If you have a vision “The Batman”In theaters in March, you might want to skip the soda. Two insiders who have knowledge confirm that the official runtime for the Robert Pattinson-led reboot is 176 minutes, including credits. That’s 2 hours and 56 minutes spent with Pattinson’s Caped Crusader (and 2 hours and 47 minutes without credits).
The runtime “The Batman” the longest standalone Batman film ever made, besting the 165-minute runtime of Christopher Nolan’s trilogy-capper “The Dark Knight Rises.”It is even considered one of the longest superhero films ever made. “Avengers: Endgame”At 181 minutes, and the HBO Max exclusive “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,”It runs for 242 minutes, but can be broken into chapters. It’s also longer than the theatrical cut of “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” although not quite as long as Snyder’s 182-minute director’s cut.
Matt Reeves was the director and co-wrote. “The Batman,”he teased, implying that he is leaning into it “world’s greatest detective”Aspect of the title character. The film also eschews Batman’s origin story in favor of picking up a few years after he first donned the cape and cowl, making the running time even more impressive.
Reeves has referred to his take on the Caped Crusader as a slow-burn thriller, with a story that finds Paul Dano’s The Riddler murdering members of high society in Gotham and leaving Batman and Jim Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) trying to piece together the clues of what ties them all together.
The film comes on the heels of Warner Bros.’ aborted attempt at building out a new Batman franchise with Ben Affleck, as the actor was originally supposed to star in and direct his own spinoff after “Justice League”before finally bowing out. He’ll make an appearance in the upcoming “The Flash” movie, but Reeves’ film is not set in the interconnected DC Universe, so “The Batman”It is a new beginning.
The film features Zoe Kravitz playing Catwoman, Colin Farrell portraying Penguin, John Turturro portraying Carmine Falcone, and Peter Sarsgaard portraying Gil Colson. Farrell will reprise his role in HBO Max’s spinoff series while Wright will be back in HBO Max’s series on Gotham P.D.
“The Batman”Exclusively in Theaters: March 4th
