ROBERT PATTINSON

"The Batman," starring Robert Pattinson, is DC's biggest superhero movie in years. It's now available to stream on HBO Max.

This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Bonnie Raitt, Bob Odenkirk starts the long farewell season of “Better Call Saul” and “The Batman,” the biggest box-office hit so far this year, lands Monday on HBO Max.

Film-Box Office This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Zoe Kravitz, left, and Robert Pattinson in a scene from "The Batman." “The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office. “The Batman,” directed by Matt Reeves, also picked up $49.1 million internationally this weekend, bringing its global total to $598.1 million. The only place “The Batman” seems to be stumbling is in China where it earned $12.1 million in its first weekend. “The Batman” cost an estimated $200 million to make, not counting the many millions spent on marketing.

“The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office.

By bringing the character back to his noir-detective origins, The Batman shows that comic-book movies can contain multitudes.

Jamie recently opened up about his long-standing friendship with The Batman actor and admitted that things got a little awkward after Rob shot to fame in Twilight.View Entire Post ›

Film Review - The Batman This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Zoe Kravitz, left, and Robert Pattinson in a scene from "The Batman." 1 movie in North American theaters with $66 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a live BTS concert broadcast was one-day-only blockbuster. No new wide releases opened over the weekend and “The Batman” should remain atop the box office for at least another week. The live broadcast Saturday of the band's first stage concert in South Korea sine 2019 grossed $6.8 million in 797 North American theaters. In its fourth week of release, it dipped only 13% with $5.3 million in ticket sales.

In its second weekend of release, Warner Bros.

This week, conservative leaders and donors will gather for an exclusive event in Georgia. Noticeably absent from that guest list is former President Donald Trump. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa joins CBS News' Jericka Duncan to discuss.

Robert Pattinson's Batman should take a break from bleakness and lean into his silly behavior.

Batman opening: Robert Pattinson attended "The Batman" world premiere on Tuesday in New York City. >> Read more trending news“The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson as Gotham City’s crime fighter, collected $128.5 million in its domestic box office debut, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It was the second-best opening in the pandemic, trailing only last year’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the entertainment outlet reported. The “Spider-Man” movie pulled in a historic $260 million when it opened in December 2021, Variety reported. Robert Pattinson's #TheBatman scored a huge $128 million in its box office debut.

Film Review - The Batman This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Robert Pattinson in a scene from "The Batman." (Jonathan Olley/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) (Jonathan Olley)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Batman has his fair share of pressures, from saving Gotham to saving movie theaters. “The Batman” opened this weekend exclusively in theaters, in 4,217 locations on over 12,500 screens in North America. Director Matt Reeves and co-writer Peter Craig set “The Batman” in Bruce Wayne’s second year of donning the cape. It’s been a long road for “The Batman” to make it to theaters.

“The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson, managed to give a little glimmer of hope movie theaters, grossing $128.5 million in North America.

From Adam West, to Michael Keaton, and Robert Pattinson, here is where they all rank as the greatest Dark Knight.

With Robert Pattison starring in "The Batman," the Dark Knight has his swag back.

Robert Pattinson makes his superhero debut in "The Batman." How does he stack up against Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck and others?

"The Batman" has earned mixed reactions from critics. Some have praised the film as a deconstruction of the superhero genre, others found it to be a dark slog.

Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of the superhero is moodier and more menacing than any before.

Warner Bros., the Walt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures said Monday that they would "pause" the release of their films in Russia. "The Batman," one of the year's more anticipated films, launches Friday in North America and many overseas territories, including Russia. “In light of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WarnerMedia is pausing the release of its feature film ‘The Batman’ in Russia," a spokesperson for the studio said in a statement. Russia is not a leading market for Hollywood, but the country typically ranks in the top dozen countries globally in box office. After Disney and Warner Bros. made their announcements, Sony followed suit.

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"We're not limiting people's freedom of expression. We're not limiting freedom of peaceful assembly," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells the House of Commons, hitting back at critics after invoking emergency powers to end the blockades in Ottawa.

In a new interview with Fandango, the actor recalled wearing the complete costume for the first time during a camera test for the film.

Pattinson spoke to GQ about how his life changed after playing Hogwarts student Cedric Diggory in the fourth "Harry Potter" movie.

"Whatever you're doing right now, after lunch just do the opposite or you'll be fired by the end of the day."View Entire Post ›

Pattinson spoke to GQ about working with Dafoe, who he called "the best," on Robert Eggers' 2019 psychological thriller.

Pattinson spoke to GQ about his role as a Hufflepuff member named Cedric Diggory in the fourth "Harry Potter" film, released in 2005.

Director Matt Reeves told Esquire UK that he "loved the idea" of removing the mask and showing the "whole theatricality of becoming this character."

The majority of superhero movies coming in 2022 are sequels, including "Aquaman 2," "Doctor Strange 2," and "Across the Spider-Verse."

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Catherine Hardwicke revealed she was worried about getting into some "illegal things" after Pattinson's kiss with Stewart in the director's bedroom.

Batman trailer: Robert Pattinson will play the Caped Crusader when "The Batman" premieres in theaters on March 4, 2022. >> Read more trending news“The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson as Gotham City’s vigilante hero and Zoë Kravitz as the Catwoman, is expected to be released on March 4, Indie Wire reported. “That is a huge change from where things were in 2018, 2017, 2016.”BREAKING: A surprise trailer for The Batman JUST DROPPED. “I’m just here to unmask the truth about this cesspool we call a city,” the Riddler says during the trailer. The trailer ends with Batman and Catwoman fending off a group of armed men on a catwalk.

Film - The Batman This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Robert Pattinson in "The Batman." Warner Bros. released the first trailer for “The Batman,” which is Pattinson’s first film as the Dark Knight. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) (Uncredited)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Warner Bros. has unveiled its trailer for "The Batman," which features Robert Pattinson's first bone-crunching turn as a DC Comics superhero. The trailer unveiled Saturday at the DC Fandome event shows Pattinson’s Dark Knight methodically taking down bad guys despite being outnumbered and his Batsuit absorbing multiple bullets. The footage teases a dark, bleak and violent version of Batman, with Pattinson’s voice saying about the Bat-Signal: “Fear is a tool.

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There was no shortage of controversy when "Twilight" first came out, but an Insider reporter found that some issues are more glaring years later.

Steven Yeun, Nathan Lane, Issa Rae, Robert Pattinson, Janet Jackson, Leslie Odom Jr. and Laverne Cox are among the artists being invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

This Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 image shows the suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. It began with a May 4, 2009, tweet promoting Donald Trump's upcoming appearance on David Letterman's show. “I said, ‘Let’s call you @realDonaldTrump — you’re the real Donald Trump,’” recalled Costanzo. In its most popular tweet, on Oct. 2, 2020, @realDonaldTrump announced that Trump and first lady Melania Trump had contracted the coronavirus. Trump deleted 1,166 tweets and, in his final months on the platform, had 471 tweets flagged by Twitter for misinformation, according to Factba.se.

This Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 image shows the suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. It began with a May 4, 2009, tweet promoting Donald Trump's upcoming appearance on David Letterman's show. “I said, ‘Let’s call you @realDonaldTrump — you’re the real Donald Trump,’” recalled Costanzo. In its most popular tweet, on Oct. 2, 2020, @realDonaldTrump announced that Trump and first lady Melania Trump had contracted the coronavirus. Trump deleted 1,166 tweets and, in his final months on the platform, had 471 tweets flagged by Twitter for misinformation, according to Factba.se.

LOS ANGELES – Singer FKA twigs filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Shia LaBeouf was physically and emotionally abusive during their relationship from 2018 to 2019, saying her experience was part of a pattern of terrorizing women for the 34-year-old actor. “Shia LaBeouf hurts women,” the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court said in its opening lines. On a Valentine’s Day getaway in 2019, FKA twigs awoke to LaBeouf choking her and she was paralyzed with fear, the lawsuit said. She made several attempts to leave him that he resisted, but he later ended the relationship himself, the lawsuit said. The lawsuit said Pho allied herself with Barnett in attempt to protect women from LaBeouf, although Pho is not listed as a plaintiff.

LOS ANGELES – Liam Neeson’s thriller “Honest Thief” stole the top spot at the box office in yet another quiet weekend of moviegoing. The film, starring Neeson as a notorious bank robber who turns himself in but was double crossed by two FBI agents, opened in Canada last week. “Honest Thief” overtook “The War with Grandpa,” which claimed No. Despite coming in second, the comedy starring Robert De Niro earned $2.5 million. The action-thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson has totaled $50.6 million in the U.S.

More than 500 movie theaters in the U.S. will close before this weekend, sending the film industry into a tailspin. On Monday, Warner Bros. re-positioned a number of hotly anticipated movies on its calendar including "Dune" and now "The Batman." That loss has forced Warner Bros. to rethink its distribution strategy. The film has resumed shooting in the U.K. and is expected to wrap by the end of the year. AMC fell more than 11%, Cinemark was down more than 17% and Marcus Theaters saw its shares slip more than 6%.

The U.K. production of “The Batman” is starting up again after being shut down earlier this month when an individual tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. said Thursday that filming had resumed after a hiatus for quarantine precautions. Robert Pattinson stars in the film from director Matt Reeves which had been on hiatus for almost six months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The positive case came just three days after “The Batman” had initially resumed shooting. “The Batman” was originally supposed to hit theaters in June 2021 but was pushed back to October 2021 because of the delays.

This cover image released by RCA Records shows "Alicia" the latest release by Alicia Keys. The album, out Friday, features several guest stars, including Jill Scott, Miguel, Khalid, Snoh Aalegra, Sampha, Diamond Platnumz and Ed Sheeran, who co-wrote the single Underdog. (RCA Records via AP)

This cover image released by RCA Records shows "Alicia" the latest release by Alicia Keys. The album, out Friday, features several guest stars, including Jill Scott, Miguel, Khalid, Snoh Aalegra, Sampha, Diamond Platnumz and Ed Sheeran, who co-wrote the single Underdog. (RCA Records via AP)Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. It lands on HBO and HBO Max on Saturday at 8 p.m.— AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSIC— Piano-playing pop star Alicia Keys is putting out her seventh album on Friday. — Kim Cattrall is at the center of Fox’s “Filthy Rich,” a prime-time soap opera loaded with money and betrayal that debuts 9 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 21.

NEW YORK In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's Tenet brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters. Theaters in Canada, where COVID-19 cases are much lower than in the U.S., began showing Tenet a week earlier. In two weeks of release, its overseas total is $126 million, with a global tally thus far of $146.2 million. The film, which cost $200 million to make and at least $100 million to market, will need to get close to $500 million to break even. Disney's The New Mutants," a long delayed X-Men spinoff, collected about $7 million in 2,412 locations last weekend.

LOS ANGELES With reported cases of the coronavirus surging, Warner Bros. on Thursday postponed the release of Christopher Nolans Tenet, further delaying Hollywood's summer kickoff. The sci-fi thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson will move from July 31 to Aug. 12, a Wednesday. Movie theaters had been pinning their hopes on the film as a major July release that could bring audiences back to theaters. Warner Bros. had planned to re-release Nolan's 2010 blockbuster Inception in early July as a way to lead in to Tenet." Inception will now open on July 31, the studio said.

LAS VEGAS An actor in the film Twilight and his girlfriend were found dead last week in a Las Vegas condominium, authorities said Tuesday. Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said foul play was not suspected in the May 13 deaths of Gregory Tyree Boyce, 30, and Natalie Adenike Adepoju, 27. The coroner said their causes and manners of death wont be known until medical examiners receive toxicology test results in several weeks. The bodies were found after police were summoned to a report of a dead body in a residential complex several miles east of the Las Vegas Strip, police said. Las Vegas Police Officer Larry Hadfield, a department spokesman, said the deaths were not considered to be the result of a criminal act.

Zoe Kravitz has reportedly been cast to play Catwoman opposite Robert Pattinson's Caped Crusader in the eagerly awaited "Batman" film. The movie's director, Matt Reeves, seemingly confirmed the reports in the same way he did when there were reports that Pattinson would play Batman -- Reeves tweeted. "Batman" is a Warner Bros. production. HBO and Warner Bros. is owned by CNN's parent company. CNN has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment on the "Batman" news.

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson first found fame playing lovers in the "Twilight" film franchise and were a real life couple for a minute years ago, and it sounds like there are no hard feelings. Stewart gave her seal of approval for Pattinson starring in the forthcoming Matt Reeves-directed film, "The Batman." "I feel like he's the only guy that could play that part," she told Variety during the Toronto International Film Festival. She and Pattinson dated for three years ago after they played star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward in the "Twilight" films before they broke up in 2013. Both Stewart and Pattinson have been private about their relationship, but she was happy to share her thoughts on the news that he would be the new Batman which she called "crazy."

Robert Pattinson's reaction to the "Batman" leak, Kristen Stewart on her relationships, and Lizzo hits #1.

(CNN) - While Robert Pattinson is thrilled to be cast as the new Batman, he was less than thrilled when the news got out early. "When that thing leaked, I was f***ing furious," he told Variety. Growing up in England, Pattinson was a fan of Tim Burton's "Batman" films, he said. The "Twilight" star told Variety he's been after the role for a while. I sort of had an idea to do it, and I'd been prodding Matt," Pattinson said.

Forget to Botox and you're playing someone's grandmother. Milo Ventimiglia says he got a taste of ageism himself when he admitted that he wanted to play Batman, but producers thought he was too old. According to Ventimiglia, he asked his agents to seriously look into the possibility of playing the role, saying, "I've always wanted to be Batman." For the record, Michael Keaton was 38 when he played Batman in 1989. Ben Affleck was the oldest of all, playing Batman at 44.