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[J.Drangal]

Paging Bruce Wayne: ‘The Batman’ Star Robert Pattinson Had Issues Opening Sequel Script

No spoilers here, but Matt Reeves said the follow-up film delivers another mystery and new things for Pattinson to do: "The things that it does for his character, for Batman and for Bruce, have never been done before.”

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Stop sharing spoilers, y'all. Even the fake ones.

This mysterious new villain hiding his face under bandages and this new secondary character are actually one and the same.

 

[dhandler01]

Spoiler: there is a criminal criming in Gotham and Batman must stop him! A little birdie told me a certain cop name Jim might be along for the ride!

 

[Boom]

Court of Owls, Hush, and Robin. Maybe introduction to Harvey Dent paving the way to Two-Face in Part III.

That's my final guess.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

or Matches Malone but it's his test outfit from Good Time

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Boom]

I mean it's kind of perfect.

Young enough for Bruce to be a realistic father figure (unlike BF and B&R).
Old enough to get his hands dirty.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

It's the right age because Robin can't be a literal tiny child but it also can't be Bruce adopting another grown man like in Batman Forever.

 

[Boom]

Bingo. 15-17 is the sweet spot.

 

[Kane52630]

Bingo. 15-17 is the sweet spot.

This out of context is wild.

 

[Boom]

This out of context is wild.

 

[solidsnake86]

Court of Owls, Hush, and Robin. Maybe introduction to Harvey Dent paving the way to Two-Face in Part III.

That's my final guess.

If Robin is in it, hush and the court of owls would make sense. Hush/ Thomas Elliot could carry over some of the plot lines from the first film. The court of owls could be involved with Robin and the deeper corruption. I could easily see these stories being remixed into a a new story for the film.

 

[J.Drangal]

Don't worry, we all know you're actually 'charming and personable'.

 

[Boom]

I am, according to my wife, "a lot."

 

[Boom]

I think about this quote a lot.

In my view, I just feel drawn to finding the grounded version of everything. So to me, it would be a challenge in an interesting way to try and figure out how that could happen, even the idea of something like Mr. Freeze, that is such a great story, right? I think there’s actually a grounded version of that story, which could be really powerful and could be really great.

 

[AndyTrevino]

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I still haven't seen the majority of Adolescence, and I'm sure he'd be good, but I still really want Alfie Williams.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

This Adolescence kid feels like he’d be a great fit for Robin

 

[Sawyer]

It's the right age because Robin can't be a literal tiny child but it also can't be Bruce adopting another grown man like in Batman Forever.

Gossip Gerty: “Here’s Bruce Wayne with what appears to be his boyfriend and a woman who is perhaps their surrogate? Perhaps their third??”

Bruce: “No, Gerty, no. This is my girlfriend and that’s the orphaned minor who I’ve taken in after the death of his parents.”

Gossip Gerty: “Minor?? What is legal age in Gotham these days? Thirty?”

Dick: “**** you, Gerty, I just turned 16. STOP LAUGHING!!!”

 

[SwordOfMorning]

I think about this quote a lot.

We could never win this hard but I straight up don’t think a relatively classic Freeze is even all that hard to ground. A toned down freeze gun feels like the exact level of fantastical the first movie was.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Yeah I think Boom is right- Hush, Court of Owls, Robin, and Harvey Dent.

Really want Freeeze and Robin the most

 

[J.Drangal]

We could never win this hard but I straight up don’t think a relatively classic Freeze is even all that hard to ground. A toned down freeze gun feels like the exact level of fantastical the first movie was.

Absolutely.

And even beyond his weapon: let's just imagine an incurable disease whose progression can only be slowed down by cold temperatures, and we can have the Fries working on experimental technology aimed at lowering body temperature. Nora, who is more severely affected, is placed in a coma and total cryogenic suspension, while Victor fights against time to continue his research/take revenge.
We have here all the elements that make Freeze the character he is, and we remain within the realm of relative plausibility.

Visually, if we could have the eternally raining Gotham of the first film with a Batman in a military-goth costume and gangsters in pinstripe suits, then it won't be difficult to come up with a medico-steampunk armor for Freeze...

 

[TheGDBatman]

Is it 2027 yet

 

[Boom]

We could never win this hard but I straight up don’t think a relatively classic Freeze is even all that hard to ground. A toned down freeze gun feels like the exact level of fantastical the first movie was.

For me, it's the fact that Matt Reeves had thought about a grounded Mr. Freeze and liked the idea a lot. The question is did he like it enough to see it through now?

 

[Sawyer]

Is it 2027 yet

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but… it isn’t even 2026 yet.

 

[Kane52630]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but… it isn’t even 2026 yet.