Pattinson/Reeves Batman Movie (Formerly Affleck Stand-Alone Film)

[ChosenOne]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I wonder if Ridder, Catwoman or Penguin will be back in the sequel. Usually movies kill off their villains or have all new ones in the next one, but they can technically bring all 3 of them back. This is the first time we can have a superhero movie where all the recurring villains return.

I'd say Penguin will definitely come back. Riddler is a maybe, and Catwoman might sit this one out given where the first movie left her. The important thing to keep in mind is that Gotham's underworld is an ecosystem and Reeves clearly understands that, rather than leaning on the old villain(s)-of-the-movie trope. He'll want to bring back and make work as many villains as he possibly can to interact with the new ones. And that, to me, is truly exciting.

Originally Posted by Leo656

Even "Batman Begins" owes a lot of what it is to the fact that WB had already committed to having Scarecrow be the villain of the next Batman movie, waaaay back when "the next Batman movie" was going to be Schumacher's third try.

A lot like Lizard being the villain of TASM after Raimi had already spent two movies setting Connors up. Shame that Dylan Baker never got to take his role a step further.

[AquaParade]

It’s really just being used as fuel for Snyder-Cultists. Not Snyder fans, just the insane vocal ones.

They’re mad at Reeves for “stealing” Ben Affleck’s movie - yes, there is a minor community of people that feel this way. So they will be the only ones taking this seriously.

[Andrew NDB]

Pattinson whining about unfair standards for male bodies in movies (i.e., "why can't I put on muscle??").

https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/...ody-standards/

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Pattinson whining about unfair standards for male bodies in movies (i.e., "why can't I put on muscle??").

https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/...ody-standards/

What year is it? He said this like two years ago.

Here is something relevant:

“To me, the thing that I really feel is that I also believe that Rob [Pattinson] is so special in the role. My goal has always been to do these point-of-view stories that allow the character to always be the emotional center of the story. Because a lot of times what happens is, after you do the first one, then suddenly other Rogues Gallery characters come in, and they kind of take over, and then Batman takes a backseat sort of character-wise, or emotionally.“

- Matt Reeves


https://nerdist.com/article/the-batm...pattinson/?amp

This will be the first Batman sequel to not forget about Batman. Cool.

[Andrew NDB]

My bad. It appeared in my feed like a new article.

[AquaParade]

It’s also dated recently, which is odd.

If it makes you feel better, Pattinson got a ton of **** for those comments.

[MikeandRaph87]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...101702366.html

It appears that Basil Karlo alias Clayface is a frontrunner to be the main villain of The Batman 2. Moreso than repeated villains I like seeing different villains featured. It has pigeonheld Superman going between just Lex Luthor and Zod (I think of Doomsday as a resurrected Zod). I am probably in the minority when it was announced that Joker and kinda Two Face would be the villains in The Dark Knight stopping the different villains in each film trend. I also hope that Batman will be able to face Killer Croc and Black Mask since they are his adversaries.

[ChosenOne]

Mad Hatter is long overdue for a live-action appearance too.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

Mad Hatter is long overdue for a live-action appearance too.

Yes! After Batman Begins my thoughts were,'Mad Hatter and Man-Bat should be next'.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

Mad Hatter is long overdue for a live-action appearance too.

There have been multiple live-action Mad Hatters on television unless you mean in movies.