
The studio doesn't seem to have released the footage on its own YouTube channel, but a version is embedded below. We don't see the face of either Affleck or Keaton in this footage, but we do see Barry approach Batman from behind and ask, "Are you in?" And that does sound like Keaton in the voiceover. Yep, we might be getting a multiverse version of the DCEU. Ben Affleck is rumored to reprise his Batman, along with Michael Keaton, who last played the Caped Crusader in 1992's Batman Returns. It's loosely based on the 2011 comic crossover story Flashpoint, in which Flash (real name Barry) travels back in time to prevent the death of his mother and (oops) accidentally unravels space and time as a result. dropped a short sneak peek of footage for The Flash film that's been in development for a good 17 years. But it's the Riddler who seems to dominate the proceedings, with an ominous voiceover: "What's black and blue and red all over? You." We get a bit more footage of Batman beating up street goons, some serious sparkage with Selina/Catwoman, and a fiery confrontation with Oswald Cobblepot. This latest trailer opens with the arrest of Dano's Riddler in a coffee shop, although we don't see his face-just the question mark pattern in the foam of his cappuccino. CinemaCon panel this past August featured a brief sizzle reel of new footage. The first teaser dropped during last year's DC FanDome, and the Warner Bros. He said he wanted it to be "an almost noir-driven, detective version of Batman," focused on Bruce Wayne's second year fighting crime as the Caped Crusader rather than once again retelling the character's origin story. Reeves brought a very different vision to The Batman. Affleck would eventually withdraw from the project altogether, following his divorce from Jennifer Garner and a stint in rehab for alcohol abuse. was rethinking the shared-universe model for its superhero films in favor of standalone films and franchises, Ben Affleck announced he was stepping down as director, and the studio replaced him with Reeves.

Directed and co-written by Matt Reeves, the film's release has been delayed multiple times but will finally hit theaters next March.Īs I've written previously, the original plan was to set the film within the DCEU, after the events of Justice League.

Robert Pattinson is appropriately dark and brooding and beating up bad guys in the latest trailer for The Batman, which debuted at DC FanDome this weekend. Robert Pattinson stars as billionaire Bruce Wayne, aka the Caped Crusader, in director Matt Reeves' forthcoming film, The Batman.
