‘The Batman’: Matt Reeves Delivers An Ultra-Dark Reboot Filled With Vengeance, Villains & Stool Pigeons [The Playlist Podcast]

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRobert Pattinson’s moody superhero adventure “The Batman” prevailed at the box office again.The film earned $66 million in its second weekend of release, propelling its domestic tally to a robust $238.5 million. After only 10 days on the big screen, “The Batman” ranks as the highest-grossing movie of 2022, as well as the second-highest grossing movie since the onset of COVID-19.

Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way’ have surged following its inclusion in The Batman.The deep cut from Nirvana’s classic 1991 album ‘Nevermind’ has surged on steaming platforms according to initial reports from MRC Data (via Billboard).The song appears twice in the film and also appeared in trailers leading up to the film’s release.According to the figures from MRC, ‘Something In The Way’ earned 3.1million on-demand official US streams in the first four days following the film’s release on March 4, an increase of 372,000 from the previous four days – or a 734 per cent increase.Between March 6-7, the song racked up 880,000 streams and then rose to 1.5million the following day. By March 8, the song had tallied 1.6million streams.The Batman director and writer Matt Reeves has explained how Robert Pattinson’s character was inspired by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain last year.Speaking about the inclusion of the song to Empire back in December, Reeves said: “That’s when it came to me that, rather than make Bruce Wayne the playboy version we’ve seen before, there’s another version who had gone through a great tragedy and become a recluse.“So I started making this connection to Gus Van Sant’s Last Days, and the idea of this fictionalised version of Kurt Cobain being in this kind of decaying manor.” He then discussed how he believed Robert Pattinson was perfect for the part after witnessing his performance in 2017 film Good Time.He said: “In that movie you could really feel his vulnerability and desperation, but you could also feel his power.

Colin Farrell is not done playing Oswald Cobblepot just yet. After a stunning turn as the iconic villain in, the actor will reprise the role in a limited series for HBO Max.

In what comes as no surprise given the running $301M global grossing success of The Batman, HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order to the pic’s spinoff series The Penguin which will see Colin Farrell reprising his villainous role from the pic as one of Gotham’s legendary kingpins.

HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order for The Penguin, a spinoff series for Colin Farrell‘s villainous role from The Batman!

HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order for The Penguin, a spinoff series for Colin Farrell‘s villainous role from The Batman!

“The Batman” film.The prequel series was set to center on a corrupt cop in Gotham City — but the filmmaker revealed its cancellation on this week’s episode of MTV’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.“One thing that we’re not doing, that I was gonna do . . .

Charlie and Max Carver look worlds apart from their roles in Desperate Housewives as they made their big screen debut in The Batman.The twin brothers played two bouncers in the movie, who were roughed up by Robert Pattinson's Batman on two separate occasions. In the movie, Charlie and Max donned neck tattoos and undeniably looked very different to their days on Desperate Housewives, where they starred as Scavo brothers, Porter and Preston.Twins Shane and Brent Kinsman first starred as the troublesome duo on the hit drama series, with Charlie and Max taking over the reigns in 2008 as older versions of the characters. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Kanye West has shared his praise for The Batman, calling one scene in particular “beautiful”.The rapper and producer, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, took to Instagram to compliment Matt Reeves’ new DC film starring Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz.“Saw Batman yesterday[.] The upside down scene when the Penguin car flipped over was beautiful love the whole film Oh and when Zoe threw in the privilege bar,” Ye wrote on Instagram.Take a look at the post here:A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)In a four-star review of The Batman, NME wrote: “Director Matt Reeves has mixed up gritty mob drama with film-noir detective thriller – and thanks to [Paul] Dano’s ultra-creepy villain, some psychological horror too.“Most of the time it comes off brilliantly. Pattinson plays him with a dour fanaticism that only occasionally topples over into parody.”Elsewhere, a fan recently pranked a screening of The Batman in Austin by releasing a live bat in the auditorium.“I’m at the Batman movie and there are real bats in the theatre,” one Twitter user who was at the screening in question tweeted.Another person shared their own footage and wrote: “I was there.

The Batman, the new dark superhero flick starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. But Kravitz wanted to enter the Batverse ten years ago, when Christopher Nolan was completing his Dark Knight trilogy with 2012's The Dark Knight Rises (in which played Selina Kyle).

The Batman.The actor, who had been credited as ‘Untitled Arkham Prisoner’ before the new film was released, has now spoken on his experience filming Matt Reeves’ new DC movie.“He’s brilliant, man,” Keoghan said of the director while in conversation with Esquire Middle East. “Reeves and Dylan Clark especially and together were amazing to me – really, really amazing to me.”Reeves confirmed over the weekend that Keoghan’s character is in fact the man who will become the Joker, explaining the twist while in conversation with IGN.Keoghan couldn’t name the character himself, but continued to Esquire: “Getting to be part of the Batman universe is [a huge deal for me].

Seems like this Catwoman got the last laugh.

Some upsetting news for fans of The Batman who were excited about the expansion of the universe.

The Batman in Austin was paused after a filmgoer released a live bat in the audience.Viewers can be seen watching the bat fly around the auditorium in a video shared on Twitter last Saturday (March 5).“I’m at the Batman movie and there are real bats in the theater,” one Twitter user who was at the screening in question tweeted.Another person shared their own footage and wrote: “I was there. They tried to bait it into flying out.”Check out the footage here:I’m at the Batman movie and there are real bats in the theater….

Jon Burlingame editorMichael Giacchino’s dark symphony for “The Batman” — from his brooding theme for Bruce Wayne to children’s choir for the Riddler and noirish stylings for Catwoman — is the year’s most talked-about score and among his most ambitious yet.When Warner’s WaterTower label released a “Batman” track in late January, it racked up an astounding 2.3 million views on YouTube — the highest global streaming engagement the label had ever seen for pre-release from a score album. And interest has only grown in the weeks since the subsequent teasings of more Giacchino music and Friday’s release of the movie.“Michael brought soul, he brought dread, he brought all of the emotional and atmospheric undercurrents that a movie like this requires,” director Matt Reeves tells Variety.

CBS Austin. I was there.

Keanu Reeves has embarked on a new role as he takes on Batman for the League of Super-Pets. The actor, 57, will voice Batman in the animation, starring alongside Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Fans can take a look at the Speed star in action, as the trailer for the Jared-Stern-directed project has dropped.

Zack Sharf “The Batman” television spinoff series centered on the Gotham police department is on indefinite hold, Matt Reeves confirmed during an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. HBO Max announced the series in July 2020, with “The Batman” filmmaker Reeves and “Boardwalk Empire” creator Terence Winter at the helm of the project. Winter exited the project in November 2020 and was replaced by Joe Barton in January 2021.

Taylor Swift is a proud cat lady and a big supporter of Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman. The 32-year-old Grammy Award winner took to social media to praise her bestie for her performance as Selina Kyle in the newly premiered and record-breaking film The Batman.“@zoeisabellakravitz is the Catwoman of my dreams,” Swift wrote with an image of the 33-year-old actress.

The Dark Knight Rises for being too “urban”.The singer and actor, who plays Selina Kyle aka Catwoman in The Batman, discussed her early acting career rejections when she opened up about attempting to audition for director Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film.Speaking to the Observer, Kravitz said she was turned down after being labelled too “urban” for an unspecified role.“I don’t know if it came directly from Chris Nolan,” Kravitz said. “I think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director’s assistant… Being a woman of colour and being an actor and being told at that time I wasn’t able to read because of the colour of my skin, and the word urban being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment.”Speaking about being cast in The Batman from director Matt Reeves, Kravitz added: “It was crazy.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Batman” landed a bigger opening weekend than Warner Bros., the studio behind the comic book adventure, initially expected.The latest superhero epic, starring Robert Pattinson as an exceptionally moody Caped Crusader, collected $134 million in North American theaters over the weekend, above Sunday’s estimates of $128.5 million.Those ticket sales rank as the best opening weekend of 2022, as well as only the second pandemic-era movie to cross the $100 million mark in a single weekend following “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”The reason behind the 4% bump in Monday’s final tally is because “The Batman” had a better-than-expected turnout on Sunday, bringing in $34.1 million. That’s more than some pandemic-era releases managed to earn in their entire theatrical runs.

Following AMC CEO Adam Aron’s announcement about hiking tickets for Warner Bros.’ The Batman over the weekend and the pic’s $128M+ opening, the circuit boss celebrated by posting a Tweet of Robert Pattinson’s Batman looking up at a dollar signal in the sky.

The Batman was released to cinemas on March 4, and has been met with rave reviews after its opening weekend.

If you haven’t been paying attention to the early weekend box office estimates, it would appear Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” is a massive hit. Domestically, the film has already earned $128 million and worldwide, the superhero feature is right under $250 million.

“The Batman” is a bona fide success, with critics and audiences alike raving about director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson’s new vision for the Caped Crusader. But one aspect the fans are specifically praising – which is somewhat atypical for comic book movies – is the cinematography.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIf you went to the movies over the weekend, you may have shelled out a little extra to see “The Batman.”In a surprising break from industry standard, AMC Entertainment, the biggest theater chain, boldly announced plans to charge customers about $1 to $2 more for tickets to “The Batman” compared to other movies playing at the same time. It is not clear how the experiment, a version of variable pricing, paid off because AMC did not break down ticket sales versus attendance levels in any of its 620 domestic theaters.But AMC was spot-on about the popularity of Robert Pattinson’s take on the Caped Crusader in “The Batman.” The Warner Bros.

first place at the box office, raking in $128.5 million on its opening weekend — more than any other movie this year.The three-hour superhero reboot, staring Robert Pattinson as Gotham’s brooding caped crusader, is the second pandemic-era flick to earn more than $100 million in a single weekend, according to Variety.The Warner Bros. film, which also features Zoë Kravitz as an exceptionally foxy Catwoman, beat out the Mark Wahlberg treasure-hunt flick “Uncharted” for the top spot.“It’s fun to see the public really embrace the movie,” Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros., told the entertainment news outlet.

Robert Pattinson is reflecting on what happened when he tested positive for COVID early into filming back in September of 2020.

Bill Murray were once being lined up to play Batman and Robin in a film by director Ivan Reitman, Murray has said.Reitman was reportedly eyeing up the pair to take on the roles of the Dynamic Duo in a movie that ended up never coming to fruition.“I talked to Eddie Murphy about it, and Eddie wanted to play Batman,” Murray told Yahoo Entertainment. “That’s as far as that conversation went.”Asked if he would have been happy to play Robin with Murphy in the role of the Caped Crusader, Murray replied: “I don’t wanna be the Boy Wonder to anybody. Maybe much earlier when I was a boy.

WARNING: MASSIVE spoilers ahead for “The Batman”“The Batman” features some of the biggest names in Bat-villainy — The Riddler, Penguin, Carmine Falcone, and depending on your interpretation of the word “villain,” Catwoman. But the most famous of all was teased in the final minutes of the film.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen the world first learned that Robert Pattinson was in the running to headline “The Batman,” it was in May 2019, and Pattinson hadn’t even auditioned yet.“When that thing leaked, I was fucking furious,” Pattinson told Variety for a September 2019 cover story about the release of his film “The Lighthouse.” “Everyone was so upset.

Move over Robert Pattinson, Keanu Reeves is the latest caped crusader.

***Warning the following article features spoilers for “The Batman.” *** Warner Bros.’ “The Batman” is a certified hit. It opened to $128 million domestically—the second-highest opening since 2019 when the pandemic started— and it grossed nearly $120 million internationally for a worldwide total that currently stands at $248 million.

Warner Bros’ “The Batman” from director Matt Reeves is a bonafide hit: a $125 million opening weekend—the second-biggest domestic box office opening since 2019 — and an additional $120 million overseas for a global debut of $249 million. Not bad for a three-hour superhero movie that skews adult, isn’t four-quadrant kid-friendly, and comes out still in an era when the pandemic still affects theatergoing.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRobert Pattinson’s “The Batman” towered over international box office charts, collecting $120 million from 74 overseas markets.After debuting to $128.5 million in North America, the Warner Bros. comic book adventure has generated $248.5 million globally to date.