Selina reveals to Batman that Falcone is her neglectful father. Alfred believes that Falcone had Thomas and Martha killed to prevent this. Bruce, who grew up believing his father was morally upstanding, confronts Alfred, who maintains that Thomas only asked Falcone to threaten the journalist into silence Thomas planned to turn himself and Falcone over to the police once he found out Falcone murdered the journalist instead. The Riddler leaks evidence that Thomas, who was running for mayor before he was murdered, hired Falcone to kill a journalist for threatening to reveal details about Martha and her family's history of mental illness. Bruce's butler and caretaker, Alfred Pennyworth, is hospitalized after opening a letter bomb addressed to Bruce. After a car chase, Batman captures the Penguin but learns he is not the informant.īatman and Gordon follow the Riddler's trail to the ruins of an orphanage funded by Bruce's murdered parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, where they learn that the Riddler holds a grudge against the Wayne family. Selina inadvertently exposes them when she arrives to steal money and discovers Annika's corpse in a car trunk.
They discover that Maroni's operation transferred to Falcone, with many corrupt GCPD officers involved. Batman and Gordon deduce that the informant may be the Penguin and track him to a drug deal. Colson refuses to answer the third-the name of the informant who gave the GCPD information that led to a historic drug bust ending mobster Salvatore Maroni's operation-and dies. When Batman arrives, the Riddler calls him via Colson's phone and threatens to detonate the bomb if Colson cannot answer three riddles. The Riddler abducts Colson, straps a timed collar bomb to his neck, and sends him to interrupt Mitchell's funeral. When Annika disappears, Batman sends Selina back to the Iceberg Lounge for answers and discovers that Savage was on Falcone's payroll, as is district attorney Gil Colson. While the Penguin pleads ignorance, Batman notices that Selina Kyle, Annika's roommate and lover, works at the club as a waitress. The following night, the Riddler kills commissioner Pete Savage and leaves another message for Batman.īatman and Gordon discover that the Riddler left a thumb drive in Mitchell's car containing images of Mitchell with a woman, Annika Kosolov, at the Iceberg Lounge-a nightclub operated by the Penguin, mobster Carmine Falcone's lieutenant. Lieutenant James Gordon discovers a message that the Riddler left for Batman. Reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne, who has operated for two years as the vigilante Batman, investigates the murder alongside the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD). is murdered by a masked psychopath calling himself the Riddler. On Halloween, Gotham City mayor Don Mitchell Jr.
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The Batman is intended to launch a Batman shared universe, with two sequels planned and two spin-off television series in development for HBO Max. It received praise for the performances, score, cinematography, Reeves' direction, action sequences, and story, although the runtime received some criticism. The film grossed over $770 million against a $185–200 million budget, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2022. It was delayed twice from an initial June 2021 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Batman premiered at Lincoln Center, New York, on March 1, 2022, and was theatrically released worldwide on March 4. Principal photography took place in the UK and Chicago between January 2020 and March 2021. Pattinson was cast in May 2019, with further casting in late 2019. He sought to explore Batman's detective side more than previous films, drawing inspiration from the films of Alfred Hitchcock and the New Hollywood era, and comics such as Year One (1987), The Long Halloween (1996–97), and Ego (2000).
Reeves took over and reworked the story, removing the DCEU connections. Affleck signed on to direct, produce, co-write, and star in The Batman, but had reservations about the project and dropped out.
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The film sees Batman, who has been fighting crime in Gotham City for two years, uncover corruption while pursuing the Riddler (Dano), a serial killer who targets Gotham's elite.ĭevelopment began after Ben Affleck was cast as Batman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) in 2013. It stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. The film was directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig. Pictures, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise. Pictures, DC Films, 6th & Idaho, and Dylan Clark Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros.
The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman.
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