Ben Wan
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min read

THE BATMAN Unused Concept Art (Halloween Special)

For Halloween, we dive into the unused concept art for The Batman, including deleted scenes, deleted Bat gadgets, and alternate looks for the characters! Ben & Andrew also brainstorm rewrites to address their criticisms of the film.

Chapters:

0:13 Episode Introduction

We covered a lot of the historical and cinematic influences on The Batman here:

Here are several links that we used to find concept art for the film, in addition to The Art of the Batman book itself:

https://twitter.com/TheBatmanFilm_/status/1560720557124988930

https://twitter.com/thebatfilm/status/1558123024087646208

https://twitter.com/thebatfilm/status/1557744568439025664

https://twitter.com/thebatfilm/status/1557731644777574400

https://twitter.com/nightwaynes/status/1557803567154618369

https://twitter.com/nightwaynes/status/1557798853310525441

https://twitter.com/nightwaynes/status/1557804683418271744

https://twitter.com/TheBatmanFilm_/status/1557734814211784704

https://twitter.com/thebatfilm/status/1557699805631066114

https://twitter.com/thebatfilm/status/1565143925996003328

https://twitter.com/thebatfilm/status/1563711051757408256

https://twitter.com/TheBatmanFilm_/status/1564273439917182978

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cax7BpZhWw4/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca8ChV_hiK2/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbJFAs_hUrn/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbdlc0-BnNq/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcBsHr4PbSF/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcjmImmLZo8/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccnn5DmuCLL/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcfYKoKq7vP/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccprs9oqBG1/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdTCbpcKwEw/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdgAM1HK9vW/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdxrRCrKrQA/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8YIDKK6hK/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeisT6mqisw/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeyjO-GqyYk/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfcEgVxKcXO/

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChUP3-iKPok/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg_r8QrK8n6/

1:45 The Riddler- Alternate Question Mark Symbol

5:44 Halloween Night Concepts- Shreck's Bar?, Drophead vs. Batman, & Batman on A Train

The concept art of Batman on the train comes from here:

https://twitter.com/Guslivesagain/status/1580948259530747904/photo/1

19:40 Batcave Concept Art & Beardless Alfred

21:06 The Iceberg Lounge & Its Hidden Backstory

22:40 The Alternate Penguin Designs

26:02 Alternate Selina Kyle/Catwoman Designs

30:16 The Original Casting Choice for Lt. Gordon

The reports that Mahershala Ali was the original choice for Gordon come from here:

https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a29220624/mahershala-ali-reportedly-nearly-joined-robert-pattinson-in-the-batman/

31:59 Batman & Selina + The Funeral

33:39 Break

Check out our link for Barkbox here.

36:42 Return from Break: Deleted Scene From the Funeral & GCPD Sequence

39:10 Alternate Batman Wingsuit/Glider

51:18 Batmobile Concept Designs

55:02 Batman at The Wayne Orphanage Concept Art

59:07 Falcone's Hideout Inspiration & A More Traditional Bruce Wayne

1:04:09 Selina vs. Falcone

1:04:46 The Riddler's Apartment & Inspirations

1:11:27 The Stadium Fight & CONFIRMATION On What's In the Syringe

1:14:21 Arkham, Joker, & Batcycle Concept Art

1:16:45 Deleted GCPD Sequence & Deleted Bat Gadgets!

1:19:56 Ben & Andrew Brainstorm an Alternate Third Act!

1:37:36 Fan Comments

1:44:52 Shoutouts: Fan Shoutouts & Social Media Promotion

Big thanks to our research assistant Dan Yamat for providing the visuals for this YouTube experience, as well as the usual QC and chapter time codes.

Thumbnail by Dan as well

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