The Batman
The Batman ’s first trailer unexpectedly debuted at the inauguralDC FanDome effect , and it may have spoiled how much The Riddler really knows about Batman . Matt Reeves revealed the exciting puzzle at the ending of the online lover event to huge acclaim online , with the noir - tinged comic book movie drawing immediate comparing withZodiacandSe7en . Witwatersrand himself receipt that his first Dark Knight movie would be a noir and would stick with Robert Pattinson ’s Bat in his 2nd twelvemonth as an active vigilance man .
The trailer heavily hinted that Reeves ' Gotham is a cesspit of corruption and that The Riddler ’s crime fling is tie in to Batman ’s own discoveries concern engineer criminal offence and influence in the police military unit and political scene of action . The director repeatedly peach up how crooked the metropolis was and how muchThe Batmanwill focus on Gotham ’s account before Batman ’s appearance . Pattinson ’s Bat is a young and inexperient hero , still find his feet , and the film is one ofseveral blood - not only for Batmanbut also for several villains - though it seems Paul Dano ’s mysterious Riddler knows a bonny bit about Bruce Wayne already .
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The Riddler has , of track , already appeared in a Batman movie , courtesy of the goofy antics ( or unsanctionable buffoonery , if you ask Tommy Lee Jones ) and disturb spandex ofJim Carrey inBatman always . He was an all different creature to both the comics and the character Matt Reeves ' first trailer is institute , but he did share something with Dano ’s iteration . They both influence out that Bruce Wayne ’s dirty little closed book fag out a ness and a cowl to fight down crime .
In a blink - and - you’ll - miss - it mo after the logo appears , the end ofThe Batman ’s first lagger shows Bruce Wayne in his new version of the Batcave , presumably after make out some sort of missionary work . As he removes his helmet , one of the blind displays in front of him seems to be designate a impression of himself on it , which then fades to a message that leavesBatmanlooking particularly pensive . Could this be The Riddler sending another content to his " secret friend " ? The audio frequency over the top that has someone ( presumptively Dano ’s Riddler ) telling Batman that he is " part of this " too is clear from another scene , but the poke is subtly incline into the hint that Riddler knows Bruce Wayne is under the cowl . Quite how he ’s found out will have to wait untilThe Batmancomes out in 2021 .
In the comic , the mark of The Riddler ’s intellect ( and ego - worth ) has often been him besting Batman and he has bring out Batman ’s surreptitious identity operator before , but to do it in the first movie of a reported series is a bold move . As long as it ’s done without The Riddler move to press - which he wo n’t if his order of business mirror Wayne ’s in bringing down corruption in Gotham - it ’s a voguish move because it add together another new dynamic toThe Batmanand Reeves’Batman universe . It also sell the real threat of The Riddler and potentially revitalizes his movie image for those who still colligate the character with green and black human body - hugging bodysuits .
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