Tag: Robert Pattinson

  • This Year in Batman

    This Year in Batman

    Five years ago, as I noodled with my blog, I came across a fantastic Bruce Timm-produced Batman animated short featuring our beloved Bat characters Bruce Wayne and Terry McGinnis as they fought to defend the Bat Cave. It was the perfect way to celebrate our dear Dark Knight’s 75th anniversary. With the eightieth now upon…

  • Mahershala Ali May Play Gordon in Matt Reeves’ Batman

    Mahershala Ali May Play Gordon in Matt Reeves’ Batman

    ComicBook.com reports via Collider’s Jeff Snieder that True Detective star Mahershala Ali was Matt Reeves’ first pick for the role of Commissioner Gordon in The Batman. However, in the wake of his casting as Blade, Snieder is unsure whether the Oscar-winning actor would play multiple comic book movie roles. I’ve been banging the drum for Idris…

  • The Batman Plot Details May Have Been Revealed

    The Batman Plot Details May Have Been Revealed

    It looks like we have some new insight into what Batman will be up to when he returns to the big screen. *POTENTIAL SPOILERS* ComicBook.com reports that Matt Reeves’ The Batman will center on a mystery where people will start dying in strange ways, and that will lead the Caped Crusader on a mission around…

  • Robert Pattinson’s Road to Batman: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

    Robert Pattinson’s Road to Batman: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

    Robert Pattinson is about to take on the biggest role of his career, a career at which many movie fans have looked askance thanks to the phenomenon known as Twilight. But the first time moviegoers like myself saw him was not in the divisive vampire saga, but in the fourth installment in the Harry Potter…

  • How Robert Pattinson Became the New Dark Knight

    How Robert Pattinson Became the New Dark Knight

    We have some new insight into how a former vampire turned into a bat. In a new piece from the Hollywood Reporter, Robert Pattinson’s journey to becoming Batman has been unveiled. One of the more interesting aspects, aside from the fact that Matt Reeves apparently had Pattinson in mind for the role from the very…

  • Warner Bros. Approves Pattinson as Batman After Screentest

    Warner Bros. Approves Pattinson as Batman After Screentest

    It looks like the new Dark Knight is well and truly about to rise. Deadline is reporting that Robert Pattinson has been approved as the new Batman after a screen test with fellow contender Nicholas Hoult in full Bat-regalia. However, the word is that the execs were also impressed by Hoult, so don’t be surprised…