Beware The Batman (film)

Batman: A Long Halloween is a 2023 American superhero film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Matt Reeves and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on the DC comics character Batman, the film serves as the sequel to the 2022 film The Batman, and the second installment in the Batman Trilogy. It stars Robert Pattinson supported by Zoë Kravitz, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Jon Hamm, Jonathan Groff, LaKeith Stanfield, and Colin Farrell. Set seven months after the first film, Batman (Pattinson), Police Captain James Gordon (Wright), and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Hamm) form an unlikely alliance in order to collapse organized crime in Gotham City, but are stopped in their tracks by the unexpected murder of John Viti, the nephew of deceased mob boss Carmine Falcone. The murder of Viti and the looming threat of a greater conspiracy at hand plunges the recovering city of Gotham into chaos.

Like the previous film, Reeves took inspiration from influential Batman comics such as Hush (2002), Year Two (1987) and most heavily The Long Halloween (1996-97), where it also get it's namesake. A Long Halloween was filmed primarily in Liverpool, London, as well as other cities in the United States such as New York, Chicago, and New Jersey.

Batman: A Long Halloween premiered in New York on June 19, 2023, and was released theatrically on June 23. The film received critical acclaim for it's screenplay, cinematography, direction, musical score, mature themes, and performances (particularly that of Hamm, Groff and Stanfield). The film set numerous records during it's theatrical run, often compared to that of The Dark Knight. and Spider-Man: No Way Home. The film received numerous awards, and nominations including Best Makeup, Best Sound Editing and Best Supporting Actor which was awarded to Groff.

Cast

 * Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman Pattinson returns as a now gregarious billionaire and socialite who continues to obsessively protect Gotham City as the masked vigilante Batman.


 * Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle / Catwoman:


 * John David Washington as Harvey Dent: A district attorney, whose face is disfigured in court after countless attempts on the lives he and his family by both the Maroni Crime Family and the Falcone Crime Syndicate. Throughout the course of the film, Dent is driven to near insanity while hospitalized, constantly being harassed by an unidentified caller from Arkham State Hospital who refers to himself as "Jack."


 * Jonathan Groff as Dr. Thomas Elliot / Hush / Holiday: A doctor and yuppie serial killer and childhood friend of Bruce Wayne who conspires with the imprisoned serial killer Edward (Nygma (née Nashton) to further ruin the legacy of Wayne and his family from afar. As Holiday, Elliot's M.O. is murdering high-ranking Consigliere in the Cobblepot crime family on different days of festivities all over the year. His first victim was John Viti, nephew of deceased crime lord Carmine Falcone who's killing particularly angered Oswald Cobblepot who took Viti in after the death of uncle. As Hush, Elliot targets Wayne specifically by uncovering purposely-hidden secrets about his parents to further incriminate Thomas and Martha Wayne all while keeping his true persona as Elliot a secret from Bruce and the rest of his associates.


 * Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon:


 * LaKeith Stanfield as Dr. Jonathan Crane: A successful psychiatrist and psycho-pharmacologist, who created a groundbreaking antidepressant drug. During the course of the movie Crane works with both the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) and Batman to pinpoint and uncover the true identity of the Holiday Killer but is later driven mad after learning of the suicide of numerous of patients. By the second half of the film, Crane becomes an Angel of Death and begins to obsess over the power he possess, the ability to control life and death.


 * Barry Keoghan as the Joker / Jack: A notorious criminal and serial killer, who manipulates the mentally unwell District Attorney Harvey Dent throughout 4/5 of the film.


 * Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot / Penguin: