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The Batman is directed and co-written by Matt Reeves and will star Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Paul Dano as Edward Nashton/Riddler, Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, John Turturro as Carmine Falcone, and Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth.
The Batman is scheduled to hit theaters on March 4, 2022.
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244 on Jake Gyllenhaal says he won't be the next Batman (video)Last year we heard that Matt Reeves was meeting with actors about playing Batman in The Batman. Jake Gyllenhaal was the only actor named in those reports and now he's setting the record straight about a possible future as the Dark Knight. In a new interview with CNA Lifestyle, Gyllenhaal was asked point blank if…
Yesterday Fan Expo Dallas announced that Ben Affleck would be participating in panel called "Ben Affleck Live" where he'd answer questions from fans, but now less than 24 hours after that announcement, they've announced that the panel has been canceled. In a tweet sent out this morning by Fan Expo Dallas about tickets being on…
The most recent update we had for The Batman was last December when director Matt Reeves revealed that he finished the story and was beginning to outline the script. Today, Reeves provided another small, but exciting update. "Really, really well, thanks!," Reeves told a fan who asked how The Batman was going. "I could not…
Update: Less than 24 hours after this announcement, Ben Affleck's panel at Fan Expo Dallas has been canceled. Fan Expo Dallas announced today that Batman v Superman and Justice League star Ben Affleck will be attending their event this weekend. Affleck is scheduled to appear on Saturday, April 7th for autographs, photo ops, and "Ben…
File this one under "duh", but sources tell Heroic Hollywood that The Batman will begin production sometime in 2019. Late last year The Batman director Matt Reeves said that he finished the story and was just beginning the script. A 2019 start date would give him plenty of time to work on it. Depending on…
Yesterday there was a rumor that said really bad DC Extended Universe news was on the way. This lead some fans to automatically think of the worst case scenario: what if director Matt Reeves is walking away from The Batman? Thankfully, that is NOT what's happening. A fan reached out to Reeves on Twitter last…
Collider caught up with J.K. Simmons to talk about his new Starz series Counterpart, but asked him about Justice League and even The Batman as well. Simmons joked that he was barely involved in Justice League and revealed that even some of his brief screen time was cut from the theatrical release. Simmons said he…
TooFab caught up with Dark Knight Trilogy star Gary Oldman last Friday at the 7th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards. When asked who should star in The Batman if Ben Affleck doesn't end up doing that movie, Oldman had someone in mind. "I would like to see someone like Joaquin Phoenix…
The Batman director Matt Reeves was a guest on a podcast called "The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith" recently. The episode was published on December 29th, and Reeves gave a few small, but important updates about his Batman movie. "I am outlining. I have the story worked out and I'm outlining," Reeves said about The Batman.…
Daily Sabah posted a new interview with Ben Affleck this week, where they asked him about coming back as Batman after Justice League. Affleck was pretty vague, but did flat out say that he still wants to direct a Batman movie. "For me, it's interesting, and I always evaluate this stuff on the merit of…
As incredible as he was in the role, Ben Affleck's days as Batman appear to be coming to an end. We've heard from reliable sources that Affleck won't star in The Batman, and that director Matt Reeves has been meeting with actors like Jake Gyllenhaal. Now a new rumor has thrown another name into the…
Variety just published a big piece about how Warner Bros. is restructuring DC Films after Justice League's poor performance. Included towards the end of that report are some interesting details about Ben Affleck's future as Batman. Variety says that Ben Affleck is expected to appear in the standalone Flash movie, but that it's very unlikely…
Yesterday a rumor popped up that said The Batman director Matt Reeves had met with Jake Gyllenhaal about playing Batman, and now Collider has confirmed it with their own sources. Collider adds that Reeves has also met with other actors besides Gyllenhaal, though they did not mention any names. Warner Bros. still doesn't have a…
John Campea is a movie pundit and the last person you should come to for exclusive news. He himself has admitted that. But his latest rumor is getting a lot of attention online today, and I think it's worth checking out. According to Campea, The Batman director Matt Reeves would like Jake Gyllenhaal to be…
The Ben Affleck Batman drama never stops. In a new interview with USA Today, Ben Affleck said that doing The Batman with director Matt Reeves is "something I’m contemplating". He added: “You don’t do it forever, so I want to find a graceful and cool way to segue out of it.” It sounds like he's not…
Here's something I bet you didn't know. The term "Batfleck" was coined by Batman News reviewer Andrew Asberry. Seriously. If you search on Twitter you won't find anyone who used the term before him. It's certainly caught on, with many fans referring to Ben Affleck as "Batfleck" these days. So what does he think of…
This past summer it was reported that Ben Affleck's days as Batman were numbered. Affleck tried to downplay it at Comic-Con by telling everyone how much he loves being Batman, but now it seems like he's changed his tune. With Justice League, Affleck will be playing Batman for a third time, and Extra asked if he'll…
Red Carpet News TV caught up with J.K Simmons at the London premiere of his new movie I'm Not Here. They had a lot of questions about his role as Commissioner Gordon in Justice League, as well as his future with Ben Affleck in The Batman. Simmons explained that his role in Justice League is…
Earlier in the week, we learned that Ben Affleck's Batman script was inspired by the 1997 mystery thriller The Game. During a live Periscope chat last night, The Wrap reporter Umberto Gonzalez revealed a few more details about The Batman's previous script. "Sources tell me it's inspired by The Game, where Deathstroke is setting up…
Hopefully one day Ben Affleck will tell us all about the Batman script that he was working on that we'll never get to see (director Matt Reeves confirmed he's starting over with a new story), but today, we have a little hint as to what could have been. According to The Wrap's Umberto Gonzalez, Ben…
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