"The Batman" - NO SPOILERS

[The Dark Knight]

Came across this. The junior novel will contain "the exciting prequel story of Bruce Wayne's early adventures on his way to becoming The Batman".

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667187/the-batman-the-deluxe-junior-novel-special-edition-the-batman-by-random-house/

[Travesty]

Yeah, I'll read that.

[The Dark Knight]

Footage was shown at CinemaCon. Via The Wrap:

"The featurette, followed by the DC Fandome trailer released last year, opened with what looks like chaos, with Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne walking through Gotham. From there, he rises, and we hear Reeves promise an "emotional Batman movie" that we've never seen before. He also said it's going to be "radically different" from any other Batman movie we've seen before."

Bring it all on. Here's the link: https://www.thewrap.com/robert-pattinsons-dark-knight-rises-in-the-batman-cinemacon-footage/

[Travesty]

Yeah, I saw that on twitter earlier today.

I can't wait for a new trailer or something. It's been too long.

[The Dark Knight]

I've seen the film described as The Dark Knight meets Joker, being "a very dark and angry film."

The element that excites me the most is Ego, which depicts a psychological wrestle between Bruce and Batman. If they put a big focus on that I think Pattinson can absolutely do for Batman what Phoenix did for the Joker. The way I felt after that first trailer, coupled with the hype talk from Reeves and also Pattinson, is selling me on the idea The Batman will be something very different that perhaps will redefine the franchise. Which would be an achievement for a character that's been around over 80 years now.

The Art of The Batman book has been listed too, which contains 224 pages of goodness.

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Batman-James-Field/dp/1419762109/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1630060527&refinements=p_27%3AJames+Field&s=books&sr=1-1

[thecolorsblend]

https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/tom-welling-wants-to-return-as-superman/amp

Tom Welling's comment is making the rounds again. And I truly don't recall if it was ever discussed around here.

"My buddy Rob Pattinson, he's going to be the new Batman. It would be fun to be the Superman that shows up in his movie, just because he's a friend of mine."

However much credibility you want to give that.

I'll go out on a limb and suggest that I'm the biggest Smallville fan on this whole board. And yet, I don't have any real desire to see Welling be Superman for real. I mean, maybe I did fifteen years ago. But (A) he's not getting any younger and (B) the CW Crisis On Infinite Earths left a bad taste in my mouth.

But even if I'm open to Welling as Superman anymore, I'd prefer for The Batman to be as separate from the rest of the DC on screen chaos as possible. I see how Welling benefits from being associated with the Reevesverse. But I don't see how the Reevesverse benefits from being associated with Welling.

Anyway, just wanted to toss this out there and see what comes back to me.

[johnnygobbs]

For anyone who's interested, some new Lego sets for The Batman have been previewed at the following Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/batsource/?hl=en

Some of these sets give us a clue how the characters might look, and possible plot points.

[Travesty]

For anyone who's interested, some new Lego sets for The Batman have been previewed at the following Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/batsource/?hl=en

Some of these sets give us a clue how the characters might look, and possible plot points.

Nice! Looks like we have a fully bearded Alfred, and The Riddler's symbol/question mark looks very much like The Zodiac's symbol, which should be of no surprise, since his costume looks like it, too.

The Batcave looks very much like what we saw in the first trailer, too.

Good stuff. Can't wait to see more merch come out when we get closer to the release.

[johnnygobbs]

For anyone who's interested, some new Lego sets for The Batman have been previewed at the following Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/batsource/?hl=en

Some of these sets give us a clue how the characters might look, and possible plot points.

Nice! Looks like we have a fully bearded Alfred, and The Riddler's symbol/question mark looks very much like The Zodiac's symbol, which should be of no surprise, since his costume looks like it, too.

The Batcave looks very much like what we saw in the first trailer, too.

Good stuff. Can't wait to see more merch come out when we get closer to the release.

Since my last post, they've put up all four forthcoming Lego sets on the main Lego site.

You can see them all here:

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/the-batman-batmobile-42127

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/batcave-the-riddler-face-off-76183

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/batmobile-the-penguin-chase-76181

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/batman-selina-kyle-motorcycle-pursuit-76179

I don't think too much is given away here that we didn't already know from the trailer (but the 'Riddler Face-Off' set does appear to confirm that Andy Serkis' Alfred will have a beard, and, for what it's worth, I think the Bruce Wayne, James Gordon and Selina Kyle minifigs look particularly good), still, it's nice to get a clearer idea what The Batmobile and The Batcave will look like, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were any Easter Eggs in the 'Riddler Face-Off' set.

[Travesty]

Ohhh, there's also a Bat signal.

Nice!