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Apr 19, 2022 · CNN — Spoiler warning: At the end of “The Batman,” director Matt Reeves has a scene where Paul Dano’s The Riddler is at Arkham Asylum, sharing a cell with an “Unseen Arkham Prisoner” with a...
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In an early cut of “The Batman,” Keoghan actually showed up much earlier, in a scene following the revelation that the Riddler has killed the Gotham City police commissioner (before Jeffrey Wright’s Jim Gordon gets the job) and left behind yet another note addressed to the Batman. Between the Riddler’s notes casting an uncomfortable spotlight on Ba...
Cutting the first Joker scene was so heartbreaking that Reeves intends to release it once enough people have seen “The Batman.” “It’s a really creepy, cool scene,” he says. “That was the scene that was meant to introduce this guy and just to tease the audience to go like, ‘Oh my god, he’shere too? And he’s not yet the Joker — what’s this going to b...
To keep an air of mystery, and reinforce the idea that this Joker hasn’t fully becomethe Joker, Reeves decided to shoot both of Keoghan’s scenes with the actor’s face obscured and partially out of focus. But he still worked with prosthetic makeup artist Michael Marino (“Coming 2 America”) to develop this Joker’s full look. “I said, ‘The shape of hi...
When Keoghan’s casting was announced, his character was presented as a Gotham City cop named Stanley Merkel who works with Jim Gordon. “I didn’t want to call him the Joker,” Reeves says. “I wanted him to be this kind of lean forward thing for people who were fans to go like, ‘Oh my god, I think that’s the Joker. I think they’re doing the Joker.'” B...
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Apr 19, 2022 · The Batman's Deleted Scene Already Teased How The Joker Escapes Arkham. During the director's commentary for The Batman (as reported by The Wrap ), Reeves has revealed exactly why he left the scene in the movie, despite removing other references to the Joker.
Apr 19, 2022 · Reeves has since revealed that the character, played by actor Barry Keoghan, is The Joker. An earlier scene between Robert Pattinson's Batman and the character at the prison was cut, according to...
Apr 18, 2022 · The Batman director Matt Reeves explains why the scene with Barry Keoghan as an early Joker is crucial to making the film's ending work.
Mar 24, 2022 · The Batman director Matt Reeves and Warner Bros. have released a deleted scene featuring Barry Keoghan’s Joker – officially credited as “Unnamed Arkham Prisoner” – meeting with Robert ...
Mar 4, 2022 · The Batman director Matt Reeves recently agreed to talk in detail with IGN about his film's biggest spoiler: the introduction of this new Bat-universe's Joker, played here by Eternals actor...
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