New Batmobile: 'Batman vs. Superman' director Zack Snyder offers a sneak peek
Forget rumors of聽聽or a fast-tracked release date for the聽聽for a moment and let鈥檚 look at what鈥檚 real.聽Batman vs. Superman, the followup to聽Man of Steel,聽is beginning to shoot soon. And in it, Ben Affleck鈥檚 Batman is getting a brand new Batmobile design.
With all of the buzz surrounding聽聽focused on release dates and casting rumors, little attention has been spent on one of the most iconic vehicles of all-time. In Tim Burton鈥檚 original聽Batman聽films, Michael Keaton鈥檚 Bruce Wayne had a comic book inspired, curvy long-form signature car. It was inspired by 鈥�30s聽Salt Flat Racers and 鈥�50s Sting Rays, augmented with jet and military hardware. It was awesome for its time. Skip forward a decade and a half to Christopher Nolan鈥檚聽Dark Knight聽trilogy and 海角大神 Bale鈥檚 caped crusader was given a much beefier machine, more tank than car. It also was awesome for its time.
贵辞谤听Batman vs. Superman, the new Batmobile seems to blend elements from both 鈥� at least from the limited view teased this morning by director Zack Snyder:
Note the vertical wing tips up top, similar to Keaton鈥檚 ride; the jet booster in the rear center; the wide-set wheels from the Tumbler and the general length of the car. It鈥檚 clearly a longer, more aerodynamic vehicle but we can鈥檛 tell if the cockpit is designed for a single user or if there鈥檚 room for a passenger. Tomorrow we may find out if Snyder鈥檚 truly hinting at taking the tarp off.
For weeks and weeks, we鈥檝e heard word that Snyder and co. may reveal聽聽but that has yet to come true. Perhaps Snyder is taking a page from Marc Webb and Bryan Singer鈥檚 social media strategy where throughout the productions of聽The Amazing Spider-Man 2听补苍诲听X-Men: Days of Future Past, respectively, they used Twitter to reveal characters, designs and behind-the-scenes looks into the production. If we鈥檙e getting the new Batman car now, it won鈥檛 be long before we get the new Batman suit.
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