Paul Dano has been cast as The Riddler alongside Robert Pattinson as Batman.
After news broke that Jonah Hill has ended talks to join Robert Pattinson in The Batman as The Riddler, fans wondered who would take his place. Those fans didn’t have to wait too long to find out as Warner Bros. has officially cast Paul Dano as The Riddler in the Robert Pattinson-led Batman movie.
Jonah Hill exited talks late yesterday evening and it seemed that he and the studio parted ways because the actor wanted more than double what Robert Pattinson is making to play the Caped Crusader. The studio didn’t want to take that big of a risk on the villain, likening it to Jack Nicholson’s casting as The Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman. Paul Dano being cast as The Riddler makes sense as he is a tremendous young talent that won’t break the bank.
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The casting of Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves’ The Batman came as a surprise to many — almost as surprising as Ben Affleck’s exit from the role after playing the DC Comics hero in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. Although Robert Pattinson had been a rumored contender amongst many young actors including Ansel Elgort, Dylan O’Brien, Logan Lerman, Noah Centineo, Jack O’Connell, Kit Harrington, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Richard Madden, and Armie Hammer, it ultimately came down to Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Hoult, with Robert Pattinson landing the role.
Plot details for the film are still under wraps, though the project starring Robert Pattinson seems to be centered on a younger Caped Crusader as he tackles several of his more traditional enemies such as Paul Dano’s Riddler and Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman. While Warner Bros. is set to restart the character’s story on the big screen, Matt Reeves has confirmed that his film will not be directly based on Frank Miller’s Year One comic. Matt Reeves’ The Batman is also allegedly the first chapter of a trilogy, much like the Christopher Nolan-directed films with Christian Bale as Batman.
The Batman hits theaters June 25, 2021. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news regarding Robert Pattinson, Paul Dano, The Ridder and the future of DC Films.
