The Batman Poster Imagines Batmobile In 80s Grindhouse Vengeance Movie
New release The Batmangets an 80s grindhouse twist in a poster that turns the Batmobile into Stephen King's Christine. At long last, Matt Reeves' eagerly anticipated DC movie The Batman has arrived. The gritty take on the iconic hero was originally supposed to premiere last year, but delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic pushed it back to 2022. Even after just three days in theaters, The Batman has truly begun to make its mark on the box office, earning an impressive $128.5 million to become the second-highest opening weekend of the pandemic era.
The Batman stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne, now more tortured than ever as he sinks into his fight to save Gotham City from itself. In Bruce's second year of being Gotham's vigilante, a masked killer (Paul Dano's Riddler) begins taking out some of the city's biggest public figures. What follows in The Batman is a twisted mystery that's similar to the crime dramas of decades past rather than the typical superhero movies of today. At the same time, Reeves has found unique ways to explore certain parts of the Batman mythology, which is no small feat considering how many times the Caped Crusader has been depicted in film.
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A key part of Batman's operations is his Batmobile, and the new film definitely puts its own spin on that iconic vehicle. Reeves has said that The Batman's version of the Batmobile was actually inspired by the Stephen King tale Christine, which involves a cursed car that's just as scary as most movie villains. Director Stephen Ford decided to take Reeves' inspiration and run with it by creating a fake poster for The Batman that adopts the same design as Christine's. Only, the Batmobile is in the place of
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