Robert Pattinson showcased The Batman footage at a sprawling online event with several other Hollywood A-listers and their comic-book alter-egos.
The virtual ‘DC FanDome‘ from Warner Bros comes after real-world extravaganzas beloved by comic-book fans — such as Comic-Con — were cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Headline billing went to The Batman, a dark, detective-style mystery take on the Caped Crusader which star Pattinson said had to shut down midway through production in March due to Covid-19.
Director Matt Reeves said his version — still due next year — is inspired by classic noirs like Chinatown and Taxi Driver and will meet a “very human and very flawed” Bruce Wayne in his second year as Batman, trying to solve a series of crimes.
First-ever footage from the much-hyped movie left fans drooling online, with a mysterious villain leaving notes for Batman at crime scenes across Gotham — and the film’s hero pummeling a street thug before growling: “I’m vengeance.”
Saturday’s all-day event premiered footage and panels for follow-ups to blockbusters Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad and Shazam! — despite uncertainty over release dates, with many US theaters closed.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson — the world’s top-paid movie star who is now making his first foray into the superhero “universe” — hyped up his upcoming anti-hero movie Black Adam, in which he will play a 5,000-year-old rebel slave determined to mete out ruthless justice.
“Things will never be the same. Because the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change,” the former wrestler warned rival stars in typically bombastic style.
The trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League was also unveiled on Saturday’s event. The trailer includes a number of entirely new scenes that weren’t included in the original version of the film, which was released in 2017. There’s no specific release date yet, but Snyder’s version of the Justice League will hit HBO Max in 2021. It will air in four, hour-long installments.
The event comes as WarnerMedia — which owns the movie rights to DC comics — undergoes a massive restructuring, including the loss of hundreds of studio jobs.
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