The Batman (2022)

The Batman (2022)

Director: Matt Reeves

Synopsis

When the Riddler (Paul Dano), a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman (Robert Pattinson) is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.

Male Deaths

• Alex Ferns [Commissioner Pete Savage]
• Rupert Penry-Jones [Mayor Don Mitchell Jr.]
• Luke Roberts [Thomas Wayne]
• Peter Sarsgaard [District Attorney Gil Colson]
• John Turturro [Carmine Falcone]

Female Deaths

• Hana Hrzic [Annika Kosolov]
• Stella Stocker [Martha Wayne]

Gallery

Rupert Penry-Jones

Alex Ferns

Peter Sarsgaard

Hana Hrzic

John Turturro

Posters

Trivia

1. The movie's working title was 'Vengeance'.
2. Matt Reeves cites the Batman comics "Batman: Ego", "Batman: The Long Halloween" and "Batman: Year One" as influences on the film. Reeves also cites the 1970's films Chinatown (1974) and Klute (1971) as influences.
3. Director Matt Reeves stated that while writing the screenplay, he listened to the track "Thank God for the Rain" from the soundtrack of Taxi Driver (1976) on loop.
4. Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson received the same advice from the predecessors of their respective roles (Michelle Pfeiffer and Christian Bale respectively): make sure you can go to the bathroom while in costume.
5. The Batmobile in this film is a customized muscle car. This draws influence from the 1970s "Batman" comics by Neal Adams, where the Batmobile was a fairly normal-looking car that Batman drove for stealth purposes.
6. This is the first version of Batman to directly address the black eye makeup when the mask is taken off. In previous versions on film, the makeup just disappeared when Bruce took his mask off.
7. Colin Farrell wore facial prosthetics and a fat suit for his role of the penguin. The facial prosthetics were comprised of six distinct pieces. In order to ensure there were no visible seams, crew members would shine harsh flashlights in his face before approving him to go to set.
8. Robert Pattinson's screentest (before he was cast) took place while he was in his first few days of shooting Tenet (2020) in Los Angeles in May 2019. Pattinson had to lie to Christopher Nolan about it, but Nolan, who was no stranger to the Caped Crusader and Warner Bros., immediately figured it out. "It's funny because Chris is so secretive about everything to do with his movies," Pattinson said. "And then I had to be really secretive about Batman stuff. So I had to lie to Chris about having to go for a screen test; I said I had a family emergency. And as soon as I said it's a family emergency, he said: 'You're doing the Batman audition, aren't you?'"