‘The Batman’ debuts its first trailer with Robert Pattinson as a creepy Dark Knight

08/24/2020 Entertainment


That’s how Robert Pattinson grumbled his introduction as the new Batman.

Warner Bros. debuted its first teaser trailer for “The Batman” on DC’s FanDome, a virtual convention for its superhero brand DC Entertainment, on Saturday night. The reception was immediately positive, as fans on social media praised the look and feel of the gruesome new film, which is set to hit theaters next year. (Warner Bros. is owned by WarnerMedia, the parent company of CNN.)

The roughly two-minute teaser showed a dark Gotham City supremacy with crime that left Batman and his police partner James Gordon, played by Jeffrey Wright, to find out about a disturbing murder mystery.

“From your secret friend … Let’s play a game, just me and you,” Wright’s Gordon reads from a card left in a murder scene addressed to “the Batman.”

The trailer, which is tuned to the heartbreaking soundtrack of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way,” had all the familiar calling cards of previous Batman movies. There’s a revamped Batmobile, streaming streams and a few glimpses of Zoë Kravitz, who plays Selina Kyle aka Catwoman.

The trailer, which has been viewed more than 7 million times in less than 24 hours, is just the beginning of a major marketing campaign for Warner Bros.

Batman is one of the studio’s most important and lucrative franchises. The film series raised more than $ 5 billion at the global bookstore that went after 1989’s Batman, according to Comscore (SCOR). Pattinson will be the last to join the ranks of other famous actors such as Michael Keaton, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck who have carried the cowl.

Warner Bros. has taken some of DC Entertainment’s most beloved characters in a new direction, concentrating on more personal, and even adult-oriented stories. “The Batman” seems to be the latest movie to follow this trend.

The studio’s new strategy worked to great success last year when “Joker,” an R-rated take on Batman’s biggest enemy, broke records and won an Academy Award for Joaquin Phoenix, who won the Clown Prince of Crime played.
“The Batman” was originally set to hit theaters on June 25, 2021, but was discontinued due to the coronavirus pandemic affecting its production.

The highly anticipated film is now set to hit theaters just in time for Halloween on October 1, 2021.

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