Twilight and Harry Potter actor Robert Pattinson is the next Batman. Variety reports that Pattinson will play the Caped Crusader in the new standalone film, The Batman, which is releasing in June 2021. The film is directed by Matt Reeves, who made the latest Planet of the Apes movies.Pattinson takes over as Batman from Ben Affleck, who played the character in Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, and Justice League. At 32, Pattinson is the youngest-ever actor to play Batman. Other actors to have donned the cowl include Christian Bale, George Clooney, Val Kilmer, and Michael Keaton, among others.`Warner Bros., in giving Reeves plenty of time to develop the script, is hoping the latest iteration of the DC icon is done right, following the disappointments of Batman v Superman and Justice League,` according to Variety.Sources told Variety that filming might begin on The Batman later this year or early 2020.The Batman is Pattinson`s latest project with Warner Bros. He`s also set to appear in Christopher Nolan`s untitled `event movie` that`s coming out in July 2020.Affleck--who won Oscars for Good Will Hunting and Argo--was initially attached to write, direct, and star in a new Batman movie called The Batman. However, he eventually dropped out. Explaining his decision to leave, Affleck told Jimmy Kimmel that he `couldn`t crack it.`
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