Following last week’sreveal of the Batsuitfrom the upcoming comic book movieThe Batman, director Matt Reeves has now taken to social media to post a panel from a particular comic book arc that could well hint at where he is drawing inspiration from. The image is from Frank Miller’s much-celebratedBatman: Year Oneand was accompanied by a message from the director to Bruce Wayne.
Very sweet. The panel in question is from early on in theBatman: Year One story, and depicts Bruce Wayne having returned to Gotham after years of training abroad and heading out on a recon mission into the East End, one of the worst parts of the city. He has yet to adopt his Dark Knight alter ego at this point, and is merely ruminating on the best way to fight crime in his city. Recently there were reports thatThe Batmanwould be taking place during the second year of Bruce becoming Batman, so even though the movie may not be an adaptation ofYear One, or even this panel, this could still very well be a quandary that we see Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne go through.
Some of theearly set photos that have been releasedcould well corroborate theYear Oneinspiration, as they appear to show Bruce Wayne returning to Gotham after what is assumed to have been a long hiatus. So, though it may have been reported that the movie will not be an origin story, we may still get some flashbacks to the beginnings of Batman. It also did not go unnoticed that the Batsuit reveal was colored with a red tint, which, other than drawing comparisons toDaredevil, also happens to be the color of theBatman: Year Onestandard edition and deluxe edition graphic novels.
It has also long been rumored that the movie will be taking inspiration from Jeph Loeb’sBatman: The Long Halloweencomic book arc, so it is likely that Reeves is taking bits and pieces from various different sources, as well as using his own ideas, to createThe Batman. There have even been rumors recently that Batman’s brightly-colored sidekick Robin will be featuring in the movie in some capacity.
Robert Pattinson will star as the titular Dark Knight with an all-star supporting cast that will feature Golden Globe-winner Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner James Gordon, Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Golden Globe-nominee Paul Dano as Edward Nashton/The Riddler, Golden Globe-nominee Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, Golden Globe-winner Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, newcomer Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál, 2x Golden Globe-nominee John Turturro as Carmine Falcone and Golden Globe-nominee Peter Sarsgaard as Gil Colson.
Reeves is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mattson Tomlin. Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Greig Fraser will be behind the camera. This comes to us fromMatt Reeves' official Twitter account.
