First Look at Robert Pattinson as Batman

nothing will be worse than Keaton; I don't care how great of an actor he is. He just isn't physically Batman.

My favorites are: Adam West, Kevin Conroy, Ben, Val, George, Christian...I can't even put Keaton on a list.

I just don't see Bruce Wayne when I look at him. Weird casting.

Looks more Arthur Fleck.

I will say I think its hilarious that they are acknowledging the eye make up. In live-action depictions Batman is always wearing eye make up that disappears when he takes off his mask.

Kevin Conroy has the voice of Batman. Absolutely. No one has ever been able to match him. He's only 64 and still handsome. No reason why he can't have his own Batman trilogy as an older Bruce Wayne. I'm going to talk to my producer friends about this.

Who is the villain going to be this time? Lola Lasagna? Marsha, Queen of Diamonds?

[quote] nothing will be worse than Keaton; I don't care how great of an actor he is. He just isn't physically Batman.

Put down the pipe, gramps. Keaton remains the #1 Batman. Period.

Keaton is beloved as Batman and Warners is cashing in. He’s now signed up a long term deal to play Batman again. The news of his return broke the internet. It was the biggest publicity DC has had in ages.

This will end in tears.

R1 what about Diane Keaton?

Batman wore a lot of kooky hats in that one.

I had to google who Crispin Glover is, and bitch, I am still laughing!

Who thought that this was a good idea?

I think it's strange that Pattinson took this role.

He was finally starting to make headway with roles like The Lighthouse with Dafoe and just starting to escape the franchise nightmare.

He has plenty of money from Twilight. Why he would even consider taking on Batman, given it's failure rate among actors is perplexing.

Except for Bale and Keaton, being Batman is the equivalent of that storefront that keeps changing from a restaurant, then cafe, then sandwich shop.

[Quote]He has plenty of money from Twilight.

There is no such thing as plenty of money. No matter how much money you have, you are going to want more.

[quote]There is no such thing as plenty of money. No matter how much money you have, you are going to want more.

While true, he has made it known he HATED the obsessive fans of Twilight. Also, he's been struggling to break away from those types of roles.

He made a boatload on Twilight - easily as much as the Potter kids. Even if he wants more, he didn't NEED more, so taking a backward step seems counter productive.

He looks ridiculous.

Thye made him look more like Toby Maguire with longer hair. Weird.

Since OP didn't link to the actual trailer

Keaton fit because he is not traditionally attractive, unlike Clooney and Kilmer. It made the transition between Wayne and the bat palatable.

Plus he is a better actor than the pretty boys. With great comedic timing. Throw that in with Tim Burton when he still had his magic and costars like Walken, Phiffer and Devito and you have a decent flick.

Nolan can’t be compared because his direction was completely different. It’s apples and kiwi fruit.

Walken and phiffer.

Robert looks emo...

r19 / 20. Her name's Michelle Pfeiffer.

Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns were perfect Gothic live action movies based on cartoons and comic books. The Danny Elfman score made them even better.

Pattinson looks like a better match for playing a deranged villain than a hero in those images. Although that could be a creative choice to go for the message that villains and heroes aren't that different when it comes to appearance.

Trailer looks ridiculous trying to hard to be dark and edgy.

Yes. Thank you r22. I should have checked.

Thanks for not releasing the hounds.

I did not like Heath Ledger in his role as "Joker".

Really r26? Do you prefer the more polished, over the top high functioning Jack Nicholson representation?

I can see that. I hate the whole ledger legacy. The pasty portrayal by JP of the joker on that stupid movie Came off as being so so self involved and contrived. You never forgot who was doing it and were evaluating his interpretation.

My favorite line from DN was when one of the gangsters asked him if he thought he could steal from them and joker says: “yeah”

You are clearly new here r27. That's a DL meme.

I guess I must be dense or not paying attention (both of which I will Admit). But I was here for the old format. And not interested in the means

Please share

Which means, R29?

TERRIBLE looking trailer. Not a Pattinson hater but I bet he won't be making another Batsman movie.

R7, anyone who has to wear a padded Bat-suit isn't Batman.

He was great as Mr. Mom, but no, not Batman or Bruce Wayne.

Hey r30. The Meme.

I don’t remember it.

The original “I did not like Heath...” came from a poster otherwise obsessed with Ledger, as I recall.

[quote] The original “I did not like Heath...” came from a poster otherwise obsessed with Ledger, as I recall.

Yes, and he was so looking forward to seeing Heath in the Batman film. He'd go on and on about it. If I recall, people said the poster was foreign or mentally challenged. He even posted crude color drawings he made of Heath as "Joker". Then the movie came out, and all he posted was "I did not like Heath Ledger in his role as 'Joker'". That was it. The love affair was over, and he was never heard from again. It became a meme though because of the suddenness of it after all that enthusiasm.

R35 Lol thanks for that. You’re right! He sort of disapeared after that.

I wonder what he didn’t like?

The black make up on the eyes reminds me of the Winter Soldier.

He comes across as a tormented villain teenage girls will swoon over.

At least, with the Winter Soldier and cap you had a gay love story.

And this will forever cement the link between Batman and The Twilight Saga. A theory arises: did the glittery high school vampire go on to become Batman as an adult? Does this mean Batman is a vampire? Let’s extrapolate.

R32 they have all worn padded suits.

Keaton gets a pass because he can equally play almost anything. i think the only thing he hasn't done (or maybe i simply haven't seen) is hardcore tragedy. he has enough depth to carry someone living their life with a secret persona, giving enough hints that it is there without breaking his "normal" character.

sadly, this looks like yet another instance of trying too hard to be serious. it's a fucking comic book!

So fucking sick of the super hero genre. How many fucking Batman films do we need? How many Suicide Squads, Superman, Jokers, etc.

Are the men green lighting these films really so infantile they can't get past their shitty childhood heroes? Jesus.

You're blaming the wrong people, R40. They get greenlit because they make money. It's the audiences who can't get past their childhood heroes. On the plus side, you're not forced to go see it.

(Quote]Are the men green lighting these films really so infantile they can't get past their shitty childhood heroes? Jesus.

The men greenlighting these films are doing so solely because they make money.

Your anger should be placed at the moviegoers who have shown so far to have a huge appetite for comic books films.

Keaton played Batman in the late 80s and early 90s when these suits were still made of bulky material. When Schumacher took over the costume department was able to use something more form fitting which gave us the legendary Batman nipple suit.

Thanks r35

R32 / 1

Your welcome to your opinion. It has contributed so much to this thread.

Robert Pattinson is a good actor so im excited to see how he will portray this character. I heard this movie was SUPPOSED to be the movie that Ben Affleck starred in but they took a different approach, I never cared for Affleck I think Pattinson will give it a younger feel!

Watched the trailer, looks like no fun, zombie-land apocalypse humorless movie. They turn everything into a horror movie.

he just looks like he's about to say...... EXPELLIARMUS!!!!! and fling his scarf tassels around terrifyingly

I would like to see Ben Barnes cast. I'm not saying he would be good. I'd just like to see it.

Weird casting choices. I cannot see Robert Pattinson as Batman/Bruce nor can I see Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman/Selina. I don't know about Robert as I have not seen himself outside of Twilight but Zoe is a product of nepotism and modern day Rae Dawn Chong.

I like Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman best. Captured the tragic side and sexy femme fatale side both excellently. Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt were classics and both great. Anne Hathaway wasn't too bad. Adrienne Barbeau did a sexy voice for the cartoon version. Halle Berry had the look but the film she was in was really poor in direction and writing, so I can't really blame her (same problems with her Storm role in X-Men).

Robert is cute and boyishly charming. The media tried to sell him as sexy, handsome and hot which is none of what he is. He just seems shy and awkward which makes him adorable but not sexy or a stud.

I never thought of Ben Barnes before in the role. He would make a perfect Bruce Wayne.

Ben Barnes? He is even skinnier than Pattinson.

Bruce Wayne is supposed to be built.

Meh, Batman Shmatman. I'm glad I clicked on this thread though, because henceforth she will always be Michelle Phiffer to me.

I would prefer a Catwoman film with Michelle Pfeiffer than yet another Batman flick. I bet it could make $920 - $1 billion. I know she's 62, but people really don't care about age as long as the story is engaging. If it was in a similar vein to The Joker (psychological/hyper violent), it would make bank.

They also released a trailer for the Snyder cut of Justice League.

It does look better than the original Josstice League movie, but still doesn't look like it's actually good.

I like that one of the channels reviewing the trailer debunks the notion of Hallelujah being an inspirational song or even an inherently christian one.

R55 Zoe is rumoured to be getting her own Catwoman series on HBOMax. And since the multiverse is a thing, they could have Michelle appear.

[quote]And since the multiverse is a thing, they could have Michelle appear.

Probably not. She's in Marvel's Ant Man movies with the adorable Paul Rudd.

There is disagreement whether Marvel contractually says no to doing DC movies or simply frowns on it and demonstrates it's displeasure accordingly. But, I'd say no one is going to risk the wrath of Feige these days.

[quote]Probably not. She's in Marvel's Ant Man movies with the adorable Paul Rudd.

Laurence Fishburne was Perry White in Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman and also played Bill Foster in Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Keaton was Vulture in "Spiderman- Homecoming".

I completely forgot Michelle is in the Ant Man movies.

The nerdlings over at r/TheBatman are hotly debating the rumoured inclusion of a circus tent scene, which of course implies the appearance of the Flying Graysons.

Robins are a very conspicuous element missing in all these new Batman movies, constituting a major reason why the 21st Century Bats are all so unhinged and villain-adjacent. The Bat has a Robin as a moral compass, but more than that as a connection to humanity and its inherent spirit of idealism.

So many people, fanatic and casual, have been waiting forever to see a proper Dick (or Jason, or Tim) link up with Bruce. Sure, the Robins do appear in the tv shows such as TITANS and ARROW, but it’s not the same league as putting one in a movie.

RPattz can show us his Batdance, then we’ll decide where he ranks.

Agree with R2

Agree with R2

Pattinson looked more like Bruce Wayne in Cosmopolis than in this trailer. (And he was hotter then too!)

This movie is supposed to take place early in Batman's career say around year 2. The director has said this film is supposed to be inspired by gritty 70s detective movies like Chinatown for example and neo noir.

Ben Affleck and the WB couldn't come to terms over a Batman script so he chose to leave the role and let someone else take over. Enter Robert Pattinson. There allegedly was supposed to be a version of Batman showing up on the Smallville tv show but Christopher Nolan had demanded at the time there be no other live action versions Batman. So the WB/DC gave in nixed any plans for Batman to appear on tv.

Your post actually made me curious to see this movie, R67. It would be the first time I'd go see a superhero movie since "Spider- Man 2" back in 2004.

You missed a crazy-ass ride not seeing SPIDER-MAN 3, R68.

I can't believe a large audience seems to still exist for more angsty Batman movies!

I loved DC Comics and still do, but those Tim Burton Batman movies were really awful, so dull and self-reverential. Thirty years later we're still supposed to get amped up for more? I don't get it.

R70 is an idiot.

The world needs more Batman movies. There can never be enough!!

Burton’s films were revolutionary and are the reason why comic book films are still made today. They took inspiration from Frank Miller. They were adult. Burton struck the right balance. They were dark but he didn’t forget that it was a comic book movie. Nolan hated making a comic book movie and turned it into a steaming pile of pretentious gritty drivel.

[quote] Probably not. She's in Marvel's Ant Man movies with the adorable Paul Rudd.

Both Keaton and Pfeiffer are in Marvel movies and Warner Bros is already looking to reteam her with Keaton for Batman Beyond. It will happen. It’s easy money. The Keaton announcement was the biggest news Warner and DC announced in 20+ years. They reaction was massive and global. They know Keaton is still hailed as the best.

Andy Serkis could be an incredible Alfred. No-one's talking about that.

R75 maybe no one else has thought of it? But it's a good idea.

R76 Serkis is playing the role, it’s on IMDB. Do keep up.

I’d love to know what KStew makes of this. Wouldn’t she make a stunning Talia al’Ghul?

DC is making all of their movies dark and gritty and angsty as a way to carve out a niche. They're banking on how people are getting tired of the childishness of Marvel movies and how the "adult"-ness of DC movies can make them legit competition for Marvel.

They do this without realizing that Marvel movies are so lucrative because they follow the four-quadrant model.

[Quote] I’d love to know what KStew makes of this. Wouldn’t she make a stunning Talia al’Ghul?

all these kinds of movies aught to take a break

But it's been almost two years since there's been a Batman film. And there's only been like four since 2010.

Side note. What’s an example of a ”soft pass“?

Shovel Face will ruin the franchise and make wretched its destiny.

He might, r83, but I think the villains and Gordon will make up for it. I wonder if he's going to adopt the Christian Bale Constipated Growl style of speaking.

I know nothing about him but from the OP's picture, he looks like he would be a great Dracula. Isn't it about time for a remake of that?

Is Batman a homeless person in this one?

R85, I think it's Wolfman (directed by Leigh Whannell), Frankenstein (rumored to be directed by James Wan), and then Dracula, so it could be 6 years from now.

[Quote] Shovel Face will ruin the franchise and make wretched its destiny.

How many movies has Robert signed on for?

Robert Pattinson's Batman takes place in a separate universe and is not connected to either Ben Affleck's Batman or Christian Bale's Batman.

R88 right now it's supposed to be a trilogy but there will also be connected tv shows.

The director of Dr. Strange and was supposed to direct Dr. Strange 2 and wanted to make it an rated R horror but Kevin Feige stepped in and put his foot down and said no.

Sam Raimi was meant to be the replacement director for Doctor Strange 2, I don't care about Marvel's bloated soap opera but I like Raimi.

r86, worse, the front-man of an indie band.

More Phiffer please!

It would be a war crime not to bring Phiff back. I wonder what they'd do with her.

Keaton was allegedly asked to make a small appearance on Crisis On Infinite Earths but he turned it down.

R93 there has been rumors that Michelle Phiffer may have been asked to come back.

It does seem like an odd choice for Pattinson since in interviews he seems to be over the crazy fan stuff and there are no crazier fans that comic book fans (except for Star Wars fans, but they're a in a league of their own), but I guess if they offer you enough $$, what the hell, why not?

He looks like Edward Scissorhands in R21.

Is that what they were going for?

How many separate Batman franchises are there? Hollywood has become so fucking lazy and mercenary.

He's hawt!

Has RPATTZ's nose always been that wide? His Tobey Maguire Spidey 3 bangs are really drawing attention to his beak. I thought he had a little princess nose?

I mean how many fucking Batman films and reboots do you kneed? Didn't the success of Wonder Woman and Aquaman show that maybe DC should look into other superhero live action films besides Batman and Superman? I'm honestly sick of these Batman and Superman reboots. They've become the most overexposed superhero characters.

R100 right?

Considering the egregious takes so far on 100 BULLETS, CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER, LUCIFER, MNEMOVORE, NEVERWHERE/STARDUST, and TANK GIRL I feel afraid to say this, but I wish they’d do more with properly adapting books from Vertigo. DC have done an semi-acceptable job of DOOM PATROL, PREACHER and SWAMP THING for tv, but it’s taken them decades and that’s all they’ve managed out of hundreds of other dark, edgy, mature titles and properties on the imprint. What gives?

If they want a shadowy, tragic, noirish, antiheroic superhero franchise, then there is the entire SANDMAN/DREAMING/BOOKS OF MAGIC lore to mine, or THE HUMAN TARGET, or even THE EXTREMIST. There’s also BLACK ORCHID and ZATANNA for the more traditional Batman-esque nightstalking capes n’mystery angle (plus bonus points for the female angle).

Feels like I’ve been waiting forever for my faithfully moody, cool, operatic movie or miniseries adaptions of AIR (very timely and topical, imo), ANGELTOWN (ditto), BREATHTAKER, CAN’T GET NO, CROSSING MIDNIGHT, DHAMPIRE, ENIGMA (so, so much explicit homoeroticism), GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, THE GREEN WOMAN, HEARTLAND, HEAVY LIQUID, INDUSTRIAL GOTHIC, LOVELESS, MOONSHADOW, OTHERWORLD, SAUCER COUNTRY, SEBASTIAN O (Victorian fop/dandy sociopathic hero, need we say more?) SHADE THE CHANGING MAN, TAINTED, TESTAMENT, TRANSMETROPOLITAN, THE UNWRITTEN (paging Dan Radcliffe...), and of course UN-MEN (especially the sad, gory and brutal AMERICAN FREAK).

And fwiw I also think that, in the right hands, their books AMERICAN VIRGIN, BLOOD & WATER, THE FILTH, HEX-WIVES, KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND, and PUNK ROCK JESUS could make for really funny, clever, dark and fucked-up sitcoms or black comedy films.

r101, Sandman is in the works with Netflix, but I fear they're going to fuck it up. They need to go whomever that did, "Good Omens" instead of "American Gods" (although the 1st season was good).

Filming on The Batman has been shut down again because a crew member tested positive for Covid.

He looks greasy and smelly. Do they not have showers at Wayne Manor in the new movie?

r103. That didn't stop Jurassic World when they had some people test positive the first 3 days of filming, then more people test positive in Malta a couple of months later.

Not just the movies, but why the constant cast changes?

Ben Affleck just became Batman, then they fired him. Same for Christian Bale before. Same for Henry Cavill as Superman.

Not just the movies, but why the constant cast changes?

Ben Affleck just became Batman, then they fired him.

That's because he became FATMAN

Batman has COVID: Robert Pattinson has tested positive for the coronavirus, causing filming of The Batman to be halted just days after the superhero drama resumed work at studios outside of London.

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When are people ever going to take this COVID thing seriously?

Did any of us ask for another Batman? I mean how many Batman movies do we need. Aren't they trying to get people to go to the theater again. Who wants to go for this crap. Reboots and comic book movies. That's all we're getting next year.

[Quote] Keaton was allegedly asked to make a small appearance on Crisis On Infinite Earths but he turned it down.

The cameo with Ezra sufficed.

[Quote] DC have done an semi-acceptable job of DOOM PATROL, PREACHER and SWAMP THING for tv,

Except they fucked up with Swamp Thing and cancelled it after one season.

[Quote] Same for Henry Cavill as Superman.

Was Henry actually fired?? I thought he had one movie left in his contract. Which is why they tried to get him to do a cameo for Shazam.

[quote]Did any of us ask for another Batman? I mean how many Batman movies do we need.

We needed one: Batman Returns.

And not a single follow-up film has topped it in 28 years.

I love that "Batman Returns" is such an enduring DL fave. Posters here can quote whole passages from the script (written by Daniel Waters of "Heathers" fame).

Batman Returns is iconic. I love how there are articles every year debating whether it’s a Christmas movie or not.

How many dicks did he suck to get the roles in Tenet and as Batman. He is a mediocre actor who isn't super good looking.

"Not just the movies, but why the constant cast changes?"

Because it's cheaper for the studios. This way the movies do not become star vehicles and actors don't get that much money for those roles. As opposed to, say, someone like Daniel Craig, who's making upwards of 75M per Bond movie now.

[Quote] He is a mediocre actor who isn't super good looking.

Keaton and Bale aren't regulation hotties either.

Bale is in comparison.

I tricked with a guy who resembled Michael Keaton. Better body, huge cock. He was also a go go dancer.

R116: Pattinson is easy to work with (no drama), reliable, and disciplined on set. Directors like him, including for those reasons.

Pattinson really wants to be liked, so he goes the extra mile to do whatever directors ask him to do with a smile on his face.

He's a mediocre actor who is famous for an embarrassing role. He knows he can't afford to be difficult.

I've only seen about half of one 'Twilight' movie on TV, R121, but I wouldn't think the work he did on that franchise was all that embarrassing. He was a young English actor who got his first big Hollywood break starring in these silly but commercially hugely successful vampire movies. I gather that within that genre and for that demographic (teens), they're not even that bad, and they're what jump-started his more 'serious' acting career. He has nothing to be embarrassed about, really--any actor in his position would have taken that role. It's not like some Hollywood star who writes, directs and stars in some huge commercial, critical and creative flop. Now that can be embarrassing.

R122 Financial success isn't everything, the Twilight movies are remembered as a joke starring pretty people who can't act. He'll never be seen as a serious actor by anybody other than his rabid fans because everyone else just looks at him and sees a glittery vampire.

He's worked with Claire Denis twice, with David Cronenberg twice, with Christopher Nolan several times. Actors can move past a teen franchise. In a few years' time he'll be remembered more for "The Lighthouse" than "Twilight."

Twilight happened over a decade ago and people still attach it to him. He's had multiple roles in award winning films since then, but he's still identified as "Twilight Star Robert Pattinson". Face it, Edward Cullen ain't going away any time soon. Twilight will follow him to his grave, it will forever be the thing he's most known for.

The lighthouse was a boring piece of crap. It was so excited to see it. Thought it was going to be really creepy and scary. All it was about was two drunks in a lighthouse.

another glum dumb portrayl by the master of it......yes PASS

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R128 he actually looks pretty nice there.

Is it normal to remake a film every year or so?

R130 it's the new norm.