Robert Pattinsonis set to protect and serve Gotham City for three upcoming Batman movies.The actor, 33, wasconfirmed as the next caped crusaderlast week with director Matt Reeves tweeting a GIF of the actor late Sunday with three bat emojis.Reeves is set to direct a trilogy of films for Warner Bros. with Pattinson in the leading role, according toDeadline. The first in the trilogy,The Batman,is expected to be released in 2021.This wouldn’t be the first Batman trilogy — Christopher Nolan famously directed Christian Bale in three films:Batman Begins, The Dark KnightandThe Dark Knight Rises.Reeves toldThe Hollywood Reporterin January his idea for the films is “very much a point of view-driven, noir Batman tale.”“It’s told very squarely on his shoulders, and I hope it’s going to be a story that will be thrilling but also emotional,” he continued. “It’s more Batman in his detective mode that we’ve seen in the films.”As Reeves explained, “The comics have a history of that. [Bruce Wayne] is 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 that he can go through a transformation.”As for the title of his film, he hinted it could change once production got underway.Stefanie Keenan/Getty“Right now it’s calledThe Batman,” he said. “What it will be called ultimately, I don’t know.”Ben Affleckwas the last actor to play Batman on the big screen in 2016’sBatman v. Superman: Dawn of Justiceand 2017’sJustice League. Affleck, 46, began discussions to leave the character followingJustice League, according toVariety.Besides Affleck and Bale, George Clooney, Adam West and Michael Keaton have been just a few of the actors who have portrayed the iconic superhero.And while somefans may be on the fenceabout Pattinson’s casting as the iconic superhero, the actor has proved he can carry a tentpole movie in the past with theTwilightseries.“It’s lovely now that the mania is not so intense,” he recently toldUSA Today of theTwilightseries. “People come up [to me] and just have very fond memories of it. It’s a really sweet thing. I think the only scary part was right in the thick of it all when it was very, very intense.”The actor is also working on another Warner Bros. film, Christopher Nolan’sTenet, alongside John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki. The epic opens in 2020.
Robert Pattinsonis set to protect and serve Gotham City for three upcoming Batman movies.
The actor, 33, wasconfirmed as the next caped crusaderlast week with director Matt Reeves tweeting a GIF of the actor late Sunday with three bat emojis.
Reeves is set to direct a trilogy of films for Warner Bros. with Pattinson in the leading role, according toDeadline. The first in the trilogy,The Batman,is expected to be released in 2021.
This wouldn’t be the first Batman trilogy — Christopher Nolan famously directed Christian Bale in three films:Batman Begins, The Dark KnightandThe Dark Knight Rises.
Reeves toldThe Hollywood Reporterin January his idea for the films is “very much a point of view-driven, noir Batman tale.”
“It’s told very squarely on his shoulders, and I hope it’s going to be a story that will be thrilling but also emotional,” he continued. “It’s more Batman in his detective mode that we’ve seen in the films.”
As Reeves explained, “The comics have a history of that. [Bruce Wayne] is 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 that he can go through a transformation.”
As for the title of his film, he hinted it could change once production got underway.
Stefanie Keenan/Getty
“Right now it’s calledThe Batman,” he said. “What it will be called ultimately, I don’t know.”
Ben Affleckwas the last actor to play Batman on the big screen in 2016’sBatman v. Superman: Dawn of Justiceand 2017’sJustice League. Affleck, 46, began discussions to leave the character followingJustice League, according toVariety.
Besides Affleck and Bale, George Clooney, Adam West and Michael Keaton have been just a few of the actors who have portrayed the iconic superhero.
And while somefans may be on the fenceabout Pattinson’s casting as the iconic superhero, the actor has proved he can carry a tentpole movie in the past with theTwilightseries.
“It’s lovely now that the mania is not so intense,” he recently toldUSA Today of theTwilightseries. “People come up [to me] and just have very fond memories of it. It’s a really sweet thing. I think the only scary part was right in the thick of it all when it was very, very intense.”
The actor is also working on another Warner Bros. film, Christopher Nolan’sTenet, alongside John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki. The epic opens in 2020.
source: people.com
