The Batman, the next film to portray DC's caped crusader, is currently in the works, and there's still a lot that is unclear about the project. It stars Robert Pattinson as Batman, and will be directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield). It'll premiere in October 2021, and now, thanks to the co-writer, we have some sense of what the movie is going for.

In an interview with Den of Geek, script co-writer Mattson Tomlin talked about the film, and what will make it distinct from previous Batman films, including Inception director Christopher Nolan's trilogy (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises). "It's tough to talk about, just because you want the movie to speak for itself," Tomlin said, but went on to share some details.

I think that, first of all, it’s a younger version than the most recent versions that we’ve seen," he says. Pattinson is 34, however, which actually makes him a year older than Christian Bale was he he portrayed the character.