Robert Pattinson broods and batters his way through new The Batman trailer

Robert Pattinson stars as billionaire Bruce Wayne, aka the Caped Crusader, in director Matt Reeves' forthcoming film, The Batman.

Robert Pattinson is appropriately dark and brooding and beating up bad guys in the latest trailer for The Batman, which debuted at DC FanDome this weekend. Directed and co-written by Matt Reeves, the film's release has been delayed multiple times but will finally hit theaters next March.

As I've written previously, the original plan was to set the film within the DCEU, after the events of Justice League. But as Warner Bros. was rethinking the shared-universe model for its superhero films in favor of standalone films and franchises, Ben Affleck announced he was stepping down as director, and the studio replaced him with Reeves. Affleck would eventually withdraw from the project altogether, following his divorce from Jennifer Garner and a stint in rehab for alcohol abuse.

Reeves brought a very different vision to The Batman. He said he wanted it to be "an almost noir-driven, detective version of Batman," focused on Bruce Wayne's second year fighting crime as the Caped Crusader rather than once again retelling the character's origin story.

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