Is "Joker" only the beginning? The new "Batman" is getting together "fairy lineup"

Fan-made "Batman" poster


Todd Phillips's "Joker" has just won the highest award at the 76th Venice Film Festival-the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture. This movie is based on the villain character Joker in the DC comics "Batman". The "derivatives" are all popular, and the progress of the "feature" "Batman" is even more interesting. DC and Warner Bros. Pictures announced earlier that they would shoot a new version of the "Batman" film, directed by Matt Reeves. The film will be released in the United States on June 25, 2021. After it was determined that Robert Pattinson, the actor of "Twilight", will be the new version of Batman, foreign media reported yesterday that Reeves was putting together more "fairy lineups" for the movie. The latest news is that the two Oscars The Best Supporting Actor Award winner Mahsala Ali is negotiating to play the role of Sheriff Gordon.


Batman or become a detective


The new version of "Batman" is directed and written by Reeves. The filmmaker became famous in Hollywood with the small-cost horror film "Clover's File" in 2008, and then directed the American version of "Shengren" "Do Not Enter" also has a good reputation. His "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2: The Battle of Dawn" and "Rise of the Apes 3: The Ultimate Battle", which he directed, proved his ability to make Hollywood blockbusters into a magnificent epic style. The new version of "Batman" he is at the helm is naturally high hopes for fans.


After Ben Everett "retired" Batman, Reeves found "Twilight Man" Robert Pattinson to take over. At present, Reeves has not announced the chronological background of the new version of the "Batman" story, but it is reported that his story creation direction is: a strange murder in Gotham City, all the infamous villains in the city are suspected, Bat Xia began to chase the murderer.


Reeves did not confirm the news, but he said before that the story of this movie will not be based on the original work of cartoonist Frank Miller, and will emphasize more than previous Batman movies that this superhero is actually The greatest detective in the world. Therefore, the direction of the story in this rumor fits well with Reeves's formulation.


multiple villains are expected to gather


All villains are suspected, that is, there will be many villains in a movie. It is currently reported that the Oscar winner Jamie Fox and the veteran actor Giancarlo Espesido, who played the "fried chicken shop owner" Gustav in "Breaking Bad", are competing with the Riddler In the corner, in the 1995 movie "Batman Forever", Kim Carey once played this role. Mahersala Ali, who has won two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor in "Moonlight Boy" and "Green Book", is currently the first candidate to play the role of Sheriff Gordon. Before J.K. Simmons and Gary Oldman has played this role.


In addition, characters such as Double Face and Catwoman are also expected to appear in the new version of "Batman". It is rumored that Denzel Washington’s eldest son John David Washington is approaching the double face. "Star II" John's performance in the film industry in recent years is also very eye-catching. At the beginning of the year, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Feature Film for "Black Party". If these actors are taken over by Reeves, the new version of "Batman" is even more exciting.