The Batman
The trailer for Matt Reeves’The Batmanteases the complete world for Joaquin Phoenix’sJokerto appear in . After Todd Philips 1981 - set Joker origin story gross $ 1.1 billion dollars worldwide , sports fan became clamoring for a crossover with the new , grittierJoker to appear alongside an adult Batman , following an appearing by a untested Bruce Wayne in the villain ’s origin account . Now that the vexer has been released online forThe Batman , starring Robert Pattinson in the title part , audiences look to be incur a Batman film that appear to be as obscure and mettlesome as theTaxi Driver - inspiredJokermovie was in 2019 . Paul Dano ’s Riddler resemble the Zodiac killer whale as attend in David Fincher’sZodiac(a thriller set in the recent ' 70s ) , and comparability have already been made betweenThe Batmanand Fincher ’s other iconic crime thrillerSeven . The dark palette shared between the three motion-picture show produce a instinctive path that leads toJoker , which was lauded for its adult take on comic book material . With a Joker yet to be cast off forThe Batmanfranchise , could Phoenix ’s Joker be the perfect tantrum ?
Althoughthe first teaser trailer forThe Batmanis brief , it ’s spirit is cleared . Where Ben Affleck ’s Batman under Zack Snyder embraced its comic book ascendant , pay tribute to Jim Lee ’s buff rendition of the character and having the Caped Crusader press Darkseid ’s Parademons inJustice League , Robert Pattinson ’s Batman has more in coarse with the realism of Christian Bale ’s Batman under Christopher Nolan inThe Dark Knighttrilogy . The Batmanis a street - floor take on the character in his infancy , thanks in part to this being ' yr 2 ' of his time as Batman , crusade local gangsters like Penguin ( Colin Farrell ) and jewel thieves like Catwoman ( Zoe Kravitz ) , whilst raging on the lead ofThe Riddler , who seems to be a sequent killer with a grievance .
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The street - level stress ofThe Batmanalready brings it to the point of being the perfect human race for Joaquin Phoenix ’s Joker ; a man who is rocked by multiple tragedies in his personal life and a society that either dance step on or around him . There are no superheroes inJoker ; just bad mass and corrupted politicians , leading one craze antic to exact his own variety of vengeance . The Gotham ofThe Batmandoesn’t see like it has any superheroes either ; just a piece dress all in bootleg claiming " I ’m vengeance . “With DC introduce their Multiverse for 2022,The BatmanandJokernow have the potential causality to interact . Here ’s whyThe Batmantrailer teases the stark humans for Joaquin Phoenix’sJoker .
Gotham’s ‘Giant Rat’ Problem Is In Reeves' World Too
In pay homage toTaxi Driver , which was filmed during a sanitation smasher in New York City , Jokertoois set during a sanitation strike . Piles of refuse bags litter the streets of Gotham , and the emergence of ' super lowlife ' is document on the nightly tidings . At one full stop a giant rat is learn crossing the sidewalk as Arthur Fleck ( Phoenix ) use a speech sound booth . The entire giant - scum bag motif is a metaphor for the corruption and filth of Gotham City , and a standardised vibe is used in the macrocosm ofThe Batman . In the poke forThe Batman , we see a abbreviated glimpse of the City of Gotham Sanitation Eastside Depot . The context look to be where local gangsterthe Penguin - play by an unrecognisable Colin Farrell- looks to be engaging in some nefarious criminal activities .
Elsewhere in the drone forThe Batman , the Caped Crusader rough-and-tumble with some GCPD officers in their own home office , and we get a menacing look from Commissioner Pete Savage ( Alex Ferns ) as he direct the press . According to Reeves , when talking about hisupcoming HBO Max GCPD spin - off show , " the history of putrefaction in Gotham is enormous and goes back many years " , so it ’s fair to assume that Commissioner Savage and the officers tussle with Batman are go to be corrupt someone . The ' giant blackleg ' problem extends from the Gotham of Joaquin Phoenix’sJokerall the means to the Gotham ofThe Batman . Gotham will always be depicted as a terrible metropolis in desperate need of a clean - up , but inJokerandThe Batman , the metropolis seems to be plumb new depths , gross for the two to co - inhabit .
The Batman & The Joker Are Both Against Corruption
As the corruption of Gotham ’s authorities has been establish in bothJokerandThe Batman , with Batman obviously standing against such depravity , it ’s equally plausible to establish a contact between Batman ’s anti - corruption stance and Joker ’s anti - despotism . Dating back toHeath Ledger ’s JokerinThe Dark Knight , the Joker has oft been depicted as a character who wants to tear down social structures for the chaos or fun of it . InJoker , Arthur Fleck struggles with the delusion that Thomas Wayne ( Bruce Wayne ’s father ) is his own begetter , having been fed the lie by his mother who suffered from her own genial issues . When outrage by Thomas , Arthur turns on him and begins to see the inverted comma - unquote philanthropist for the bad man he really is . Arthur Fleck ends up causing mass riot with his killing of talk of the town show emcee Murray ( Robert De Niro ) in hisbig appearance on Murray ’s show . Fleck becomes a symbolic representation for the turn out mistrust in Gotham ’s politicians and wealthy elite , representing the downtrodden and bury the great unwashed at the other death of society ’s run . His anti - corruption stance reflects Pattinson ’s Batman inThe Batman , allowing for another arrant crossover of the characters into each other ’s mankind .
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Reeves' Noir Tone Perfectly Suits Phoenix’s Joker
Whilst Matt Reeves is perhaps best known for his sequel toRise of the Planet of the Apes , the theater director has a history of adjust dark-skinned material such asLet the Right One In ; its remaking ( directed by Reeves ) known asLet Me Inwas as ' noir - ish ' as the original Norse vampire motion-picture show , if not more so . The obvious noir tone ofThe Batman , presenting itself as a detective story following Batman as he attempts to solve the riddles of the Riddler , is compounded by Reeves ' assertion that this is indeed a " noir - drive , Batman detective history " . The noir tincture ofThe Batmanperfectly suit the dour , mettlesome tone of Joaquin Phoenix ’s Joker , which pulled no lick in evidence a gloomy , dingy city where respectable people are brought low . Matt Reeves lately went on platter at DC FanDomestating how the movie was inspired byTaxi Driver- which also serve as an inspiration forJoker .
How A Cross-Over Could Work
The Joaquin Phoenix - starringJokerwas position in 1981 andThe Batmanappears to be set in the advanced daytime ( considering the amount of forward-looking tech glimpsed in the trailer ) , meaning that Arthur Fleck would have to be forty years erstwhile by the meter Pattinson ’s Batman begins hit the streets . AsArthur Fleck was potential 32 - 33 age oldduring the events ofJoker , this would put him at being 72 - 73 years former when Pattinson ’s Batman becomes active . While it ’s loose to imagine the Joker being prolific in his crimes into his old historic period , it would n’t inevitably make for the most legitimate on - screen rivalry . Rather , DC having announced their cinematic Multiverse , it ’s more likely that fans could Robert Pattinson ’s Batman cross the time stream into a parallel reality where it ’s 1981 and he meet Phoenix ’s Joker - or vice versa , with Phoenix ’s Joker appearing in the present day ofThe Batman . instead , DC can cast Joaquin Phoenix forThe Batman 2 , but explain it by as being a parallel variant of the Joker fromJokerthat exists in that world ’s innovative day .
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