We’re on the verge of getting a brand new movie Batman, played by Robert Pattinson.
Robert Pattinson stars in Matt Reeves’ new imagining of a “recluse rockstar” Batman at the start of his career.
He did so without ever headlining his own solo Batman film — Affleck’s planned The Batman project eventually mutated into Pattinson’s film, directed by Matt Reeves, after Affleck decided he didn’t want to make his own movie as DC’s Caped Crusader.
He inherits the role from Ben Affleck, who will appear one more time as the Dark Knight in the upcoming Flash movie, but for all intents and purposes has retired from the role (and from doing big “IP movies” more generally).