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Paul Dano was cast in late 2018 to play The Riddler. Rumors says that the Penguin or the Riddler were the top options for Hill's role, and demanded a big amount of money. But Collider subsequently claimed that he had been cast as The Riddler, as director Matt Reeves believed that casting Hill as The Penguin would be "a little too on-the-nose". Hill dropped out of the film amid reports that he and Warner Bros were "too far apart" when it came to securing a deal. He reportedly wanted $10 million

The reason J.K. Simmons isn't returning as Commissioner Gordon is because The Batman has been removed from the DCEU and Matt Reeves is taking his own approach, much like Christopher Nolan took his own approach on the character with Batman Begins. Robert Pattinson's Batman is not in the DCEU or any other universe other than its own. Jeffery Wright will be playing Commissioner Gordon in this one.

Yes. Think John Doe from Seven or the Zodiac killer.

It's a long story so here goes....

After the success of the comic book Superhero Superman, artist Bob Kane tried to come up with his own hero "The Bat-Man", the character Kane created wore a red suit with a domino mask, blonde hair and a pair of bat wings. Kane then asked for writer Bill Finger's assistance on the project. Finger rejected several of Kane's initial ideas about the character and suggested several changes in design and characterization. His changes included changing his hair colour, a black colour scheme for the costume, adding a cape and cowl, the idea that he shouldn't have any superpowers, his civilian identity of Bruce Wayne (which Finger named after Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland and general Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne), the origin story about his parents being shot in an alley and the idea that he should also be a detective.

Kane marketed the "Batman" character to National Comics, and Batman's first story was published in "Detective Comics" #27 (May 1939). The script was written by an uncredited Finger, making him the first of many ghost writers to work on comics officially credited to Bob Kane. When Kane negotiated a contract about selling the rights to the "Batman" character, he claimed he was the sole creator and demanded a sole mandatory byline acknowledging him as such on all comics and adaptations. Out of fairness, Kane agreed to pay Finger his share with money out of his earnings. Unfortunately, the agreement was never put into writing, and Finger never saw a cent.

Finger would go on to ghost write Batman stories up into the mid 1960's, either with Kane or for DC Comics directly. During his writing tenure, Finger was responsible for the unaccredited creation of many key players and pieces in the Batman universe.

These included the Batmobile, the Batcave, Gotham City, and Batman's nickname "The Dark Knight". He also came up with several secondary Batman characters including, his sidekick Robin, his arch-nemesis The Joker, and his occasional love interest Catwoman, as well as Commissioner Gordon, The Riddler and The Scarecrow. Despite all of this, the only writing credit that Finger received for Batman in his lifetime were two episodes of Batman (1966), The Clock King's Crazy Crimes (1966) and The Clock King Gets Crowned (1966) which he co-wrote with friend Charles Sinclair.

Eventually, the truth did come out. Finger attended the first official New York Comic Con in 1965 and sat on a panel with other comic book creators where he revealed the role he played in Batman's creation. Finger's story gained exposure in a two-page article titled "If the truth be known, or a Finger in every plot!," written and distributed by pop culturist Jerry Bails. Kane caught wind of Finger's appearance not long after and replied in the form of a printed letter to Batman fan magazine, "Batmania," where he labeled his old friend a fraud. Finger, who by this time was deeply in debt, continued to write for various projects in and outside of comic books until his death in 1974, when he was found alone in his apartment by friend Charles Sinclair. Finger died penniless and his contributions to the character were never acknowledged in his lifetime.

However, after the popularity of Tim Burton's Batman (1989), Kane acknowledged Finger as "a contributing force" in the character's creation, and wrote in his 1989 autobiography "Batman and Me" that "Now that my long-time friend and collaborator is gone, I must admit that Bill never received the fame and recognition he deserved. He was an unsung hero ... I often tell my wife, if I could go back fifteen years, before he died, I would like to say. 'I'll put your name on it now. You deserve it.'"

Many failed attempts were made over the years by Finger's family to get him recognition for his work, including a request from his second wife Lyn Simmons to have his name listed in the credits of Tim Burton's Batman (1989).

Finger remained largely unknown, even to Batman fans, until writer Marc Tyler Nobleman began investigating the late author's life for a book being written about him called "Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman". Nobleman went in search of Finger's family to help fill in the gaps and give him credit. While Finger's autopsy report claimed no relatives were present, Nobleman discovered that Finger had a son, Fred.

Unfortunately, Fred, who was an outspoken proponent of his father, had died in 1992. Nobleman learned that Fred was also homosexual, leading him to believe that Fred had no children before his death. The trail was starting to go cold.

However, after receiving new information from Finger's nephew, Nobleman discovered Fred indeed had a daughter, Athena Finger, who was born two years after Finger's death. Nobleman met with Athena and convinced her to meet with DC about getting recognition for her grandfather. DC in turn welcomed Athena with open arms, cut her a check and invited her to the premiere of The Dark Knight (2008) with all expenses paid. It wasn't until around 2012 that DC offered her more money. This time, however, she had to sign away her rights to her grandfather's claim. With encouragement from Nobleman, Athena rejected the money and took DC to court.

It took years of litigation before a settlement was reached. A major turning point in the case was the unearthing of recorded interviews with Bob Kane during the writing of his autobiography. During one of the interviews, Tom Andrae, Kane's co-writer, asked Kane to what extent Finger contributed to Batman's creation. "Bill was responsible for 50 to 75 percent," Kane bluntly responded.

Finally, in September 2015, DC Entertainment issued a statement informing the public that Finger would be listed as co-creator on any piece of Batman media henceforth. Starting with the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and the second season of Gotham (2014), an updated acknowledgement for the character appeared as "Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger".

Finger's story was later used as the subject of the Hulu original documentary, Batman & Bill (2017).

The film shows Batman to be in his second year of crime fighting, thus his equipment still looks makeshift, that is, it seems he will change his armour and gadgets in the future films. This is the reason why the current Batmobile is also a muscle car with a big exhaust pipe in the rear. He will change everything as time progresses.

Incidentally, Batman's cowl and the protective-type collar at the top of his cape seem to be modeled on the ensemble Batman wore in Gotham By Gaslight, a one-off graphic novel released in 1989 where Batman searches for Jack the Ripper in Gotham in 1889.

We can assume this is because Batman's origin has been done to death at this point (much like how the Spiderman Origin was skipped over in the MCU), they may show Bruce parents dying, but this film is focusing on Batman really coming into his own as a detective.

An early fan theory was that it was made from the gun that killed Bruce's parents; however, in the film it is seen to be batterangs, that Bruce uses to slice through tape and wire.

Also, the Batman emblem has been changed every time there's a new production involving the character. It's a way for producers and directors to put their own brand on the character.

No. Alfred is often written as having a past in the military. So he was likely wounded in combat when he was younger. His mention of "the Circus" is likely a reference to work with the British intelligence services.

Note: For this list only the creators of the characters first appearances are listed. As with all comic book characters, Batman and his supporting cast have had several reinventions and different contributions from different writers. Theses include different iterations in different mediums that all have added different concepts to the overall mythology of the characters.

Obviously, theirs Bruce Thomas Wayne/Batman called only Bruce Wayne or Batman on screen. He made his first appearance in the comic story "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane.

Selina Kyle/Catwoman, only called Selina Kyle on screen. In her first comic appearance, she was called "The Cat" and appeared in a story of the same name in Batman #1 (Spring 1940) by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane.

Gotham City Police Department Lieutenant Jim Gordon, in the comics his full name is James Worthington Gordon. Sr. Just like Batman he made his first appearance in the the comic story "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27 (May, 1939) by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane.

The Penguin, whose real name in the comics is Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot. He made his first appearance in the comic story "One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups" from Detective Comics #58 (December 1941) by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane.

The Riddler, whose real name in this version is Edward Nashton. He made his first appearance in the comic story "The Riddler" from Detective Comics #140 (October 1948) by writer Bill Finger and artist Dick Sprang.

Carmine "The Roman" Falcone, who made his first appearance in the comic story "Batman: Year One (Part I of IV): Who I Am - How I Come to Be" from Batman #404 by writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli.

Gotham City Police Chief Mackenzie Bock and Gotham Police Commissioner Pete Savage, are algamations of comic book characters Commissioners Gillian B. Loeb and Peter Grogan. Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb, made is first appearance in the comic story "Batman: Year One (Part I of IV): Who I Am - How I Come to Be" from Batman #404 by writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli, whilst Commissioner Peter Grogan made his first appearance in the comic story "Catwoman: Year One" from Catwoman Annual #2 (July 1995) and was created by writer Frank Miller and artist Jordan B. Gorfinkel.

Warner Bros. Owns the rights to all DC properties. So there is no concern about using the name "Catwoman" legally. It's possible the writers found it cheesy for this film. Also, it's possible that this is early in her career, so she has not adopted the persona/name of Catwoman yet. As we see, she wears a stealthy black suit and a ski mask with pointy sides. But it's hardly a proper costume.

Robert Pattinson was 35, but this film is still in the early days of Batman. So he's likely supposed to be in his late 20s to 30.

To inspire fear and to spread the word that he is out there.

The color green, is indeed from the comics but the rest is an original design that is also inspired by the Zodiac killer's appearence.

It could be a smart nod/easter egg. But the reason behind it, is that this particular gang member has not completed his initiation which requires him to have killed someone. His fellow gang members are forcing him to take the kill and complete his initiation which would grand him a full face make-up like all the other gang members.

Lieutenant. He wasn't yet promoted to commissioner.

No one has answered this question yet.

Modern portrayals of Batman as the brooding Dark Knight owe a lot of Frank Miller's 1986 mini-series/graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns", but those roots go back to the very beginning with his introduction in 1939. Bill Finger and Bob Kane wrote the character in the manner of pulp mysteries and noir films. If anything, Batman's disregard for criminals dying in his path made him even more remorseless than he later became, if only slightly.

But the lighter, goofier tone crept in quickly with the early introduction of Robin (1940) and themed, often comical supervillains like the Penguin (1941) and the Riddler (1948). By the 1950s, Batman stories had left their pulp roots behind and dealt with wacky sci-fi shenanigans just as much as Superman. There are historical reasons for this (changing tastes in comic fans, the comic scare of the 50s), and Batman wasn't any different from the few super hero titles that survived comics' Silver Age.

In the early 60s DC editor Julius Schwarz attempted to take Batman in a more serious direction, but these efforts were derailed by the popularity of the campy Batman TV show starring Adam West. Once that show ended, writer Denny O'Neil took Batman back to his darker origins, famous recreating Gotham City as "Manhattan below 14th street at eleven minutes past midnight on the coldest night in November," with an equally gritty Batman to match. From that point on, that characterization stuck.

So Frank Miller may have taken the vengeful Dark Knight version of Batman to a new level with "The Dark Knight Returns", but the character leaned that way originally and had already been shifted back nearly two decades before it's release.

With no money, and probably no visa or work permit, Annika wouldn't get on very well in the rest of America, and going back to her home country is probably her safest option.

Also, case the mayor had just been murdered, that meant the cops were going to start snooping around and asking questions. So maybe Selina wanted to get the passport back to destroy any evidence that would link Annika to him so that she wouldn't get involved with the corruption the mayor was caught up in.

The main villain is The Riddler (Paul Dano), but Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) and Oz (Colin Farrell) are also antagonists.

It's an alternate take on the Batman character, there is already a film called just Batman (89) and Batman 2022 sounds cheesy, so The Batman is more appropriate because it features more Batman than Burton/Schumacher/Nolan batman films, plus the makes it stylish,

While the majority of the details or the official script haven't been made public, there is a fair amount of information on wikipedia (which should be treated with caution as anyone and presumably edit that site) about what Ben Affleck's Batman solo-outing film would have been.

According to The Batman's director, Matt Reeves, the Affleck Batman film would have been more like a James Bond movie than his own Noir Detective take on Batman. It was to be presumably set after Zack Snyder's Justice League and would have featured Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke the Terminator/Slade Wilson (who is revealed to have some personal grudge and history with Batman and Bruce Wayne in the scene with Lex Luthor). Also, Arkham Asylum was to play a major role in Affleck's movie and there would have been a massive (and, presumably, violent) fight scene in the streets of Gotham between Batman and Deathstroke. Reportedly, Carla Gugino (a frequent collaborator of Zack Snyder's) would have played Selina Kyle/Catwoman, as well, and Carrie Kelley would become the next Robin.

To the best of this poster's knowledge, the closest comparison in previous DC Media to Affleck's script would probably have been Season Two of Arrow, which famously involves a vengeful Slade Wilson becoming Deathstroke and trying to pick apart Team Arrow using dangerous allies.

The cycle that Batman rides isn't any official model, it was designed from scratch and custom built according to the IMCDB dot org website.

Selina's cycle is, according to the same website, a 2021 BMW R nineT Highway Fighter.

No. Nolan confirmed in July 2012 that he will not produce a Batman reboot film or a Justice League (2017) movie. When asked about this while promoting The Dark Knight Rises (2012), he replied, "We're finished with all we're doing with Batman. This is the end of our take on this character."