Batman: Shadow of the Bat (2017 film)

Shadow of the Bat, is an upcoming super-hero action movie focused on the rising days of Batman, after he gains his footing in Gotham City. In this film, Batman faces one of the most psychological threats ever as he is called out by homeland terrorist, The Riddler, to solve his mind-boggling conundrums. The film Shadow of the Bat is very loosely inspired by Batman #619.

Protagonists

 * The Batman/Bruce Wayne - Jeremy Renner
 * Alfred Pennyworth - Jeremy Irons
 * Commissioner Gordon - Josh Brolin
 * Lucius Fox - Terrence Howard

Antagonist

 * The Riddler/Edward Naston - Jim Parsons
 * Victor Zsasz - Michael Rosenbaum
 * Thomas Elliot - Sam Worthington

Others

 * Harvey Dent - Nolan North
 * J. Corcoran - Bruce Campbell
 * Mayor Hill - Paul Giamatti

Plot Summary
After a brutal murder is discovered, the city goes on high alert and police begin to patrol the city. The same week, Reeve's park is dedicated to the congressman who was assassinated two years before. At the event, a charge is set off in the crowd, injuring several and killing two. The area is cleared and the police order every citizen to remain house-bound until the terrorist is caught. Back at home, Commissioner Gordon discovers a wrapped package on his doorstop after coming home from a long day of patrol duty. The package is unwrapped to discover a blank card with a lone cypher written inside, and a recorder detailing instructions to post it on the front page of the newspaper or the editor will be killed.

The newspaper editor is taken into protective custody as the police disregard the terrorist's orders. In an armored car, the editor is brutally shot and disfigured by the unidentified escort in the truck. The pieces he leaves behind consist of a bloody question mark carved into the editor's wrist and a phone number in his pocket.The police attempt to trace the phone number but to no avail. They end up calling the number and receiving instructions one more time to enter the cypher to the newspaper's front page or a killing spree will occur over the weekend. A new cypher is given at the end of the message.

The cypher is soon edited into the newspaper, and a task force, along with the masked vigilante Batman is sent to hunt down the man, against the messages instruction not to do so. The radio communications between the task force and the station are cut off, and communication is cut off, replaced by a warning of five minutes to turn around and head back to the station with undefined consequences. Ignored, the force continues down the highway system toward their designated search point. At the end of five minutes, a semi-truck hits a support beam of the overpass and two of the task force vehicles topple over the barrier.

Police are sent once again to investigate, and the driver remains unidentified due to a disfigured face. Blood samples are sent to the labs back at the station and is identified to be the same blood of the man at the first murder scene. The blood is of Congressman J. Corcoran, who went to Metropolis a week before for business. Batman travels to Metropolis, and breaks into the hotel Corcoran was said to stay at. On his pillow, there is a blank greeting card with a riddle on the inside. Batman escapes the building with the card.

Batman returns to the Batcave and analyzes the card, realizing that there is a letter directly to Batman/Bruce Wayne in clear ink. After realizing he's been called out, batman solves the Riddle and heads to the Gotham Subway Station, where upon finds explosive charges on the tracks. Batman then chases after a suspicious man holding the detonator. Batman is knocked unconscious and reawakens in an abandoned boarding station. A group of the men beat him and prepare to take off his mask just as the leader stops him, acknowledging that he already knows Bruce Wayne is Batman. Infront of Batman, the man blows the track right infront of Batman, whereupon Batman breaks free of his captors, planting a tracker in one of their mouths before leaving.

After helping with the Subway incident, where nobody was infact inside the subway, Batman returns home to sleep. Upon waking, Batman visits the home of The Commisioner, where he gives him a device to track the man. Batman follows the tracking signal to an unidentified warehouse where he discovers Congressman Corcoran along with a videotape. On the video is a riddle along with the bound and unconcious body of Harvey Dent, who was to have left the city under security measures. Batman unties the congressman and is stabbed in the spine from behind. Batman engages in combat with the man and eventually delivers him to the Police Station. His name is Victor Zsasz, a serial killer who murdered the men. The case is closed and the streets are opened back up.

Batman returns home to interrogate Corcoran when he discovers he has escaped, along with vandalizing the house, and burning down the batcave. After realizing something, Batman returns to the police station where he discovers Zsasz being transported. Batman fights the officers and pulls Zsasz away. Examining his face, stitches reveal Zsasz and Corcoran switched faces.

to be continued