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Matt Reeves’ Batman Epic Crime Saga is going to be rooted in reality, as stated by the director of the film himself. While not the first attempt at making Batman look feasible in the real world, Matt Reeves has made it clear that audiences will not be seeing some of Batman’s more supernatural villains in the world that he is constructing.
Mike Marino, who was the makeup designer onThe Penguin, however, has some different ideas for how the Batman Epic Crime Saga could include some of Batman’s more science-fiction and fantasy-leaning villains. Marino spoke to IGN about how he thinks he could bring these characters to life.
Mike Marino wants to pull from real-world skin conditions to make Batman’s more fantastical rogues gallery come alive
Speaking withIGN, Mike Marino spoke about how he likes to look into the various conditions that develop on the human skin. This could allow the make-up designer to translate some of Batman’s more science-fiction and fantasy-themed villains such as Mr. Freeze and Clay Face into Reeves’ grounded and realistic world. He said:
There’s so many outstanding colors that come out of nature and strange textures and bubbles and all this crazy stuff that there’s so much room to base a weird character like Clayface or Two-Face, and keep it super real and reference that’s out there.
It could be completely based in reality. So there’s so many things to draw from. So I think that there’s really an opportunity to do something new and unique for other characters.
The makeup designer has quite the arsenal of references in his back pocket to allow the artist to adapt even the zaniest Batman villains in a realistic light. Be it the pulp-leaning Mr. Freeze, with his body suit and obsession with suspended animation, or Poison Ivy, whose skin grew green as a symbol of her connection with The Green.
There are a slew of Batman villains that would be great for the Epic Crime Saga
Hugo Strange, Calendar Man, The Joker, Deadshot, or even Firefly: all of these characters make for some very compelling villains in a setting that does away with most fantasy concepts that make up the mythos of The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan also adapted characters like Bane and Ra’s al Ghul in a grounded setting, butMatt Reevesmight not be interested in making such translations after all.
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The Batman Epic Crime Saga has a unique flavor to it, given that it deals with a very young Bruce Wayne and an inexperienced Bruce Wayne, who is still trying to figure out how he can be Batman properly. Further, Reeves seems to be dwelling on the history of Gotham and the Wayne family, which is making Batman’s story not only about coping but also about redeeming what fans thought was a clear and pristine part of an otherwise corrupt system.
The BatmanandThe Penguincan be streamed on HBO Max
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