Matt Reeves’ The Batman has had a long and painful road to theaters. First came post-Justice League production woes as the project was retooled from the Ben Affleck Batman to Robert Pattinson’s. Then, while the shoot was in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Production was shut down indefinitely, the release date was delayed and though the shoot has resumed, The Batman will now premiere in October 2021.
Still, fans have been keeping a bat signal lit for the project and we’ve been rewarded with the first official trailer for the movie, which just aired at this weekend’s DC FanDome. Though we’ve previously seen costume tests of Pattinson in the batsuit, this is our first look at him in full caped crusader action. It’s too early to judge the final film yet, but this looks like incredible stuff.
Warner Bros clearly has sky-high expectations for The Batman. Last month we learned that Reeves and Sopranos producer Terrence Winter are teaming up to create an HBO Max spin-off police procedural set within the movie’s universe. HBO Max describes it as “an unprecedented opportunity to extend the world established in the movie.”
And beyond The Batman? Whether it’s a success or not sequels are inevitable, with casting rumors swirling about who’s going to be Pattinson’s universe’s Joker. Further ahead that there have been hints that the newly multiversal DCEU could see Michael Keaton’s Batman playing a transdimensional visit to this Gotham City. And then, looming in the background, we get the return of Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight in Zack Snyder’s Justice League (and who knows what’ll happen if that’s a smash-hit?)
In the virtual realm we’re also getting the long-rumored “Bat-Family” game from WB Montreal and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League from Rocksteady, both of which will follow in the footsteps of the celebrated Arkham series.
The future is uncertain but one thing’s for sure: the 2020s are set to be the decade of Batman.
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