Pattinson is cast as Bruce Wayne a.k.a. the Caped Crusader himself, while Farrell has just been confirmed by director Matt Reeves to play one of the villains, the Penguin.
- Jan 7, 2020
AceShowbiz - First photos from the set of "The Batman" have surfaced online as principal photography for the movie has officially begun. The photos, taken by an onlooker, give possible first look at Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne a.k.a. the titular superhero and Colin Farrell as the Penguin.
On early Monday, January 6, a Twitter user named Wade Gravett shared a bunch of pictures which were reportedly taken during the filming outside his office in London. Gotham police cars and a van of a Gotham news channel were seen being parked on the street.
There's also a man wearing a scarf around his face and sitting on a motorbike who is believed to be Pattinson, but it's also possible that it's actually the actor's stunt double. Meanwhile, Farrell was seen sporting silver hair and holding the Penguin's weapon of choice, an umbrella.
These set photos emerged before Matt Reeves confirmed Farrell is cast as the Penguin a.k.a. Oswald Cobblepot. On Monday night, the director tweeted a gif of the actor from 2008's movie "In Bruges" and captioned it, "Wait - is that you, #Oz? [emoji of bat]." While there's no mention of Penguin in the tweet, Oz can be read as a shortened version of Oswald, which is Penguin's non-criminal name.
"The Batman" will focus on a younger Bruce Wayne than he was in previous movies. Reeves previously shared his vision for the new Batman movie, "It's more Batman in his detective mode than we've seen in the films." He added, "I'd love this to be one where when we go on that journey of tracking down the criminals and trying to solve a crime, it's going to allow his character to have an arc so that he can go through a transformation."
Zoe Kravitz joins the cast as Catwoman, Paul Dano is tapped to play Batman's villain The Riddler, Jeffrey Wright is said to play James Gordon, and Peter Sarsgaard is cast in a mystery role, with fans speculating that he might be portraying District Attorney Harvey Dent, who becomes the villain Two-Face.
The film is slated to open in theaters nationwide on June 25, 2021.
