Robert Pattinson turns Caped Crusader in Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’: It’s been confirmed that actor Robert Pattinson has officially been cast as the Batman in Matt Reeves’ upcoming directorial about the Caped Crusader. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League director Zack Snyder has also confirmed Robert Pattinson’s casting as the new Batman.
The 33-year-old actor makes it to Ben Affleck who played the part in total of three films such as “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, “Suicide Squad” as well as “Justice League”.
As per to the Variety, Pattinson has closed the deal with Warner Bros for captivating on the role in Reeves’ film, which is titled “The Batman”.
Also, since the departure of Zack Snyder from the DC Extended Universe, Zack Snyder has turn out to be one of the favourite personalities for several DC fans. Since his unexpected and shocking departure from Justice League because of a family tragedy, Zack Snyder from than has been working on his own production company, The Stone Quarry.
Affleck was also supposed to helm “The Batman”. Reeves came on board as the director after his departure.
The superhero drama started the pre-production soon and the filming is likely to begin by the end of 2019 or early 2020.
Reeves is also going to produce “The Batman” with his “Planet of the Apes” collaborator Dylan Clark. The film is going to release on its scheduled date of June 25, 2021.
Pattinson broke out on the Hollywood scene after playing vampire Edward Cullen in “Twilight” series opposite Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan.
But when the franchise ended, the actor soon moved to indie projects with films such as “Cosmopolis”, “Good Time” and the most lately movie “High Life”.
Pattinson is all set to start his work with filmmaker Christopher Nolan on his next “Tenet”, which is also going to features John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki.
In the year 2019, he is also going to be seen in the films “The Lighthouse”, “The King” for Netflix as well as “Waiting for the Barbarians”.
Robert Pattinson has allegedly been cast in the Bruce Wayne/Batman role as the replacement of Ben Affleck’s. On the other hand, Warner Bros. has yet to formally announce its new Caped Crusader.
While Warner Bros. is all set to revive the character’s story on the big screen, Matt Reeves has confirmed that his film is not going to be directly based on Frank Miller’s Year One comic. Matt Reeves’ The Batman is also apparently a full trilogy, much like the one Christopher Nolan which is directed with Christian Bale as Batman.
Plot specifics for Matt Reeves’ The Batman are still under wraps, though the project seems to be centred on a younger Caped Crusader as he is going to challenges a number of of his more traditional enemies like The Penguin as well as Catwoman.
There has been a mixed reactions from the fans after being Robert Pattinson is being reported casting as Batman. Some want to see other actors cast in spite of Robert Pattinson, generally for the reason that of his past role as a vampire in the Twilight series.
