Crash Course: How ‘The Batman’s’ Amazing Car Chase Was Created
thewrap.com“The Batman,” now streaming on HBO Max and available for purchase on various digital platforms, is full of breathlessly rendered set pieces that rank amongst the best in modern superhero cinema – Batman’s Halloween-night prowling; the finale in the stadium; Batman’s visit to Falcone’s club.
But there’s one scene that stands out above all the others – the very rainy nighttime car chase. (“The Batman” is so overwhelmingly rainy it makes “Seven” look like “Lawrence of Arabia.”) In the sequence, Bruce Wayne/Batman (Robert Pattinson) is going after the Penguin (an unrecognizable Colin Farrell) in his souped up Batmobile, which is perhaps the most hot-rod-y version of the iconic car ever captured on film.
After a brief false start, Batman charges after the villain, following him onto a rain-slicked and extremely packed expressway.
In an attempt to lose his pursuer, the Penguin causes a calamitous pile-up. But that doesn’t stop Batman. (Does anything?)TheWrap spoke with Anders Langlands, VFX Supervisor on “The Batman” for Weta FX, who broke down how this sequence was accomplished.According to Langlands, Weta FX was not the first effects house on the sequence.
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