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Warner Bros. isn’t waiting long to make “The Batman” available for people to watch from home. The latest film in the DC franchise will become available for streaming on HBO Max as early as April 18.The star-studded film, featuring Robert Pattinson as the titular superhero alongside Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman and Paul Dano as the Riddler, soared at the box office when it first premiered on March 4, collecting $134 million at North American theaters — a bigger opening weekend than Warner Bros.
initially expected, and the most successful opening of 2022 so far.The Matt Reeves-directed film chronicles Batman’s early years as Bruce Wayne while he begins to uncover the corruption in Gotham City and takes on the maniacal Riddler in the pursuit of justice.
The cast also includes Andy Serkis as Batman’s butler Alfred Pennyworth, Colin Farrell as the supervillain known as Penguin and Jeffrey Wright as Gotham City’s police chief James Gordan.
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