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Jeffery Wright: THE BATMAN’s Batman is “The World’s Greatest Detective”

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Jeffery Wright as Jim Gordon in THE BATMAN

Jeffery Wright — who plays GCPD’s James Gordon in THE BATMAN — recently appeared on Sirus/XM radio and talked a bit about the film and the trailer released at DC FanDome.  The video is below, but here are a few highlights…

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  • He didn’t recognize Colin Farrell in makeup as The Penguin!
  • Confirmed that they are going back to work “next month” — which backs up the reports that THE BATMAN will resume production in September.
  • When he read the script, his reaction was “Yeah, yeah…this is ON it.”
  • The script is “…beholden to the idea that Batman is the ‘World’s Greatest Detective.'”
  • How The Batmobile was described in the script was very appealing to him.
  • The script had a “groundedness” about it that really struck him.  Gotham is very “assessable.”
  • The tone of the film is “…really emotional, provocative, and psychological.”
  • The trailer does not include any CGI — it was all photographed.

RELATED: BOF’s “Everything About THE BATMAN Page”

He said a lot of other cool stuff about THE BATMAN — including the “Holmes/Watson” dynamic between Batman and Gordon — so make sure you check out the full video below! – Bill “Jett” Ramey


Filming of THE BATMAN is currently filming in the UK.  Follow BOF’s Everything About THE BATMAN Page.  Make plans to attend BOF’s THE BATMAN Watch Party.  THE BATMAN hits theaters on October 1, 2021.

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Bill "Jett" Ramey
Bill “Jett” Ramey isn’t just a Batman fan — he’s one of the founding fathers of the online Batman community. As the creator and Editor-in-Chief of Batman-On-Film.com, the original and longest-running Batman news and commentary site, Jett helped carve the very bedrock of modern fan internet press. If there is a Mount Rushmore of this stuff, his face is already up there — sunglasses on, arms crossed, probably telling someone to calm down. A lifelong Dark Knight disciple, Jett has spent decades championing filmmaker‑driven Batman stories, cutting through fanboy noise with a Texas‑sized dose of honesty, and keeping the conversation smart, civil, and drama‑free. He’s the BOF Godfather — the guy who was here before the hashtags, before the clickbait, before the algorithms… and he’s still here, still talking Batman, still calling it straight. When he steps out of Gotham, Jett is pure Texas. He bleeds Dallas Cowboys blue, blasts Elvis and rock ’n’ roll, and has a deep appreciation for cold beer, dive bars, and Texas Longhorns football. He works out, he cooks, and he can grill like a man who’s earned the right to say “don’t assume” when he tells you he lives in the great state of Texas. He shares that home with his wife — “Announcer Rachel” — and their dogs: Gracelin the Labradoodle and Presley, a rescue pup named after the King himself.