The Batman director Matt Reeves has dropped the official first look at the Batmobile on Twitter.
🦇🏎 #TheBatman pic.twitter.com/qJFNprk1ut
— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) March 4, 2020
In Tim Burton’s Batman, the Batmobile is a rocket-propelled hearse. In Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, the Caped Crusader drives an armour tank.
In The Batman, with Robert Pattinson as the iconic crime-fighter, his vehicle of choice is a down-and-dirty muscle car, which looks like it belong in a Fast & Furious movie — and less conspicuous than its predecessors.
Look closer: the images also reveal Pattison’s full Batsuit.
Last month, unauthorised pictures and videos of the Batcycle, taken from a location shoot in Scotland, leaked online. Last month, unauthorised pictures and videos of the Batcycle, taken from a location shoot in Scotland, leaked online. Like the Batmobile, the bike looks very, er, ordinary.The designs reaffirm Reeves’ more gritty and grounded approach to The Batman.
Catwoman: Can you come over?
— Dbsage (@Dbsage_) February 21, 2020
Batman: Naw, fighting the Joker
Catwoman: I stole a diamond
Batman: pic.twitter.com/KSONkRHWBw
Will the director share more images of Batman’s ‘toys’ in the coming months? Watch this space.
The Batman, currently filming in England, also stars Andy Serkis as Alfred; Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman; Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin; and Jeffry Wright as James Gordon.
The Batman opens in cinemas June 24, 2021.