As production on The Batman has finally begun in London, director Matt Reeves has officially confirmed via Twitter Colin Farrell (Widows) will star in the film as Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin. The Penguin is one of the oldest members of Batman’s rogues gallery, first appearing in Detective Comics #58 in 1941. Modern comics have usually depicted Penguin as […]
Filming on The Batman gets underway in London
A little over two years after Batman last graced the big screen in Justice League, Warner Bros. and DC Films has now officially kicked off production on the next iteration of The Dark Knight as cameras begin rolling on the Matt Reeves-directed The Batman. The news that filming is underway was revealed in a tweet […]
Danny DeVito is excited to see what Colin Farrell will bring to the role of The Penguin in The Batman
In 1992, Danny DeVito portrayed the iconic villain The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns. Now, The Penguin is set to return to the big screen in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, this time with Colin Farrell taking on the part, and DeVito is excited to see what his Dumbo co-star will bring to the role. […]
Jeffrey Wright confirmed as Commissioner Gordon in The Batman
Back in September it was reported that Jeffrey Wright was in talks with Warner Bros. and DC Films about taking on the role of Gotham Police Commissioner James Gordon in The Batman, and now director Matt Reeves has taken to Twitter to confirm the Westworld star’s casting. Tweet! #Gordon 🦇 pic.twitter.com/O4PBX7MmuH — Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) […]
Jeffrey Wright and Jonah Hill in talks to join Robert Pattinson in The Batman
Having secured his Dark Knight back in June with the casting of Robert Pattinson, it now seems that director Matt Reeves is ready to start filling out the rest of Gotham City with reports that Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) and Jonah Hill (21 Jump Street) are in talks to join The Batman. According to THR, Wright […]
Matt Reeves to produce sci-fi thriller Way Station for Netflix
Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes) and his 6th & Idaho production company are set to produce a feature film adaptation of Clifford D. Simak’s Hugo Award-winning sci-fi novel Way Station for Netflix. Via Deadline, the official logline for Way Station reads: For more than […]
Robert Pattinson on his Batman casting and putting on the Batsuit for the first time
Robert Pattinson has described his experience of suiting up as the Batman for the first time in preparation for Matt Reeves’ upcoming DC film, The Batman. In a recent interview with Variety, Pattinson described donning the iconic batsuit as transformative but pretty humiliating and rather an uncomfortable experience: “It’s maybe the craziest thing I’ve ever […]
Cinematographer Greig Fraser reteaming with Matt Reeves for The Batman
The Batman has found its director of photography as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed Greig Fraser is re-teaming with director Matt Reeves for the next cinematic Batman adventure. The pair previously worked together on Reeves’ 2010 film Let Me In. “It’s great to be working with Matt again,” Fraser told THR. “The Batman franchise is iconic and it’s […]
The Batman producer tells Robert Pattinson doubters “Wait ’til you see the movie”
We live in a below-the-line age in which “you can’t please everyone” has never had such a loud booming voice, and it’s because of this that The Batman producer Michael E. Uslan has felt the need to defend the casting of Robert Pattinson in Matt Reeves’ forthcoming Caped Crusader movie. Speaking at the CCXP Cologne […]
Robert Pattinson confirmed as the next Batman by Matt Reeves
Last week it was announced Warner Bros. and director Matt Reeves had settled on two choices for the next Batman: actors Robert Pattinson (High Life) and Nicholas Hoult (Tolkien), and now it seems that the studio has officially selected Pattinson to don the cape and cowl for 2021’s The Batman. The move comes after WB […]