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The actor who shot to fame as a vampire in the Twilight movies will take on another nightly hero: Batman. Pattinson, 33, inherits the role of Ben Affleck, whose tenure came to an end after the critical and commercial decisions of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League.
Pattinson's first film as the billionaire crime fighter Bruce Wayne, who badumes a full-body black suit to battle baddies in Gotham City, will be titled The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, and set for release in June 2021. Originally scheduled to start shooting in 2017, The Batman will be the first solo Caped Crusader film to form part of the DC Extended Universe.
The Warner Bros studio confirmed to Variety on Friday that Pattinson had the other names on the shortlist – which included Nicholas Hoult – to the role. Following breakthrough performances in the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises, David Cronenberg, David Michon, The Safdie Brothers and James Gray.
His recent collaboration with the French director Claire Denis, erotic sci-fi High Life mystery, won Pattinson considerable acclaim. He also stars in one of the best-reviewed films from this year's Cannes festival: Robert Eggers's The Lighthouse, an intense psychodrama set in 19th-century Maine.
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