By William Byrd
Filming is in progress for “The Batman“, yet another of what feels like a million reboots of the Batman franchise. This one is expected for release on June 25, 2021.
Only this time, batdude got himself a pretty badass ride. Not that the Tumbler or the old Batmobiles weren’t cool, but this looks next-level cool from an enthusiast perspective. Sort of The Bat and the Furious. Maybe it’ll even be enough to make the guy from the Twilight movies cool as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
🦇🏎 #TheBatman pic.twitter.com/qJFNprk1ut
— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) March 4, 2020
Here are the pics in more detail.
So the biggest question is, what the hell is it? It sort of looks like a mid-engined Dodge Charger with bat fins. What say ye Hooniverse?
Jeff Glucker
Pattinson is the new Batman? That’s… interesting. Regardless how the movie fares, that’s already the best Batmobile ever. Other than the Tumbler– which was more of a tank than a car– the live-action iterations are over-stylized and kitschy, and some are too big to navigate real-world streets.
This is more of a “Batman channels Mad Max” kind of vigilante vehicle. I like it.
Yeah, the Tumbler was very cool, but that’s a good point about the practicality of navigating Gotham streets in a massive vehicle like that. (without pancaking every car on the road)
This is pretty sweet looking, and more plausible than the usual Batmobile. And yeah, it’s Pattinson, not sure how I feel about that.
City streets? That’s why Batman has “THE METRO!”
Looks like something made from scratch, no doubt with a conventional 350sbc/TH350 underneath actually powering the thing.
Hopefully this car suggests that the movie is a bit more grounded than prior versions. I’d like to see Bruce Wayne depicted more as an engineering type that doesn’t just dress up and play with toys– that he actually gets his hands dirty. Sort of DC’s version of Marvel’s Tony Stark, without the sarcasm and ego. Batman has the potential to be a very cool character on the silver screen, but most depictions of him either make me wince or laugh.
Hopefully this car suggests that the movie is a bit more grounded than prior versions. I’d like to see Bruce Wayne depicted more as an engineering type that doesn’t just dress up and play with toys– that he actually gets his hands dirty. Sort of DC’s version of Marvel’s Tony Stark, without the sarcasm and ego. Batman has the potential to be a very cool character on the silver screen, but most depictions of him either make me wince or laugh.