The news broke just a day after Jonah Hill decided to walk away from talks about playing an unnamed Batman villain, believed to be the Penguin. The actor has since spoken about her approach to the role: 'I also tried to think about it not as Catwoman, but as a woman, how does this make me feel? How are we approaching this and how are we making sure we're not fetishising or creating a stereotype? I knew it needed to be a real person.'Īlso jumping onboard board The Batman is Paul Dano, who will be playing the Riddler. Hobbs and Shaw’s Vanessa Kirby was at one time mooted as a frontrunner for the role of Selina Kyle, yet Kravitz won out in the end. Signing on in October 2019, Kravitz may have beaten several others to the role. Fleshing out the cast further is Catwoman, played by Zoë Kravitz. Joining Pattinson is Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright, who is playing Commissioner Gordon. After much debate on social media, Pattinson was eventually cast as Batman a few weeks later. In May 2019, Deadline reported that director Matt Reeves had two people on his Batman wishlist: Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Hoult, who had previous superhero experience as Beast in X-Men. However, it was a long road to get there.

The Batman castįirst, the main man: Robert Pattinson will be playing Batman/Bruce Wayne. If you discount Batman v Superman, this is the first solo Batman movie in a decade ( The Dark Knight Rises released in 2012), making it the longest gap between Bat-Flicks since Tim Burton’s Batman arrived onto the scene.Īnd what of filming? Well, director Matt Reeves confirmed that the movie finally wrapped in March 2021. The Batman release date has shifted around a lot, but is settled at March 4, 2022. For all that and more, scroll on and get up to speed on all things The Batman, one of the most anticipated movies of 2022. We've rounded up absolutely everything there is to know about the movie ahead of its release, from who's who in the cast, to plans for spin-offs, set photos, glimpses behind-the-scenes, a rundown of all the trailers released, and even the official synopsis. So far, the trailers have teased a dark and moody detective story – and if you're counting down the days, we've got something to help pass the time. Robert Pattinson is picking up the cape and cowl, while Zoë Kravitz co-stars as Catwoman, Colin Farrell plays the Penguin, Andy Serkis is Alfred Pennyworth, Jeffrey Wright is Jim Gordon, and Paul Dano is the Riddler. The Batman is just months away from grappling onto the big screen, after the pandemic pushed the DC movie all the way back to March 2022.

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