At CinemaCon, which takes place April 25-28 in Las Vegas, Warner Bros.
announced the filming of the second part of the superhero film "Batman".
Robert Pattinson will return as Bruce Wayne, and Matt Reeves will once again direct and write the film.
"Matt has unveiled a new take on one of our most iconic and beloved superheroes," Warner Bros. chairman said at CinemaCon.
Pictures Group Toby Emmerich.
Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson and the entire crew will once again take viewers to Gotham in Batman 2.
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The premiere date of the upcoming project is still unknown.
The world premiere of the first "Batman" took place on March 1, 2022.
It is currently the highest grossing film of 2022 with over $759 million worldwide.
In addition, the picture was warmly received by both film critics and a wide audience.
Its freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 85%, and the audience rated the project at 87%.
Experts note the exciting plot and the gloomy atmosphere of the picture, and also praise the acting of the actors.
According to The Wall Street Journal writer Joe Morgenstern, the film "has a very long running time and constantly keeps the viewer on their toes.
The characters in it whisper more often than they speak.
Cinematographer Greg Fraser delivers an incredibly beautiful picture that needs to be seen to be felt.
In addition, the film can be called exciting and focused on our time.
It is a long meditation on the search for moral guidance in a world of pervasive evil."
The film follows the superhero at an early stage in his fight against crime.
Bruce Wayne is investigating a series of attacks on powerful Gotham officials.
Along the way, he meets Penguin (Colin Farrell), Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz) and Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) and pursues the supervillain The Riddler (Paul Dano).
© Shot from the movie "Batman"
It is already known that the story of Batman in the interpretation of Matt Reeves will not be limited to one full-length sequel.
Previously, two serial spin-offs of the picture were announced.
The action of one will unfold around the supervillain Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, also known as the Penguin.
Viewers will learn how the main character came to power in the underworld of Gotham.
Colin Farrell will also play the title role.
The showrunner of the project is Lauren Lefranc, who previously worked on the series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Matt Reeves serves as executive producer.
The plot of the second spin-off will be Arkham Mental Hospital located in Gotham.
The tape will tell about the events that occurred before the story presented in Reeves' Batman.
The focus of the authors of the series is the study of the anatomy of corruption in Gotham.
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) what exactly can happen in the world of Arkham shown in our film.
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) Arkham looks like a haunted house from a horror movie.
Again, Gotham is a character in the movie and I really want Arkham to be a character so you can get in there and see the characters in a whole new way,” says Matt Reeves.
Both projects will be released on the HBO Max video service.
Also in the works is the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader (“Batman: The Masked Crusader”).
Producers include JJ Abrams, Ed Brubaker and Matt Reeves.
The details of the plot are kept secret, and as a standard for the upcoming project, filmmakers call the series "Batman", which was released in the 1990s.
He was popular at one time and was highly appreciated by the audience - his rating on the IMDb portal is 9 out of 10. The authors of the new tape promise a twisted plot, interesting characters and rich action in a visually vibrant world.
The premiere is expected in 2023.
In July 2020, a detective game series about the Gotham Police was also announced, but in March 2022 it became known that HBO Max had abandoned its production.