The Batman Will Be The Most Emotional Batman Movie Ever Says Director

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The Batman will be the most emotional Batman movie ever, according to its director Matt Reeves. Originally a solo outing for Ben Affleck's Dark Knight, the upcoming film eventually evolved into a standalone entry into the DC Universe, much like 2019's Joker. To don the cape and cowl, The Batman movie cast Robert Pattinson, who is best known for his leading role in the Twilight saga but is also the star of recent films Tenet and The Devil All the Time. The Batman is reportedly set on Earth-2 and therefore bears no relation to the two previous Batmen, Affleck and Michael Keaton, who will appear in the upcoming DCEU film The Flash.

Alongside Pattinson as Bruce Wayne, The Batman features all the usual suspects, including his butler Alfred Pennyworth (Andy Serkis) and Commissioner Gordon (Jeffrey Wright). Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz) will help Batman in his fight against multiple iconic DC villains, primarily Paul Dano's Riddler. Batman will also face off against Colin Farrell's Penguin, who has a much smaller role. The first look at some of these characters came in a teaser trailer that premiered at the 2020 DC FanDome. Now, more recently released footage is hinting at what's to come in Reeves' upcoming project.

The latest look at The Batman comes in a featurette screened during CinemaCon, an event held for the benefit of theater owners. It featured some new footage of Serkis' Alfred, along with some interviews with the cast. The footage also included comments from director Reeves, who spoke about what sets his Batman adaptation apart from others. Reeves said The Batman "could be the most emotional Batman movie ever made." Read what Reeves had to say below:

"I felt that we've seen lots of origin stories. It seems things go further and further into fantasy, and I thought, well, one place we haven't been is grounding it in the way that Year One does, to come right in to a young Batman, not being an origin tale, but referring to his origins and shaking him to his core. You can have it be very practical, but I also thought it could be the most emotional Batman movie ever made."

There is always a great deal of emotion baked into any version of Batman's origin story given the tragic murder of his parents. However, The Batman will skip his origin story entirely, since it has already been told on screen countless times before, and dive straight into DC's Year One comics storyline. In addition, the film will follow a younger version of the Caped Crusader who is just coming into his own in Gotham City, as opposed to the hardened and jaded version portrayed by Affleck in Zack Snyder's DCEU movies.

Past Batman adaptations from Christopher Nolan and Snyder were certainly emotional in their own ways, so it will be interesting to see if Reeves' bold claim holds up to scrutiny. Coupled with its promised emotional arc, The Batman seems to be establishing a gritty and gloomy aesthetic unrivaled by past versions. Hopefully, The Batman lives up to the hype when it releases in theaters on March 4, 2022.

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