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The Batman.The actor plays antagonist Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin in the upcoming film that’s directed by Matt Reeves (The War For The Planet Of The Apes), which marks Robert Pattinson’s debut as the caped crusader.On the first day of his makeup and prosthetic test, Farrell explained that he visited a Starbucks in Burbank, California to see if people would recognise him.Speaking to Collider, Farrell said: “The first day we tried the whole thing out, we took it for a drive, a spin metaphorically speaking. We did it in Burbank.

The Batman star Colin Farrell has said his character, The Penguin, wasn’t allowed to smoke in the film.The actor, set to play the antagonist in Matt Reeves’ forthcoming DC film, told Jakes Takes that he had fought for the Penguin to smoke a cigar.Warner Bros’ reasoning came from the studio’s vigilance about showing cigarettes onscreen in superhero films, despite other iterations of the Penguin (real name Oswald “Oz” Chesterfield Cobblepot) famously smoking from a cigarette holder.“I fought valiantly for a cigar, I even said at one stage, ‘Can I have it unlit,’ and they were like no,” Farrell said.“The Oz that we meet hasn’t embodied the energy of the Penguin that we recognise from the source comics and from previous films, so I’ll see if it goes again. I’d love to explore it because he’s not an underboss, he’s not a boss, he’s just a soldier of Falcone at this stage.“But he has great ambition and dreams of doing big big things.”Meanwhile, Farrell’s co-star Paul Dano, who plays The Riddler, said he had trouble sleeping while preparing for the role.“There were some nights around that I probably didn’t sleep as well as I would’ve wanted to just because it was a little hard to come down from this character,” Dano told Entertainment Weekly, discussing a specific scene with Peter Sarsgaard’s character Gil Colson.

The Batman.The actor is set to star in Matt Reeves’ new DC film about the caped crusader next month opposite Robert Pattinson as Batman/Bruce Wayne.“There were some nights around that I probably didn’t sleep as well as I would’ve wanted to just because it was a little hard to come down from this character,” Dano told Entertainment Weekly, discussing a specific scene with Peter Sarsgaard’s character Gil Colson.“It takes a lot of energy to get there. And so you almost have to sustain it once you’re there because going up and down is kind of hard.”Dano went on to describe his experience covering himself in plastic wrap to get into character, as the Riddler would try to avoid leaving DNA evidence at his crime scenes.“My head was just throbbing with heat,” Dano said, describing the moment he would take off the mask.

on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the “Twilight Saga” alum revealed that he sought advice from Christian Bale, who starred in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy from 2005 until 2012, about how to urinate while wearing the caped costume.“I was a bit scared to ask them anything but I bumped into Christian Bale,” Pattinson said on the late-night talk show. “[I was] next to him in a urinal and I guess it kind of inspired him to say, ‘The first thing you need to do in the bat suit is figure out a way to pee.'”He added, “So when I went to the costume department I was like, ‘First things first.

aughts “Twilight” days.The British actor, 35, will next be seen in the dark thriller “The Batman,” and asserts that this version will be very different from the previous silver screen iterations of the DC Comics superhero.“He doesn’t have a playboy persona at all, so he’s kind of a weirdo as Bruce [Wayne] and a weirdo as Batman,” Pattinson explained to GQ. “And I kept thinking there’s a more nihilistic slant to it.”He continued, “Normally, in all the other movies, Bruce goes away, trains, and returns to Gotham believing in himself, thinking, ‘I’m gonna change things here.’ But in this, it’s sort of implied that he’s had a bit of a breakdown. But this thing he’s doing, it’s not even working.”The “Lighthouse” actor added, “Like, it’s two years into it, and the crime has gotten worse since Bruce started being Batman.

Halle Berry, 55, infamously starred as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in the critically maligned 2004 film, Catwoman. Nearly 20 years later, Zoe Kravitz, 33, is playing the comic book villainess in the upcoming The Batman, opposite Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Halle offered some advice for her latest Catwoman successor in a Feb. 2 interview with PopCulture.

Uma Thurman made a splash with her recurring role on the short-lived musical series , she’s been a welcome presence on TV, with notable parts on, , and. Now, several years later, she’s back on the small screen with the Apple TV+ thriller , which will be followed closely by her turn as Arianna Huffington on . On, led by showrunner and executive producer Rob Williams, Thurman plays American businesswoman Katherine Newman, whose son has been kidnapped from a New York City hotel. “The conflict that the character has is the unthinkable, right? It’s the unimaginable,” Thurman, who is a mother of three, including Maya Hawke, tells ET’s Matt Cohen of putting herself in the same situation as her character.

Panic at the Batcave? When the first trailer for Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” dropped in August 2020, DC fans went wild over Robert Pattinson’s black eyeliner, which they dubbed deliciously “emo.” Now, more than a year on, the director has finally addressed the caped crusader’s makeup in an interview with Esquire. “You can’t wear a cowl and not wear that,” the 55-year-old “Cloverfield” director argued of Batman’s “Spiderman 3”-esque countenance.

Robert Pattinson-starred flick is set to have an extremely long run time — nearly three hours long.Sources at Warner Bros. confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that the film based on the DC Comics superhero has a two hour and 55 minute run time.

Every actor who has put on the cowl and cape as Batman over the years approaches the character in a different way. In the case of Michael Keaton, he doesn’t have the physical stature of a superhero in the same way Ben Affleck or Christian Bale does, so his version of Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, in “Batman” and “Batman Returns,” seemed to focus on the dark psychological elements of the character.

Michael Keaton has opened up about his decision-making process when it came to revisiting the character of Batman 30 years since his last outing in 1992’s Batman Returns.The 70-year-old actor is set to reprise the iconic role on two more occasions, in both HBO Max‘s The Flash and Batgirl.Speaking to Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast, Keaton explained that he had been curious about donning the cape again, and felt like the time was finally right.“‘What would that be like?’ or ‘What if I had to do

Michael Keaton is returning to the streets of Gotham City as Batman!The 70-year-old actor — who famously starred as the caped crusader in 1989's and 1992's — will be reprising the role in Warner Bros.' upcoming DC film, according to multiple reports.Keaton is set to play Bruce Wayne, the alter ego of Batman, alongside star Leslie Grace — who plays Batgirl, a.k.a.

with Empire magazine.His inspiration — like that of Gen Xers everywhere — was Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.“When I write, I listen to music, and as I was writing the first act, I put on Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way,'” Reeves, 55, told Empire.

The Batman could be set to re-introduce the Joker to the franchise after a new trailer seemed to hint at an appearance.The new DC film, which will see Robert Pattinson take on the Caped Crusader, dropped a Japanese trailer in the past day (December 12).At one moment at the end, however, a mysterious and sinister-sounding voice declares with an eerie laugh: “I’ve been trying to reach you, Bruce Wayne.”While this may just be Paul Dano’s Riddler, another moment adds evidence to a possible Joker

Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant #1,” was released Tuesday by DC Comics as part of an anthology celebrating the anniversaries of various Bat-baddies and -nemesis.According to a spoiler-filled review of “Bird Cat Love” by comic news site Bleeding Cool, the pair steal all five billion of the world’s vaccines, recruit all of the world’s villains and then somehow make the vaccine airborne, successfully ending the pandemic. Bleeding Cool’s sneak peek at the issue shows The Penguin in a steamy

Once upon a time, actor Joe Manganiello was poised to have a rather large footprint in the DCEU as Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke, after showing up at the end of “Justice League” with a post-credit scene alongside Jesse Eisenberg‘s Lex Luthor seemingly teasing the assembling of a cinematic version of the Legion of Doom for future installments. But then we all know what happened next, as “Justice League” fizzled and made Warner Bros.

is still thinking about her Razzie-winning role as “Catwoman” in that 2004 superhero flick.In a recent interview with entertainment journalist Jake Hamilton on his YouTube series “Jake’s Takes,” the 55-year-old actress and filmmaker reminisced about her debatable portrayal as the DC Comics’ feline-esque anti-hero.

big-screen DC Comics debut in the upcoming Warner Bros. “Batgirl” flick.While the “Mummy” star is already a part of DC’s ever-growing family with his role as Cliff “Robotman” Steele in the HBO Max series “Doom Patrol,” fans will see Fraser in his new role when “Batgirl” hits the streamer sometime next year.His specific character is still under wraps; however, fans have speculated that he will portray the villain Firefly.

body-shamed and nicknamed “Fatgirl” during the press tour for the 1997 film in which she plays Batgirl.Silverstone was 20 years old when she filmed the Joel Schumacher flick. The “Blast from the Past” star recently shot a reaction video to a TikTok user, @foreversymone, speaking about the body-image issues Silverstone faced over her “Batman” role.“I want justice for Alicia Silverstone!” the fan exclaimed in the video.

Matthew McConaughey soon be putting on a bat suit? In a new interview with radio DJ Zane Lowe during the Advertising Week New York event, the Academy Award-winning actor addressed rumors that he's slated to be the next Batman.When asked about the possible upcoming role, McConaughey seemed caught off guard.«I am? First I've heard of it, but it happens this way sometimes!» he said in response to the casting rumors. When Lowe suggested that maybe the internet got it wrong, McConaughey chimed in

This weekend, fans will get a taste of what’s in store for the greater DC Extended Universe at DC FanDome, a seemingly-now-annual streaming event, set for tomorrow (Saturday, October 16) that’s expected to tease many new upcoming DC/Warner Bros. films and HBO Max series.

The Batman director Matt Reeves has taken to social media to share a new images from the upcoming Robert Pattinson film.Reeves shared the image, which shows Bruce Wayne’s alter ego looking out across Gotham, on Twitter.“Good Morning, from Gotham City…” he wrote.

starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan (“Ready Player One”), Lily Rabe (“American Horror Story”) and Christopher Lloyd (“Back To The Future”).

“Dune” director Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival,” “Blade Runner 2049”) hasn’t shied away from giving his opinions on superhero projects with both dinging Marvel Studios films for “cutting and pasting” while also completing them by calling their hiring of Chloé Zhao for “Eternals,” a brilliant move.

her way — dropped a couple of bombshells Thursday while promoting her new Paramount+ concert special, “Madame X,” on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”When chatty Fallon, 47, asked her about reports she turned down the legendary Vegas stripper flop “Showgirls” — she expressed no regrets about giving a thumbs down to the most critically lambasted flick of 1995, which is now an undisputed cult classic.However, Madonna, 63, does regret not pouring herself into that iconic Latex suit later worn

Michael Keaton has revealed that he can still fit into his original Batsuit, three decades on from his last outing as the caped crusader.Appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Keaton discussed his forthcoming return to the role in The Flash after previously playing the lead in Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992).During the interview, Colbert asked Keaton if he “still fits” in the Batsuit and if it would be difficult to wear it again.“I’ve already done it,” the actor

upcoming “Flash” film and he revealed that his Batman suit still fits him 32 years later.The “Birdman” actor portrayed Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton’s 1989 flick “Batman” and its 1992 sequel “Batman Returns.” Keaton stopped by Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” Tuesday and discussed returning to the DC role decades later.Colbert, 57, asked if the costume needed to be “let out.”“Svelte as ever,” Keaton jokingly said about his body. “Same dimensions.

directed Ben Affleck in the starring role — Variety couldn’t help but ask the 60-year-old filmmaker about his nipple-enhanced 1997 turn as Batman, which most Hollywood insiders know can trigger the usually affable Clooney.It seems “Batman & Robin” is far too crass for his wife Amal’s captivating eyes, according to her husband, as she revealed that George “won’t let me watch” it.“There are certain films I just go, ‘I want my wife to have some respect for me,’ ” George explained.

Jean Hale was an actress known for movies including “In Like Flint” and appearances on TV shows such as “Batman” and “Perry Mason.”Hale got her break into acting when she was seen walking down the street in New York City by Sandra Dee’s (1942–2005) agent. She was offered a Hollywood contract, and she made her acting debut in the 1963 movie “Violent Midnight.” Hale went on to appear in movies including “Taggart” (1964), “The Oscar” (1966), and “St.

according to the Hollywood Reporter.The Salt Lake City native was best known for playing Polly, the sidekick of David Wayne’s Mad Hatter on the television series “Batman” with Adam West, in 1967.

Michael Keaton is Batsuiting up once again. The actor reprises his role as Bruce Wayne in Warner Bros.' Ezra Miller-starrer,, and although he's taken on a number of physical roles throughout his career, Keaton discussed with ET the challenges of filming action films at 69.«It just is harder.

“Batman” starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader is largely credited with starting the craze of comic book movies. However, the Oscar-nominated Keaton admitted that he hasn’t actually watched one since the late ’80s.“After the first ‘Batman,’ I’m not sure I’ve ever seen an entire [comic book] movie,” the 69-year-old told The Hollywood Reporter.

TMZ has reported.Robin’s bisexual narrative unfolds in what one fan calls a “lightbulb moment” as he and Bernard find themselves in a streetside brawl. After the hero ultimately rescues Bernard, Robin later pays him a visit at his apartment.

Batman-Catwoman sex scene debate.The question of whether Batman would perform oral sex on Catwoman has garnered hot takes from fans and celebrities alike.It stemmed from an interview with Justin Halpern, the creator of animated show Harley Quinn, in Variety.Halpern confirmed in the interview that a scene in which Batman performed oral sex on Catwoman didn’t make the third season of the DC Entertainment-HBO Max animated series.“In this third season of Harley [Quinn], we had a moment where Batman

Harley Quinn actor Tony Hale said he totally missed the recent Batman sex scandal because he was too busy watching prank videos on YouTube.Social media was buzzing last week after executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker said they were forced to scrap an oral sex scene between Batman and Catwoman in an episode of Harley Quinn.Halpern told Variety: “In this third season of Harley [Quinn], we had a moment where Batman was going down on Catwoman, [and] DC was like, ‘You can’t do

Batman Forever fans are campaigning for director Joel Schumacher’s original cut of the film to be released for the film’s 26th anniversary.The hashtag #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut has been used on social media as a call to action, in a similar vein to the successful #ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign.Batman Forever was released under Warner Bros. in 1995.