This weekend's virtual convention DC FanDome featured panels stacked with big names, including Robert Pattinson and director Matt Reeves The Batman Event. They supplied and screened The Batman's first major trailer for the DC Comics film, which is slated for late next year.
The new DC FanDome The footage is dark, brutal and mysterious. We see in one scene that Pattinson's Dark Knight will bring a violent, relentless style of fighting. As he tries to figure out his role in the fight against the evil of Gotham, he's unsure how to help Gotham PD.
"We're going to see Batman grow, make mistakes ... and be flawed," Reeves said during the panel. "We also see him as the greatest detective in the world."
We also have insights into Zoe Kravitz plays Catwoman, John Turturro as Gotham Mob Boss Carmine Falcone, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth (so we Listen his voice), Paul Dano as Riddler and Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon.
The cast also includes Colin Farrell as the penguin Peter Sarsgaard as Gotham District Attorney Gil Colson and Jayme Lawson as Gotham Mayoral Candidate Bella Reál.
Reeves said during the panel that all bad guys are just starting out, so we'll see Catwoman, Penguin, and Riddler in the early stages of their criminal endeavors.
As for the plot, the trailer suggests that Batman will hunt down a shadowy killer following the noir-influenced comic book plot The Long Halloween, in which Falcone hires the Rogues Gallery of Batman villains, including Catwoman and Penguin, to order to kill him.
We'll find Batman in his early years too - sophomore to be precise. It's worth noting that the film won't take place on the same earth as other DC films like Justice League, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman.
Reeves, best known for the films from The Planet of the Apes, had a Screen test of Pattinson rocking the cloak earlier this year.
In the panel, Reeves also spoke briefly about that upcoming HBO Max spinoff series The focus is on the first year in which Gotham's police department is embedded in corruption. The series will be from the perspective of a cop who grapples with right and wrong as he tries to save his own soul.
