Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is officially in development for mobile devices in China, which could be a promising sign for those who don't have a PS4 or PC, or who wish to play the multiplayer party game on-the-go. Niko Partners senior analyst Daniel Ahmad shared the news on Twitter, stating that "Chinese games and entertainment company Bilibili has secured the rights to publish a mobile version of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout in China."

I think this is the first official confirmation of a mobile version of the game being in development?

Not too surprising to see. But interesting that the China announcement has come first with seemingly no confirmation of a mobile version for the West. pic.twitter.com/JzODsZuyoS — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 22, 2020

This is seemingly the first official confirmation that a version of Fall Guys is being developed for mobile devices, and the news arrives after the official Fall Guys Twitter account warned about ads for a mobile version that are scams. It's important to note that there is no confirmation for a mobile version for the West, so it remains to be seen what developer Mediatonic and publisher Devolver Digital have in store for bringing Fall Guys to other devices and regions. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/07/fall-guys-18-crucial-tips-and-tricks-to-help-you-win"] Fall Guys has been a viral hit since it was released on August 4, 2020, and its popularity was bolstered by it being available for PlayStation Plus subscribers. For those who have yet to download Fall Guys on PS4 and wish to try out the game, be sure to download it before it leaves PlayStation Plus on August 31, 2020. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-fall-guys-minigame-ranked&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Fans can expect four DC Universe Movies to be released in 2021, as revealed by host Matt Bomer during IGN’s exclusive DC FanDome panel for Superman: Man of Tomorrow. The DC Universe Movies slate for 2021 includes two original productions and one two-part film that adapts an iconic DC Comics storyline. Fans can expect more details -- including casting and exact release dates -- closer to the movies’ releases. Their first release will be Batman: Soul of the Dragon, a 1970s-set original tale exec produced by Bruce Timm. Batman: Soul of the Dragon’s voice cast includes Grimm’s David Giuntoli as the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman, Arrow's Michael Jai White reprising his live-action role as Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger, Mark Dacascos as Richard Dragon, Kelly Hu as Lady Shiva, James Hong as O-Sensei, and Josh Keaton as Jeffrey Burr. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-dc-animated-movie-in-development&captions=true"] The next film is Justice Society: World War II, an original story slated for release in spring 2021. Bomer told viewers that they may hear a familiar voice from the Superman: Man of Tomorrow panel in the movie, half-jokingly implying that he has a role in it. But arguably the biggest news reveal is the panel’s confirmation of rumors that the acclaimed storyline Batman: The Long Halloween will receive a two-part animated feature film adaptation. Part one of Batman: The Long Halloween will debut in the summer of 2021, with the second and final installment due out in the fall of next year. Watch the DC FanDome Superman: Man of Tomorrow panel below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/superman-man-of-tomorrow-dc-fandome-panel"] A 13-issue comics story arc from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale that was first published in 1996, The Long Halloween chronicles a period early in Batman’s crime-fighting career that sees him on the trail of the Holiday Killer, a serial murderer who claims a new victim on each major holiday. In the meantime, Batman remains busy breaking the power of organized crime in Gotham City through his alliance with the GCPD’s Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent. Batman’s mission to catch Holiday also sees him cross paths with supervillains such as Joker, Catwoman, Scarecrow, Calendar Man, and Solomon Grundy. There’s been speculation that The Long Halloween could be an inspiration for The Batman, director Matt Reeves’ live-action reboot starring Robert Pattinson due out next year. Like The Long Halloween, The Batman is set during the early years of the Dark Knight’s career and will, as Reeves has said, be a Noir-style detective story told from Batman’s point-of-view. Watch our in-depth breakdown of The Batman trailer and the clues we discovered below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/the-batman-trailer-breakdown-riddler-penguin-catwoman-and-no-more-lies-explained"] Are you excited for these upcoming titles? Let us know in the comments!

If you weren't already anxious about November 3, a hurtling space rock is headed our way to add to the chaos. Not to fear though, the asteroid, named "2018VP1," is only about the size of a truck (an estimated diameter of 1.8 to 3.9 meters per NASA data), and will likely burn up in the atmosphere a day before Election Day, on November 2. It also only has an estimated 0.41% chance of being in the right trajectory to hit Earth anyhow. "Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6.5 feet, and poses no threat to Earth," a spokesperson for NASA told Business Insider. So nothing near the size of the planet killers featured in Michael Bay's Armageddon or Mimi Leder's Deep Impact. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/12/action-analysis-empire-strikes-backs-asteroid-chase"] Apparently, 2018VP1, which holds a two-year orbit around the sun, has already had a few close calls with Earth dating all the way back to 1970. Last week, on August 16, an SUV-size space rock ("2020 QG") flew past our planet, per NASA. There are "hundreds of millions of small asteroids the size of 2020 QG, but they are extremely hard to discover until they get very close to Earth." Anyhow, if you're really set on preventing Armageddon, remember to vote! [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Microsoft has filed a statement "in support of Epic's request to keep access to the Apple SDK for its Unreal Engine." Microsoft believes that Epic having access to the latest Apple technology is "the right thing for gamer developers & gamers." Head of Xbox Phil Spencer shared the filing on Twitter, which was a declaration by Kevin Gammill, the general manager of gaming developer experiences for Microsoft, that describes how harmful this potential move by Apple could be for Microsoft and the gaming industry as a whole. Gammill's main point stems from the fact that Epic Games' Unreal Engine is "critical technology for numerous game creators including Microsoft." While there are many studios who develop their own game engines, Unreal Engine remains one of the top choices for those who don't have the resources or capabilities to do so. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/13/apple-removes-fortnite-from-ios-app-store"] In Microsoft's view, there are very few other options for game engines that offer "as many functionality as Unreal Engine across multiple platforms, including iOS." Furthermore, Microsoft has an "enterprise-wide, multi-year Unreal Engine license agreement and has invested significant resources and engineer time working with and customizing Unreal Engine for its own games on PC, Xbox consoles, and mobile devices (including iOS devices)." This is the case for other developers in the gaming industry, and if Apple were to deny Epic access to Apple's SDK and other development tools, it would "place Unreal Engine and those game creators that have built, are building, and may build games on it at a substantial disadvantage." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=games-that-came-back-from-the-brink-of-disaster&captions=true"] Game development is a multi-year process in many cases, so those who chose to develop a game for iOS on Unreal Engine may be put in an unfortunate situation if Apple does go through with denying Epic its SDK. This move, according to Microsoft, would also harm those developers who have already released Unreal Engine games on iOS, as there would be no future ability to develop updates and improvements for iOS and macOS. If this were to go through, many developers would have to choose between "(a) starting development all over with a new game engine, (b) abandoning the iOS and macOS platforms, or ceasing development entirely." This whole battle between Epic Games and Apple and Google began when Epic altered the price of Fortnite V-Bucks and implemented a new direct payment system in response to Apple and Google's "exorbitant" app store fees." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/13/fortnite-1984-apple-parody-video-short"] Fortnite was removed from both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, and Epic filed a complaint against both companies. In the latest move, following Epic parodying Apple's 1984 commercial in-game, Fortnite will be starting its #FreeFortnite cup today that will be one of the last times all platforms may be able to play together. This is because when Fortnite's Chapter 2 - Season 4 launches on August 27, players on iOS devices will have no way to update the game if these companies don't come to an agreement. Microsoft has also had issues with Apple in the past, as it won't currently be able to launch its Xbox Game Pass app on Apple devices, mostly due to Microsoft having to "comply with App Store policies." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

During an online Masterclass Q&A panel, as part of this weekend's Fantasia International Film Festival, director John Carpenter mentioned that out of all his movies -- including Halloween, Escape from New York, and more -- the project he's most proud of is 1982's The Thing. On top of this, Carpenter offered up a vague, mini-update on a Blumhouse reboot of the iconic alien horror film, saying "I think [Jason Blum's] gonna be working on The Thing. Rebooting The Thing. I may be involved with that. Maybe. Down the road.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-horror-movies&captions=true"] Carpenter is referring to the news, from back in January, that Universal Studios and Blumhouse Productions were developing a remake of The Thing, which will adapt the long lost pages (titled "Frozen Hell") of the horror classic's original 1938 science-fiction novella, Who Goes There? Below is the full conversation with John Carpenter. The director talking about his possible involvement with the remake comes around the 27:00 mark... [youtube clip_id="GnRBtjgUWbo"] The original Antarctic horror story has spawned three previous film adaptations; the first being Howard Hawks' 1951 classic The Thing from Another World and the second being Carpenter's pioneering The Thing. In 2011, a prequel to the Carpenter feature, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, also titled The Thing, was released to box office disappointment. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/the-batman-trailer-breakdown-riddler-penguin-catwoman-and-no-more-lies-explained"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Reviews have flooded in for Christopher Nolan's Tenet, which was released in many territories outside the U.S. on August 26 (and is slated to land stateside on September 3). Critics have praised the film, which currently holds an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, as an exciting, but confusing, spy thriller, with our own review touting the project as "a thrilling addition to the Nolan canon, but is slightly held back by a sense of over-familiarity."

Tenet is a thrilling addition to the Christopher Nolan canon, but is slightly held back by a sense of over-familiarity.

Our review: https://t.co/HcVBYqQsb5 pic.twitter.com/tCBTLM80vO — IGN (@IGN) August 21, 2020

After ruminating on the major themes and ideas of Tenet for over a decade, Nolan spent five-years crafting the script. Did the endeavor pay off, or is the finished project to much of a thinker to resonate with a mass crowd? Variety's Guy Lodge hails Tenet as being a “big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable” movie. Though Tenet is no "Holy Grail," Lodge says the "sheer meticulousness of Nolan’s grand-canvas action aesthetic is enthralling, as if to compensate for the stray loose threads and teasing paradoxes of his screenplay — or perhaps simply to underline that they don’t matter all that much."

‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Grandly Entertaining, Time-Slipping Spectacle Is a Futuristic Throwback https://t.co/q6cLARQimT

— Variety (@Variety) August 21, 2020

Tenet stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Cain, and Kenneth Branagh in an time-bending espionage adventure film that, while captivating most critics, is leaving some cold. The Guardian's Catherine Shoard says the flick is a "pandemic dud" and that she's not even sure "in five years’ time, it’d be worth staying up to catch on telly."

Tenet review: Christopher Nolan's thriller is a palindromic dud https://t.co/O40xYfmiw7

— Guardian culture (@guardianculture) August 21, 2020

If critics do agree on one thing however, it's that Tenet's plot isn't the easiest to follow. The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey says Tenet is Nolan's most confusing film, but that it's also a "rare action film where the characters don’t just say the world will end if they fail in their mission - you feel it, too."

Tenet is Christopher Nolan's most confusing film, but the most thrilling to get lost in – review https://t.co/tGkJkMlrYL

— The Independent (@Independent) August 23, 2020

Meanwhile, GameSpot called the film a "mind-melting stunner" while THR said the movie was "rich in audacity and originality, but almost impossible to love, lacking as it is in a certain humanity."

Tenet is a mind-melting stunner.

Here's our review: https://t.co/oDNOFqNHjm pic.twitter.com/wjMt0M0BML — GameSpot (@GameSpot) August 21, 2020

In #Tenet, writer-director Christopher Nolan sends star John David Washington moving back and forth in every dimension in this sci-fi thriller costarring Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki. Read THR's review here: https://t.co/MiehbwjSs3 pic.twitter.com/k9VWGLdaEn

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 23, 2020

The New York Times' Jessica Kiang noted that the film was “undeniably enjoyable, but its giddy grandiosity only serves to highlight the brittleness of its purported braininess.”

Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" will be released outside the U.S. next week, and our review is in. We won't spoil the plot, partly because it's so convoluted. https://t.co/maaCoVCrip

— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) August 21, 2020

Both The Telegraph and Total Film both loved Tenet, calling out the movie's "heart-stopping grandeur" and saying "one viewing just won't be enough."

"Christopher Nolan's time-bending action spectacular is the perfect film to get us back in cinemas – one viewing just won't be enough," writes @robbiereviews.

'Tenet' review: https://t.co/xR8QE9pwHL — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 21, 2020

"A monumental big-screen spectacle, Tenet is a film that perfectly exemplifies what makes the cinema experience – in all its heart-stopping grandeur – quite so special." Read @JordanFarley's review https://t.co/NrQs0ymyY9 pic.twitter.com/Pqgco3qCyx

— Total Film (@totalfilm) August 21, 2020

Empire's Alex Godfrey writes that Tenet "proves Nolan’s undying commitment to big-screen thrills and spills."

“It has its cake, eats it, then goes back in time and eats it again.” Read the official Empire review of Christopher Nolan’s #Tenet. https://t.co/ulLb1BQF1h pic.twitter.com/2Yp1XIxuwu

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) August 21, 2020

Check out IGN's Tenet review here... [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/21/tenet-review"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Summer Games Done Quick 2020, the video game speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, has just raised over $2.3 million for Doctors Without Borders. @GamesDoneQuick announced the wonderful news on Twitter, and noted that the next two Games Done Quick events will be Fleet Fatales (November 15-21) and Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 (January 3-10, 2021). SGDQ 2020 took place from Sunday, August 16 - Sunday, August 23, and saw 33,639 donations from viewers around the world, according to the official donation tracker.

You ever see a flying mount? Here you go. #SGDQ2020 pic.twitter.com/uFFZRMAC89

— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) August 21, 2020

There were 148 runs, 159 prizes given out, and 20,430 donors who made an average donation of $68.71. These donations were made through direct donations, Twitch subscriptions and bits given during Games Done Quick's streams, and purchases from partners like The Yetee and Fangamer. This year's SGDQ featured its first ever VR speedrun in Half-Life: Alyx, alongside games like Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Bros., and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The Games Done Quick events usually take place in person, just like Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 that raised $3.13 million, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it so SGDQ 2020 was fully online. It was an unfortunate change, but it's great to see it was still a huge success. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/14/half-life-2-developers-react-to-50-minute-speedrun"] You can rewatch all the speedruns on Games Done Quick's YouTube channel, and learn more about donating and getting involved at their website. For more speedrunning goodness, also be sure to check out our Devs React to Speedruns series for games like Half-Life 2, Doom Eternal, and SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

The Batman director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson provided fans with their first extended look at the 2021 reboot at DC FanDome. And, boy, what a hell of a trailer it was. Moody, atmospheric, a murder mystery, and all of it set to Nirvana's "Something in the Way". While Reeves had previously posted The Batman costume camera test (with its hint of Michael Giacchino's score) and Batmobile photos from the set, the DC FanDome panel reveal offered the first extended look at Pattinson's Dark Knight in action, the new Batman costume, what Robert Pattinson's Batman sounds like, the movie's cast, and the new Batmobile in action. The Batman trailer features a lot of Jeffrey Wright as GCPD's Jim Gordon who, along with his fellow cops, are investigating a brutal murder within an affluent mansion. Could it be the home of a mob boss? Who is that masked killer? All we know for sure is that the killer left a message for Batman. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/the-batman-trailer-dc-fandome-official-footage"] Want a closer look at the trailer? We've done the work for you! Here are 63 stills, screencapping just about every unique still in the first official teaser trailer for The Batman: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-batman-official-trailer-1-stills&captions=true"] Reeves revealed during the panel that the murders Batman is investigating in the story are tied to the history of Gotham, and the deep corruption in the city, which leads to  Batman exploring his origins without the movie necessarily having to depict that. Matt Reeves also confirmed that Bruce Wayne made the Batsuit himself and that star Robert Pattinson had a lot of input into the suit's creation since he was the one who had to wear it and be able to move around and fight in it. (It took about a year to design both the Batsuit and Batmobile, Reeves revealed.) Batman and the GCPD appear to be fine working together ... until some sort of altercation breaks out in that holding cell. Was Batman caught? Or are Gordon and the cops trying to keep him from beating the tar out of a suspect? Gordon appears to be either warning or restraining him at one point. We get a lot of footage of Zoe Kravitz in her Catwoman outfit, which seems very homemade and less of a costume per se. She even spars with Batman at one point, who seems surprised by her martial prowess. But as Reeves pointed out in the panel, she is not yet Catwoman in this movie, She will emerge as Catwoman. We get a very quick shot of what appears to be of a heavily made-up Colin Farrell as Penguin standing in the rain. Someone get that man an umbrella! Reeves said he is still "Oz" at this point and doesn't like being called Penguin. The movie is about the snowballing of these characters into who they will become. Reeves also said Riddler is just starting out at this point in the story. While we don't see Andy Serkis' Alfred we do hear him speaking to Bruce Wayne at one point, where he observes that he's becoming quite the celebrity. We do see Batman's work station in the Batcave, the Batmobile parked nearby. Much of the trailer establishes the face-painted street gang members Batman confronts, including one prolonged shot where he beats the living crap out of one goon's face before telling, "I'm vengeance." Betcha thought he was gonna say "I'm Batman," didn't you? [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-batman-how-robert-pattinsons-batsuit-draws-from-the-past&captions=true"] We see much more of Batman's costume here, including the lenses that cover his eyes (but notice at the end that Bruce still wears black makeup over his eyes). It should also be noted that Bruce goes out in public at one point on a motorcycle with half his face covered but not in his Batman costume. And that voice at the end of the trailer -- is it Riddler? Hush? The Holiday Killer? "You're a part of this, too," the voice says. "How am I part of this?," Batman asks. "You'll see ..." Matt Reeves said that gothic Liverpool, England -- yes, the home of the Beatles! -- is the stand-in for Gotham City, although the director hopes that viewers won't be able to identify where this Gotham is exactly. Reeves also said Gotham City is afraid of Batman in this story. He's in his second year and is not yet the symbol of hope that he will become so they are unnerved -- those who believe he's even real -- by his violent vigilantism. He also said we will see this Batman mistakes during his investigation and grow from it. Reeves cited Darwyn Cooke's "Ego" storyline as a comics influence on Batman/Bruce Wayne peering into himself but also cites the movie Chinatown as a detective story about a gritty, flawed investigator looking into murders in a deeply corrupt place. The French Connection and Taxi Driver were also cited as film influences. For more Bat-coverage, feast your eyes on the first images from The Batman, The Batman's new logo and this sweet Jim Lee artwork, get the latest on when The Batman will resume filming, and learn about the GCPD spin-off series coming to HBO Max. And for more from DC FanDome, check out what we learned about Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton both returning as Batman in The Flash movie!

The Batman director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson provided fans with their first extended look at the 2021 reboot at DC FanDome. And, boy, what a hell of a trailer it was. Moody, atmospheric, a murder mystery, and all of it set to Nirvana's "Something in the Way". While Reeves had previously posted The Batman costume camera test (with its hint of Michael Giacchino's score) and Batmobile photos from the set, the DC FanDome panel reveal offered the first extended look at Pattinson's Dark Knight in action, the new Batman costume, what Robert Pattinson's Batman sounds like, the movie's cast, and the new Batmobile in action. The Batman trailer features a lot of Jeffrey Wright as GCPD's Jim Gordon who, along with his fellow cops, are investigating a brutal murder within an affluent mansion. Could it be the home of a mob boss? Who is that masked killer? All we know for sure is that the killer left a message for Batman. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/the-batman-trailer-dc-fandome-official-footage"] Want a closer look at the trailer? We've done the work for you! Here are 63 stills, screencapping just about every unique still in the first official teaser trailer for The Batman: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-batman-official-trailer-1-stills&captions=true"] Reeves revealed during the panel that the murders Batman is investigating in the story are tied to the history of Gotham, and the deep corruption in the city, which leads to  Batman exploring his origins without the movie necessarily having to depict that. Matt Reeves also confirmed that Bruce Wayne made the Batsuit himself and that star Robert Pattinson had a lot of input into the suit's creation since he was the one who had to wear it and be able to move around and fight in it. (It took about a year to design both the Batsuit and Batmobile, Reeves revealed.) Batman and the GCPD appear to be fine working together ... until some sort of altercation breaks out in that holding cell. Was Batman caught? Or are Gordon and the cops trying to keep him from beating the tar out of a suspect? Gordon appears to be either warning or restraining him at one point. We get a lot of footage of Zoe Kravitz in her Catwoman outfit, which seems very homemade and less of a costume per se. She even spars with Batman at one point, who seems surprised by her martial prowess. But as Reeves pointed out in the panel, she is not yet Catwoman in this movie, She will emerge as Catwoman. We get a very quick shot of what appears to be of a heavily made-up Colin Farrell as Penguin standing in the rain. Someone get that man an umbrella! Reeves said he is still "Oz" at this point and doesn't like being called Penguin. The movie is about the snowballing of these characters into who they will become. Reeves also said Riddler is just starting out at this point in the story. While we don't see Andy Serkis' Alfred we do hear him speaking to Bruce Wayne at one point, where he observes that he's becoming quite the celebrity. We do see Batman's work station in the Batcave, the Batmobile parked nearby. Much of the trailer establishes the face-painted street gang members Batman confronts, including one prolonged shot where he beats the living crap out of one goon's face before telling, "I'm vengeance." Betcha thought he was gonna say "I'm Batman," didn't you? [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-batman-how-robert-pattinsons-batsuit-draws-from-the-past&captions=true"] We see much more of Batman's costume here, including the lenses that cover his eyes (but notice at the end that Bruce still wears black makeup over his eyes). It should also be noted that Bruce goes out in public at one point on a motorcycle with half his face covered but not in his Batman costume. And that voice at the end of the trailer -- is it Riddler? Hush? The Holiday Killer? "You're a part of this, too," the voice says. "How am I part of this?," Batman asks. "You'll see ..." Matt Reeves said that gothic Liverpool, England -- yes, the home of the Beatles! -- is the stand-in for Gotham City, although the director hopes that viewers won't be able to identify where this Gotham is exactly. Reeves also said Gotham City is afraid of Batman in this story. He's in his second year and is not yet the symbol of hope that he will become so they are unnerved -- those who believe he's even real -- by his violent vigilantism. He also said we will see this Batman mistakes during his investigation and grow from it. Reeves cited Darwyn Cooke's "Ego" storyline as a comics influence on Batman/Bruce Wayne peering into himself but also cites the movie Chinatown as a detective story about a gritty, flawed investigator looking into murders in a deeply corrupt place. The French Connection and Taxi Driver were also cited as film influences. For more Bat-coverage, feast your eyes on the first images from The Batman, The Batman's new logo and this sweet Jim Lee artwork, get the latest on when The Batman will resume filming, and learn about the GCPD spin-off series coming to HBO Max. And for more from DC FanDome, check out what we learned about Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton both returning as Batman in The Flash movie!

The grand finale at DC FanDome today was not surprisingly The Batman panel, which finally gave us our first real sense of what to expect from the Robert Pattinson/Matt Reeves reboot of the Caped Crusader. And during the event, the director also addressed how the film's universe will connect to the recently announced HBO Max series Gotham PD. Pattinson stars as a younger version of Bruce Wayne/Batman, and Reeves writes and directs the highly anticipated film, which got a new trailer during the panel. Reeves confirmed that the film is set during "Year 2" of Batman's career, but Gotham PD will be set during "Year 1." (Be sure to also check out all of DC FanDome's Biggest and Best Announcements as well as the full DC FanDome Schedule while you're here.) [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/the-batman-trailer-dc-fandome-official-footage"] Want a closer look at the trailer? We've done the work for you! Here are 63 stills, screencapping just about every unique still in the first official teaser trailer for The Batman: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-batman-official-trailer-1-stills&captions=true"] "The idea of this story was a story in which Gotham, which has this depth of corruption, and the idea that we could do a series that is going deeper into an aspect of it, which in this case is the corrupt police department, the corrupt inner workings of the city," said Reeves. "And the way we’re gonna do this series… [Executive producer] Terence Winter is just an incredible writer, so the idea that we got him to do this, just is literally a dream. The idea is, we go back to year one, and year one is the beginning of the first emergence, the first appearance of this masked vigilante that starts to unsettle the city, and you start to see the story through the POV of these corrupt cops, and one in particular. And the story is actually a battle for his soul." Reeves didn't elaborate on who this cop is, but it's clear he will form some kind of connection with the mystery of Batman. "He’s a cop over generations," continues Reeves. "And the history of corruption in Gotham is enormous and goes back many years, and the story is like, as you realize that there’s this myth building in the background, you’re actually in a new place where you’ve never seen these characters before - some of them we’ll touch on that you may have seen in the comics, but others are totally new. Then you can go down an avenue and go into detail that you couldn’t do in a movie, and to go into these rich places and meet entirely new characters that Terence is going to create." For more on The Batman, check out The Batman costume camera test and Batmobile photos from the set. Or watch our mini-doc on the Batman: Year One R-Rated reboot that almost was. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/batman-year-one-the-r-rated-reboot-that-almost-was-ft-frank-miller"]