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The Batman. Action. 176 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2022. Christy Lemire. March 6, 2022. 6 min read. Matt Reeves ’ “The Batman” isn’t a superhero movie. Not really. All the trappings are there: the Batmobile, the rugged suit, the gadgets courtesy of trusty butler Alfred.
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Mar 4, 2022 · The Batman: Directed by Matt Reeves. With Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell. When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, The Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
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- Matt Reeves
- 2022-03-04
Batman ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues. As the scale of the perpetrator's plans become clear, he must bring justice to the ...
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- Matt Reeves
- PG-13
- Robert Pattinson
The Batman was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 4, 2022, three days after premiering at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, and was delayed twice from its original June 2021 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Tom Power
Contributions from
Richard Edwards, Axel Metz
published 1 March 2022
The Dark Knight returns – again
The Batman will launch exclusively in theaters on March 4, 2022. The movie has already been pushed back twice due to the ongoing pandemic, but will now arrive very soon.
Warner Bros' next superhero film will also be available to watch on HBO Max. However, unlike the studio's 2021 day and date release schedule, The Batman won't premiere on the company's streaming platform until 45 days after it lands in theaters. Don't expect its arrival before April 18 at the earliest, then.
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Landing just after Christmas Day 2021, a new trailer for The Batman – titled The Bat and the Cat – gave us some fresh footage to pour over.
We see Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne slyly called out by Gotham City mayoral candidate Bella Reál (Jayme Lawson), who claims that Wayne isn't doing enough to combat Gotham's criminals despite his wealth. Somewhat amusingly, Reál's chat with Wayne is intercut with numerous Batman action sequences, proving that Wayne is ironically doing more than his fair share of trying to clean up Gotham's streets.
Later, the trailer teases more of Batman and Zoë Kravitz's Selina Kyle/Catwoman's uneasy partnership, with the duo taking on various foes (and seemingly each other) at points. There are also a few extra shots of Paul Dano's Riddler, Colin Farrell's Penguin and Gotham police officers questioning Batman's role in events surrounding The Riddler.
Two other trailers preceded The Bat and the Cat's release, and you can view them below. First up, the teaser that arrived during 2020's DC Fandome event:
The Batman clocks in at two hours 55 minutes. That makes it the longest Batman movie of all time, and just six minutes shy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Avengers: Endgame.
However, The Batman's runtime pales in comparison to another DCEU movie, i.e. Zack Snyder's Justice League, which ran for four hours and two minutes. The Batman could have gotten very close to matching the Snyder Cut, however, with Warner Bros. reportedly screening a four-hour rough cut of the film to audiences last year. Anyone up for a 'Release the Reeves Cut' fan campaign?
If three trailers for The Batman isn't enough content for you, why not check out the movie's main musical theme?
Composed by Michael Giacchino (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Lost, Up), the near seven-minute long track is a brilliant piece of music, rising and falling throughout before its big crescendo. You can just see how it fits into the wider film, even though we've only seen a tiny fraction of its footage.
You can listen to the track in full above, or head to the official song's weblink to find it on Spotify, Apple Music and other music streaming platforms.
Warner Bros. also released the theme for the film's main villain, aka The Riddler, on February 4, too. Check that out below:
Here's a quick list of the impressive ensemble cast:
•Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman
•Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth
•Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
•Paul Dano as Edward Nashton/The Riddler
•Colin Farrell as Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot/The Penguin
Here's the movie's official synopsis, by way of Warner Bros' UK 2022 preview listing: "Two years of stalking the streets as the Batman, striking fear into the hearts of criminals, has led Bruce Wayne deep into the shadows of Gotham City. With only a few trusted allies – Alfred Pennyworth, Lt. James Gordon – amongst the city’s corrupt network of officials and high-profile figures, the lone vigilante has established himself as the sole embodiment of vengeance amongst his fellow citizens.
"When a killer targets Gotham’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an investigation into the underworld, where he encounters such characters as Selina Kyle aka Catwoman, Oswald Cobblepot aka the Penguin, Carmine Falcone, and Edward Nashton aka the Riddler. As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator’s plans becomes clear, Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued Gotham City."
Expect this to be a rare Batman movie that features some actual detective work, then, which is entirely appropriate for his comic book roots – particularly Batman: Year One, the 1987 four-issue series run by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli.
"It's more Batman in his detective mode than we've seen in the films," Reeves told The Hollywood Reporter (THR). "The comics have a history of that. He's supposed to be the world's greatest detective, and that's not necessarily been a part of what the movies have been. I'd love this to be one where when we go on that journey of tracking down the criminals and trying to solve a crime. It's going to allow his character to have an arc so that he can go through a transformation."
Speaking to GQ, Pattinson elaborated on his director's vision for The Batman. "The first shot is so jarring from any other Batman movie that it’s just kind of a totally different pace," he explained. "It was what Matt was saying from the first meeting I had with him: ‘I want to do a ’70s noir detective story, like The Conversation.’ And I kind of assumed that meant the mood board or something, the look of it. But from the first shot, it’s, Oh, this actually is a detective story."
Elaborating further in a chat with Movie Maker magazine, Reeves said of the plot: “The premise is that the Riddler is kind of molded in an almost Zodiac Killer sort of mode, and is killing very prominent figures in Gotham, and they are the pillars of society. These are supposedly legitimate figures. It begins with the mayor, and then it escalates from there.
It's too early to tell if The Batman will get any follow-up movies. But, speaking to Total Film, Pattinson alluded to the possibility of a sequel, saying: "I mean, they always have that little bit at the end, that’s like: ‘...and coming up!’". So a sequel could be on the way. And that appears to be the case, with Reeves telling reporters at the film's premiere in LA (per the Bat_Source Twitter fan account) that talks have begun about a potential follow-up movie.
Just as Star Wars and Marvel have expanded their universes via Disney Plus TV shows, DC is bringing The Batman's universe to the small screen via HBO Max.
We know Colin Farrell will reprise his role as the Penguin in an upcoming series for the streamer, which is set delve into Penguin’s rise to power in Gotham.
Speaking exclusively to TechRadar ahead of The Batman's release, Farrell opened up on some elements of the show that he's most excited about. "[I'm excited about] getting more into the character and just, as you say, maybe getting more into his origin and the Oswald that we that we meet in the film," he said. "And also the Oswald that we're going to get the chance to present over the six or eight hours that it'll be. So yeah, just get it, you get an opportunity to delve into it."
According to Variety, Warner Bros. has also lined up Giri/Haji and Encounter writer Joe Barton to serve as showrunner on a Gotham Police Department TV show that will reportedly "build on the film's examination of the anatomy of corruption in Gotham City". Will Jeffrey Wright's Jim Gordon be part of this project? We'll have to wait and see.
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