Robert Pattinson, he of the Twilight saga and the excellent Good Time, has been formally declared the new Batman.
Warner Bros. confirmed this rare bit of good news by way of a Friday meeting focused on their two leading options, intel on which was obtained with Deadline. Per the report, the Powers That Be were initially undecided between Pattinson and Mad Max: Fury Road star Nicholas Hoult. The Pattinson move was decided on during a meeting Thursday, Mike Fleming Jr. said Friday.
With the Pattinson-favoring decision having now apparently been made, negotiations are said to be kicking off very soon. A separate report from The Wrap, however, suggests such talks have already concluded. An official announcement from Warner Bros. is also expected soon.
Of course, word of Pattinson's apparent official-ness regarding a role once largely botched by an Affleck should come as no surprise to tuned-in fans. We've been hearing near-confirmations on this Batman update for weeks now. Though it's impossible to know just yet what sort of visual angle director Matt Reeves will take with his trilogy-starting film, I'm guessing it'll all go down something like this:
The Batman is imminent, with production slated to begin later this year. Next July, we'll see the results of Pattinson's inadvertently timely part in former Batman franchise helmer Christopher Nolan's mysteriously titled Tenet.
"I've been a little wary of doing big movies for years and years, but there's just something about Chris Nolan's stuff," Pattinson told USA Todayof the honor.
