its official, new trilogy
Warner Bros Approves Robert Pattinson For 'The Batman'
deadline.com
Warner Bros has approved
Robert Pattinson as the star of
The Batman, the trilogy of films that
Matt Reeves will direct later this year, Deadline hears.
Pattinson has been considered a front runner because the filmmaker liked him, but the studio was torn between him and Nicholas Hoult, and wanted both of the actors on tape because this is such a big decision on a cornerstone Warner Bros DC franchise. Those meetings happened yesterday, I’m told, and the decision was made. Hoult, who starred in
Tolkien and is about to reprise in
X-Men: First Class, was impressive, but Pattinson will be the guy and negotiations will get underway any moment. The film is produced by Dylan Clark, who produced Reeves’
Planet of the Apes films. Expect an announcement imminently.
Pattinson is a strong choice. He certainly has been at the center of a zeitgest franchise before in
Twilight Saga, and he has used the time after to show his chops as an actor. He has shown those chops in films like
High Life, and is starring for Warner Bros in Christopher Nolan’s next film, and just debuted in the Robert Eggers-directed
The Lighthouse at Cannes.
They’ve got to work out a deal that will clearly include options on at least two more films. Reeves’ film tracks Bruce Wayne in the formative stages of Batman, which is why they needed an actor in his early 30s.
i don't really want another batman origins story but fuck me i guess