Riddler Unmasks the Truth About Bruce Wayne in New The Batman Trailer – ComicBook.com

Riddle me this: who is that under Batman's mask? The Riddler (Paul Dano) might know the answer in a new international trailer forThe Batman. "I'm here to unmask the truth about this city," says the enigmatic Edward Nashton, a masked serial killer who live-streams his sadistic machinations targeting the Gotham City elite. In the final moments of the trailer, where vengeance arrives in the form of a Batman (Robert Pattinson) in year two of his costumed crime-fighting career, Nashton seemingly solves the riddle of the man behind the bat: "I've been trying to reach you, Bruce Wayne." Watch the new trailer from Warner Bros. Japan above.

After live-action portrayals by Frank Gorshin in the 1960sBatman, Jim Carrey in 1995'sBatman Forever, and Cory Michael Smith in TV'sGotham, the Riddler inThe Batmanis "very scary," reboot director Matt Reeves toldTotal Film Magazine. "This movie, I think, is probably the scariestBatmanthat's been done because the idea of what Batman's doing it's scary."

The character has "never been done in quite this way," added Reeves, saying ofThe Batman, "It's a detective story, it's an action movie, and it's a psychological thriller."

As the Dark Knight detective follows aseries of cryptic cluesto unmask the culprit and unravel a criminal conspiracy, his crusade takes him out into the seedy underworld of the crime-infested Gotham, where he encounters Selina Kyle (Zoe Kravitz), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), and Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot (Colin Farrell).

Like reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne, who has not yet definedwhat it means to be vengeancewhen we meet him inThe Batman, the new movie acts as the beginnings of the costumed criminals who form Batman's rogue's gallery.

"[The Batman] is the origins of a lot of our rogue's gallery characters," Reeves said during virtualDC FanDome 2020. "Selena isn't Catwoman yet, that's actually part of the journey. Oz [Cobblepot] is not yet the kingpin that he's going to become. He's the Penguin in fact, he doesn't like being called the Penguin and the Riddler is just emerging for the first time. So that's all incredibly exciting."

StarringRobert Pattinsonas Bruce Wayne/Batman,Zoe Kravitzas Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Paul Dano as Edward Nashton/Riddler, John Turturro as Carmine Falcone, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, Colin Farrell as Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot/Penguin, andJeffrey Wrightas Lt. James Gordon,The Batmanopens in theaters on March 4.

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