The Batman Director Details How The Zodiac Killer Inspired The Riddler
The Batman director, Matt Reeves, has explained how the Zodiac Killer inspired the movie's villain, The Riddler. The upcoming superhero action film, based on the titular DC Comics character, will serve as the latest contribution to the Batman franchise. Reeves, whose previous credits include Cloverfield and acclaimed sequels Dawn of the Planet of the Apes andWar of the Planet of the Apes, is leading the project and penned the script along with Peter Craig. It was announced back in 2019 that Robert Pattinson would take on the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, and that the new film would track the character in his early years of crime fighting, uncovering the corruption rampant in Gotham City. In particular, Pattinson's Batman will hunt down the Riddler, a serial killer targeting Gotham’s elite. In addition to Pattinson, The Batman stars Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, and Paul Dano as The Riddler.
The character of Edward Nashton, known throughout Gotham as The Riddler, has regularly been depicted as a criminal mastermind, taunting Batman and law enforcement by incorporating puzzles, which act as clues, into his schemes. The first full trailer for The Batman does not reveal much about The Riddler or his regular appearance, beginning with his early arrest in a café, but it does signify that the supervillain in Reeves’ adaptation will be darker than in past live-action iterations. Dano’s performance as The Riddler looks to establish him as a significant threat in Gotham, carrying a more menacing demeanor and live-streaming his crimes for citizens to see. A new teaser, along with official images, revealed more of the villain's costume, but much about him has been left ambiguous.
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