Jeffrey Wright Is Both Right & Wrong About The Batman's Sequel Villains
DC's upcoming film The Batman is giving the Caped Crusader a new life outside of the DCEU, but actor Jeffrey Wright feels the movie's sequel should have new villains — and he's both right and wrong. Starring Robert Pattinson as billionaire vigilante Bruce Wayne, The Batman is the first movie to feature a new actor as Batman following Ben Affleck announcing his departure from the role after his last turn in Justice League. It also marks the first Batman solo film since Christian Bale last suited up in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises. While Affleck leaving after reprising the role one last time in the upcoming Flash movie has left a lot of questions regarding the future of Batman and all of the Bat Family characters in the DCEU, The Batman's departure from the shared universe gives the Matt Reeves Batman franchise a lot of freedom.
In an interview with Screen Rant, Jeffrey Wright — who plays Detective Jim Gordon in The Batman - addressed that freedom. When asked about which villains he would like to see Pattinson's Batman face in future The Batman movies, he mentioned that Batman has a lot of interesting villains in his popular Rogues Gallery, but that there could also be an opportunity for their franchise to create new villains. Director Matt Reeves has received a lot of attention for The Batman's new takes on the classic Batman rogues like Catwoman (Zoe Kravitz) and the Riddler (Paul Dano). Should Reeves' Batman franchise be focused on adapting existing characters from theBatman comics, or is this the perfect opportunity to try creating entirely new villains?
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Jeffrey Wright is both right and wrong about how The Batman franchise should
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