In a spectacular work of fan art, the current incarnation of the Dark Knight from the upcoming The Batman, played by Robert Pattinson, has been reinvented in the animation style of Batman: The Animated Series. When filmmaker Matt Reeves' long-awaited blockbuster hits theatres in March, fans will be excited to see a fresh take on the Batman legend. The movie will take a more straightforward approach to Batman, who is only in his second year of crime-fighting. This will be unrelated to any current DCEU continuity.
The design is really quite similar to what fans have seen so far in the film's marketing, with the red sky from the cartoon also appearing prominently in the promotional material. Fans have been wondering if the 1990s pop culture phenomenon could serve as inspiration for the third cinematic adaptation of Batman in the twenty-first century. Robert Pattinson previously remarked about the film's portrayal of Batman's troubled inner struggle, claiming that the only other film to do so was the 1993 animated blockbuster Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, a big-screen spinoff of the show.
Fans consider Batman: The Animated Series to be the definitive version of the character. With sophisticated and thoughtful storytelling, it adapted the characters from the comics and produced an entire DC Animated Universe. If The Batman could conjure a sense of tone or creative decisions, it would undoubtedly gratify a huge segment of the audience and serve as a good foundation for a new Caped Crusader. Thankfully, fans won't have to wait long to find out what other aspects of the Dark Knight's mythos the upcoming film will be inspired by.