UPDATE: Here's the Official New Batmobile
The official Batmobile photo from Zack Snyder
Update: Zack Snyder saw the internet’s Batmobile pics yesterday, and raised us this much-improved photo above of Batman’s new ride. The Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice director tweeted this official shot last night, with the caption “Here’s a real picture of the #Batmobile.” Snyder’s photographer Clay Enos linked to a higher-resolution picture, commenting that “iPhone photography is great but some things deserve more.” Enos also confirmed that neither the car nor the background was Photoshopped, tweeting, “no photoshop needed. Just good light, location and subject.”
While the car appears much more intimidating in Snyder’s official photo, it’s now undeniable that the Instagram Batmobile is the real deal. The Snyder photo reveals a lot more detail, like the swiveling guns mounted on the front of the vehicle, and the headlights placed alongside the wheels. There’s also some visible battle damage, in the form of scratch marks on the body and bullet dents on the hood. Fans who want to take a closer look, or inspect the mud beneath the car for Batman’s footprints (we haven’t seen his boots yet!) can check out the high-resolution photo here.
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New photos purport to be of the updated Batmobile
Was this armored car designed for the Dark Knight? New images, which purportedly show the new Batmobile, were posted this morning by two Detroit-based Instagram users (one of whom has since removed his photo). The pictures above and below were reportedly taken near the River Rouge suburb of Detroit, where director Zack Snyder has been filming his Man of Steel follow-up Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The photos, which were posted by Instagram user amacro13, have not been verified by Warner Bros. — but the car does look like it belongs in Gotham City. Slashfilm points out that the design is very similar to the Batmobile from the videogame Arkham Knight, which is being released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in June 2015. Based on the angles of the new pictures, it’s difficult to compare this Batmobile to the first official photos tweeted by Snyder, which show only the hood and rear wheels of the car.
Zack Snyder’s official tweet of the new Batmobile
If this is indeed the new Batmobile, it has a very different feel from the vehicles used in previous Batman films. The Batmobile introduced in the 1989 movie Batman resembled the sinuous art deco cars of the ’30s and ‘40s. Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy reinvented the Batmobile as a compact, military-type vehicle, modeled as a cross between a Lamborghini and a tank. This new Batmobile resembles a race car more than a classic car, but seems less industrial than the Nolan Batmobile. Its most intriguing new feature is the doors, which appear to open by rising up like wings, then close to form the car’s cockpit.
Michael Caine with the Batmobile in ‘The Dark Knight’
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