, but that isn’t the case for The Batman, which features Pattinson as a Bruce Wayne who is only just beginning his career as Batman.

“It’s the early days,” he says. “I think that, first of all, it’s a younger version than the most recent versions that we’ve seen.”

But Tomlin and Reeves are also seem to be taking a more philosophical approach to their Batman.

“I think that Matt Reeves as a filmmaker, if you look at any of his work, whether or not it’s Let Me In or Cloverfield or the Planet of the Apesmovies, he’s always coming from a point of emotion, it’s never the big action thing,” Tomlin says. “It’s always, what is this character’s soul?”

And of course, as we all know, the “soul” of Batman and Bruce Wayne is a troubled place.

“I think that really looking at Batman as somebody who has gone through this trauma, and then everything that he’s doing is then a reaction to that, rather than shy away from that, I think this film leans into that in some very fun and surprising ways,” he says. “I think that’s all I can say without getting yelled at.”

 

[Jekecy]

“I think that really looking at Batman as somebody who has gone through this trauma, and then everything that he’s doing is then a reaction to that, rather than shy away from that, I think this film leans into that in some very fun and surprising ways”

For as much flack the Wayne murders receive as being too oversaturated in these films, this point hasn't really been established in any of the prior films. Which is surprising because it's arguably the heart of the character.

 

[hellblazer103]

I want Matt Reeves to find a spot for Bill Skarsgård in his Bat universe.

well since he played the most famous of killer clowns that right it himself and since batman has the joker a character who is a most famous of killer clowns and bill skarsgard has shown he can play most famous of evil clowns he can play joker

Let's do a not on that thanks

 

[Eddie Dean]

Let's do a not on that thanks

 

[Sawyer]

Robert's new movie.

I already know you damn nerds are going to make “DELUSIONS!” a meme around these parts.

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

Let's do a not on that thanks

Lol I didn't say Joker. I still think he is a good actor.

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

 

[J.Drangal]

“I think that really looking at Batman as somebody who has gone through this trauma, and then everything that he’s doing is then a reaction to that, rather than shy away from that, I think this film leans into that in some very fun and surprising ways”

For as much flack the Wayne murders receive as being too oversaturated in these films, this point hasn't really been established in any of the prior films. Which is surprising because it's arguably the heart of the character.

I'm not a native english speaker, but isn't this phrase weirdly worded ?
And I fail to see what's new here, Batman always acted in reaction of his parent's murder. Maybe I'm just not understanding the quote...

 

[Eddie Dean]

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[KaijuDude1992]

Man Pattinson really would have been an amazing choice to play The Joker or The Riddler in the DCEU. I still think he's going to be great as Bruce Wayne/Batman, but after seeing him play darker, creepier characters in movies like The King and what it looks like were going to get in The Devil All The Time it's more than apparent now that he can pretty much play any role and kill it everytime.

 

[Pennywise]

I’m definitely curious what kind of characterization we’re going to get with Pattinson’s Batman.

 

[Jekecy]

I'm not a native english speaker, but isn't this phrase weirdly worded ?
And I fail to see what's new here, Batman always acted in reaction of his parent's murder. Maybe I'm just not understanding the quote...

The trauma from his parents’ death is an established concept, but is almost always just backdrop dressing in the films.

It doesn’t really show as an active driving force for Bruce every day and night.

The closest may be Batman Begins, with the flashback sequences highlighting how lost Bruce was because vengeance as a resolution was taken from him. But even then it wasn’t about the murders themselves.

 

[J.Drangal]

It's funny how the arguably two most acclaimed Batman actors, Bale and Keaton, would probably had been also good fits for the Joker role.
If it's a real trend, here's hoping a similar success for Pattinson.

 

[shauner111]

The “fun and surprising ways” quote has me thinking we might get some Jekyll and Hyde **** here. Like Bruce talking to himself or seeing visions. If you’ve seen The Lighthouse you’ll know that Pattinson is the perfect actor for that sorta thing. It’s actually what Bale wanted to go with this character. And I don’t mean “make Bruce Wayne a total nutcase” but you can touch on that a bit for sure.

 

[J.Drangal]

The trauma from his parents’ death is an established concept, but is almost always just backdrop dressing in the films.

It doesn’t really show as an active driving force for Bruce every day and night.

The closest may be Batman Begins, with the flashback sequences highlighting how lost Bruce was because vengeance as a resolution was taken from him. But even then it wasn’t about the murders themselves.

Thank you !
I get it now, it's the "shy away" part that I misunderstood, I was thinking it refered to Batman shying away from his trauma, and was a bit confused.
It's true, despite the long lived franchise, apart from Begins and maybe Forever a bit, Bruce's trauma was never the main focus of these movies. This is why I really enjoy Reeves intention to place Batman as the backbone of the whole project.