#The Batman Struggles to Battle The Riddler in Latest Images

“#The Batman Struggles to Battle The Riddler in Latest Images”

Several new images from the upcoming comic book movie, The Batman, give us another detailed look at Robert Pattinson’s take on The Dark Knight alongside one of his few allies, Jeffrey Wright’s GCPD Officer James Gordon. Released exclusively by Total Film, the most intriguing new look at The Batman shows the cape and cowl-sporting vigilante seemingly dealing with a hostage who has been ensnared by the sinister serial killer, The Riddler.

The Batman will pick up with the DC superhero just two years into his career as a costumed crime fighter. While many remain skeptical of the man who dresses as a bat and beats criminals in the name of justice, The Batman has garnered a handful of allies, including Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, as the lone vigilante slowly establishes himself as the sole embodiment of vengeance amongst his fellow citizens.

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When a killer named The Riddler (Paul Dano) begins targeting Gotham’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an investigation into the underworld, where he encounters such characters as Selina Kyle/aka Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz) and Oswald Cobblepot/aka the Penguin (Colin Farrell). As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator’s plans becomes clear, Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued Gotham City.

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The latest version of the Bat-Suit, something which we get a good look at in these latest images, looks the most “homemade” of any of the Bat-Suits ever seen on the big screen. Wearing shoulder pads and a cowl that has been clearly stitched together, it was important to director Matt Reeves that star Robert Pattinson be heavily involved in the design process.

“We have, of course, an incredible costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, and the Batsuit was designed by Glyn Dillon, and they’re geniuses. It was great to work with them. One of the things that’s really important is being able to work with the actors,” Reeves said at DC FanDome back in 2020.

“Rob [Pattinson] had a very important part in designing the suit in that he had to be able to wear it, he had to be able to fight in it. One of the things about this Batsuit is that it is very practical. The whole idea is that he’s made it himself. And so, we needed to be able to see how it would fit on him and all the ways he could move but also make it look like something that was still evolving. Even the idea of the story, he’s in year two so he’s been wearing it and so every night, he goes out looking for trouble. You look at his cowl and actually see there are gashes in it. All of that detail was an incredibly exciting dialogue between me and the costume designers and then having Rob involved.”

Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell, The Batman is scheduled to be released on March 4, 2022.