Where to watch The Batman (2022)
The Batman is available to stream in AU on HBO Max and Netflix. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
In his second year as a crime-fighter, a brooding vigilante investigates a series of murders in Gotham City. Working with a police ally and a mysterious thief, he uncovers corruption reaching into the city’s powerful circles and is forced to reconsider what his mission truly means.
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Barry Keoghan, Jayme Lawson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Peter McDonald
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Trivia & production notes
- Ben Affleck developed a solo Batman film for the DC Extended Universe starting in 2014, writing the first draft with Geoff Johns by March 2016, before abandoning the project due to script concerns and personal reservations about directing.
- Matt Reeves took over as director in February 2017 and repositioned The Batman as a noir film focused on Batman's detective work early in his career, completely separating it from the DC Extended Universe.
- Robert Pattinson's casting as Batman in May 2019 initially sparked backlash from some fans.
- The Batman is the longest Batman film ever made and the third-longest superhero film overall, behind only Zack Snyder's Justice League and Avengers: Endgame.
- Matt Reeves drew creative inspiration from the 1971 film Chinatown, Alfred Hitchcock's work, and several Batman comic runs including Year One and Zero Year when developing the script with Mattson Tomlin and Peter Craig.
- Principal photography lasted over a year, beginning in January 2020 and wrapping in March 2021, with about a quarter of the film already shot when production halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The production utilized StageCraft virtual production technology, the same technology developed for The Mandalorian, to achieve consistent golden hour lighting inspired by the cinematography of In the Mood for Love.
- Editors William Hoy and Tyler Nelson were unable to directly interact with director Matt Reeves during the post-production process due to pandemic restrictions, editing from isolated rooms on the Warner Bros. lot instead.
- Michael Giacchino composed the score and had already written the main theme before being officially announced as composer in October 2019; the theme shares a similar bassline with Nirvana's "Something in the Way," which Giacchino confirmed was coincidental.
- The film featured Nirvana's "Something in the Way" twice and also included "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert, performed by the Tiffin Boys' Choir and an actor credited as Dano.
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