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Andrew Scott’s new Netflix series is getting rave reviews

The new Netflix show, Ripley, aired today, and is already receiving positive reviews from critics. Starring Fleabag’s Andrew Scott in the titular role, the eight-episode series is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr Ripley. The story follows Scott’s character as he takes on a job assignment to take a trip to Italy in an attempt to persuade his employer’s son, Dickie Greenleaf (played by Johnny Flynn), to return home from Europe. As the series progresses, Tom Ripley works his way into the lives of Dickie and his girlfriend Marge (Dakota Fanning) and the story takes a dark turn. Advertisement The novel has been adapted several times before, most famously in 1999 with a feature film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow in the lead roles. Now, the psychological thriller story takes its form in a television series, shot entirely in black and white. [embedded content] Recommended The Guardian’s five-star review, written by Lucy Mangan, praises the talent of the star-studded cast, saying on Scott: “At the heart of it all, and in virtually every scene, is Scott … There is something for everyone to relate to in him – a dark everyman figure. There… Read More →

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Hear Beechwood Sparks’ “Torn In Two”

Beechwood Sparks return with their first new music for 12 years. You can hear “Torn In Two” below. DAVID BOWIE IS ON THE COVER OF THE LATEST UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE “Torn In Two” is taken from their upcoming studio album, Across The River Of Stars, which is released on July 19 by Curation Records. Their first album since 2012’s The Tarnished Gold, Across The River Of Stars has been produced by Black Crowes‘ Chris Robinson. Across The River Of Stars will be available on vinyl, CD and DD formats. You can pre-order a copy here. The tracklisting is: My Love, My LoveTorn in TwoFalling ForeverGentle SamuraiGemFaded GloryDolphin DanceHigh NoonWild Swans

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Nico – The Marble Index/Desertshore (reissues, 1968, ’70)

At once terminally forbidding and inexhaustibly alluring, Nico’s The Marble Index belongs among those ultra-modernist works that stand aside from their art without regard for the consequences. Like James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake or Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, it seems destined to offer an eternal challenge even to those who choose to fall under its obscure spell. This latest reissue, coupled with Desertshore, its successor/sibling, demonstrates that five and a half decades have failed to dent a vital component of its greatness: an obstinate refusal to explain itself or to succumb to the pattern whereby the avant-garde is absorbed and neutralised by the mainstream. There may never come a time when The Marble Index will not be avant-garde. DAVID BOWIE IS ON THE COVER OF THE LATEST UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE After Nico’s departure from The Velvet Underground in 1967 and the baroque-folk mish-mash of her debut solo album, Chelsea Girl, it represented a complete self-reinvention, jettisoning not just the reliance on other (male) songwriters but the version of the look of a classic ’60s blonde – the Berlin to Catherine Deneuve’s Paris or Julie Christie’s London – that had brought her work as a model and the attention… Read More →

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Ride – Interplay

Bliss it was to be alive in 1990, but to be young was very heaven. When Ride first stormed out of the gates in that shoegaze spring, they had an irresistible coltish energy to them. The presiding eminences of the time (My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, House Of Love and The Stone Roses) had all already been around the block a few times, and made their youthful missteps away from the public eye. But the Oxford four-piece emerged blinking into the immediate glare of public acclaim, knocking out immaculate EP after EP like a teenage Robbie Fowler racking up the hat-tricks. No second thoughts, no calculation, just the sheer thrill of a moment they seized quite brilliantly. DAVID BOWIE IS ON THE COVER OF THE LATEST UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Did the immediacy of the rise overwhelm them? In retrospect they seem like a classic case of a band that stalled on The Difficult Third Album. They were keen to move on from the movement that threatened to define them (driving “Leave Them All Behind” into the Top 10 was a swaggering statement of intent), uncertain of exactly where to chart their course, and swept up in the… Read More →

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I’m New Here – Oisin Leech

“It was this mixture of total excitement and total fear,” says Oisin Leech of his decision to make a solo album. “I had no idea what was going to happen. But when we’d finished, Steve Gunn turned to me and said: ‘I think you’ve done something special here. There’s not many people making records like this.’” DAVID BOWIE IS ON THE COVER OF THE LATEST UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Produced by Gunn, Cold Sea is Leech’s first venture outside of The Lost Brothers, the folk duo he formed with Mark McCausland in 2008. It finds the singer-songwriter reaching into his ancestral roots for an exquisite set of lambent folk songs that reflect the harsh beauty of his ocean-facing surroundings. Recorded in an old schoolhouse in Malin, at Ireland’s northern tip, Cold Sea maps exile, love, loss and healing via erudite guitar and judicious use of synths and strings. Gunn is a discreet presence too, as are guests M. Ward, Dylan’s upright bassist Tony Garnier and bouzouki veteran Dónal Lunny, co-founder of Planxty and The Bothy Band. Advertisement “The album is inspired by that landscape,” says Leech. “My mum and her family come from Donegal, where we made the… Read More →

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Total Blam-Blam! Inside this month’s free Uncut CD

Jessica Pratt, Michael Head, Khruangbin and more appear on our latest free CD All copies of the May 2024 issue of Uncut come with a free, 15-track CD – Total Blam-Blam – that showcases the wealth of great new music on offer this month, from Jessica Pratt, Michael Head and Khruangbin to Mint Mile, Gospelbrach and Arthur Melo. Now dive in… DAVID BOWIE IS ON THE COVER OF THE LATEST UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Advertisement 1 MINT MILESunbreaking Silkworm’s Tim Midyett returns with the second Mint Mile album, Roughrider, mixing up the sounds of his old band with the ragged swing of Pavement and Crazy Horse, and some gorgeous chamber accompaniment. 2 JESSICA PRATTWorld On A String Advertisement Here In The Pitch, the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s Quiet Signs, is our Album Of The Month on page XX. Here’s a highlight of this seductive, velveteen folk record, with Pratt’s strummed nylon-string acoustic and echoing voice gradually joined by a haze of Mellotron synths, keys and sparse drums. Truly magical. 3 MICHAEL HEAD & THE RED ELASTIC BANDAmbrosia Another masterclass in songwriting here from Michael Head, and a highlight of his new album Loophole, produced once again by Bill Ryder-Jones. Following 2017’s Adios Senor… Read More →

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NxWorries announce new album, share new single ’86Sentra’

NxWorries, the duo of Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge, have announced their sophomore album, ‘Why Lawd?’. Last night (April 3), NxWorries (pronounced “No Worries”) took to social to announce the upcoming record, which is due for release on June 7 via Stones Throw. Further information surrounding their second studio album remain unknown at this time, including its tracklisting and cover art. The duo shared on Instagram that more information will be shared “soon”. In the meantime, the pair of .Paak and Knxwledge have shared a new single, ’86Sentra’, along with an official visualiser to accompany the track. The newly released track is taken off the upcoming record ‘Why Lawd?’. Advertisement Set to a slick, smooth beat from Knxweldge as .Paak spits about being on par with some of rap’s best: “And we can go toe to toe anyone you know / Young or old they get drove in the hearses / I just did the Super Bowl halftime show with the GOATs / Why the fuck would I wanna do a Verzuz”. Listen to NxWorries’ ’86Sentra’ below. [embedded content] Recommended ‘Why Lawd?’ is due to arrive eight years after NxWorries dropped their debut album ‘Yes Lawd!’ in 2016. NxWorries formed in… Read More →

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Kirsten Dunst was “miserable” shooting iconic upside-down kiss in ‘Spider-Man’

Actress Kirsten Dunst has opened up about her iconic upside-down kiss scene in Spider-Man, saying it was a “miserable” experience. Dunst played the role of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi’s trilogy of Spider-Man films that starred Tobey Maguire: Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). In the scene from the 2002 film Dunst is referring to, Mary Jane removes Spider-Man’s mask halfway to give him a “thank you” kiss in the pouring rain as he hangs upside down. Speaking on ITV’s Jonathan Ross Show, Dunst said: “I remember Sam Raimi giving me a book of famous kisses to be inspired, but also he really wanted to make it special, even though it was kind of miserable actually doing it. It was pouring with rain, freezing, Tobey couldn’t breathe so it was almost like I was resuscitating him.” Advertisement Maguire has also spoken about the difficulty of filming the scene two years ago for the film’s 20th anniversary and said he was “practically suffocating” performing the scene. “It was really tough, actually. It was really challenging. They’d yell cut, and I would be (gasping for air), totally out of breath. It was torture. It makes you realise how important oxygen is,” he said at the… Read More →

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An Audience With… John Sinclair

It’s almost 60 years since John Sinclair co-founded The Detroit Artists Workshop, hoping to stir up some radical jazz action; a terrific new compilation on Strut is testament to his efforts in that field. But by 1968, Sinclair had achieved greater notoriety as manager of the incendiary rock group MC5, affiliating them with his White Panther Party and proposing a “total assault on the culture by any means necessary, including rock’n’roll, dope, and fucking in the streets”. DAVID BOWIE IS ON THE COVER OF THE LATEST UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Sinclair spent two years in prison on trumped-up marijuana charges before a freedom rally headlined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono hastened his release. Since then, he’s recorded more than 20 albums of jazzy beat poetry, as well as almost 1,000 shows for Radio Free Amsterdam. But now he’s back in downtown Detroit, feeling glummer than ever about the prospects of cultural revolution. Advertisement “They’re bringing in new white people!” he complains. Gentrification? “Call it what you will. Ugliness is what I call it. They aren’t doing anything for the black people who went through years of awfulness. This used to be a dope area, now it’s all… Read More →

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SHINee’s Onew signs with new label Griffin Entertainment

SHINee singer Onew has signed with Griffin Entertainment, just a month after leaving longtime agency SM Entertainment. Griffin Entertainment announced that SHINee’s Onew had signed with the company today (April 3) in a statement to South Korea news outlet Sports Kyunghang. “We are happy to be together with Onew on his new start,” the agency said, as translated by Soompi. “Griffin Entertainment will not spare any effort so that we can become the artist’s sanctuary,” the label added. The company also said in its statement that it is “dedicated to safeguarding and nurturing our artists”, adding that it “strive[s] to provide a sanctuary where artists can thrive and let their distinct gifts and talents illuminate the world”. Onew later confirmed his new record deal in an announcement on Instagram, alongside new profile photos of himself: “You’ve waited long, haven’t you? Thank you!” The singer is notably the first artist to sign with the newly launched agency. Advertisement Onew had been with longtime agency SM Entertainment since at least 2008, when he debuted as a member of K-pop boyband SHINee. However, the singer left the agency last month after 18 years, as confirmed by SM Entertainment. Recommended Onew is the second member… Read More →

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Adele announces rescheduled Las Vegas residency dates following illness

Adele has rescheduled several dates on her Las Vegas residency after they were postponed due to illness. The singer-songwriter paused five weekends worth of dates of her long-running residency due to go ahead last month at The Colosseum, Caesar’s Palace in February after revealing that she had fallen ill “at the end of the last leg and all the way through my break”. The dates affected were March 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 and 29 and 30. Advertisement Now, she has taken to Instagram to reveal that the five weekends have now been rescheduled to the weekends of October 25-26, November 1-2, 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23. Adele also wrote that all “ticket holders for the postponed dates will be sent an email regarding their new allocated date”. Recommended In late October last year, the singer-songwriter announced that she would be extending her ‘Weekends With Adele’ residency. It was originally expected to end in June. The residency originally began in November 2022, having been postponed at the last minute in January of that year. In January of this year, Adele said she would embark on a world tour on her next album cycle. In the middle of a Vegas show,… Read More →

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Drummer Gerry Conway has died aged 76

Gerry Conway, the drummer best known for his work with Fairport Convention and their wider folk-rock circle, has died at the age of 76. Conway passed away on Saturday (March 29) after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago. Born in Norfolk and brought up in London, he formed Eclection with Trevor Lucas in 1968, and through him came to be a member of Fotheringay, Sandy Denny‘s post-Fairport group. Advertisement He was also an in-demand session drummer, and in the ’70s performed on albums by Iain Matthews, John Cale, Steeleye Span, Mike McGear, Shelagh McDonald, Al Stewart, Denny and Cat Stewart, his long association with the latter beginning with 1971’s Teaser And The Firecat and running until the singer-songwriter’s retirement at the end of the decade. In the 1980s he played with Richard Thompson, Jethro Tull and Pentangle – the latter’s Jacqui McShee his long-term partner – before joining Fairport Convention as a permanent member in 1998, a trifling 25 years after he appeared on three songs on their album Rosie. He remained with the group until he became ill in 2022. In a warm note to “our dear friend and former drummer” on their website, Fairport wrote:… Read More →

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aespa’s Karina and Lee Jae-wook break up a month after going public with their relationship

aespa singer Karina and South Korean actor Lee Jae-wook have broken up, their agencies have confirmed. Today (April 2), South Korean news outlet TenAsia reported that aespa’s Karina and Lee Jae-wook have broken up, just a little over a month after the pair went public with their relationship in late-February 2024. In response to the report, a representative from Lee’s agency C-JeS Studios confirmed that the pair have “decided on the breakup in order to focus on the project he is currently filming”, per Newsen via Soompi. Advertisement “The two decided to remain as colleagues who support each other,” the entertainment agency added. “They will each greet [fans] through good activities from their respective positions going forward. Please show lots of warm interest and support.” Karina’s agency, SM Entertainment, also touched on the report in a brief statement to XportsNews: “It is true they broke up.” Back in February, news outlet Dispatch reported that aespa’s Karina and Lee Jae-wook first met at the Prada fashion show in Milan on January 14, with an anonymous source close saying that it was “love at first sight”. Later that same month, Lee and his agency announced their intention to take legal action over “false information”… Read More →

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Shakira admits that her sons hated ‘Barbie’ because “they felt that it was emasculating”

Shakira has shared her thoughts on Barbie, revealing that her two sons “hated it” because “they felt that it was emasculating”. The artist was asked in an interview with Allure if she had seen the Greta Gerwig-directed film, which came out last summer, to which she said that she had. “My sons absolutely hated it. They felt that it was emasculating,” she said. “And I agree, to a certain extent. I’m raising two boys. I want ’em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women. Advertisement “I like pop culture when it attempts to empower women without robbing men of their possibility to be men, to also protect and provide. I believe in giving women all the tools and the trust that we can do it all without losing our essence, without losing our femininity. I think that men have a purpose in society and women have another purpose as well. We complement each other, and that complement should not be lost.” Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’ CREDIT: Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. Shakira released her new album, ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’, last month. In a four-star review, NME wrote: “With a career that spans four decades, she continues to push the envelope… Read More →

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SHINee’s Taemin signs with Big Planet Made after leaving SM Entertainment

SHINee singer Taemin has officially signed with Big Planet Made, shortly after leaving longtime agency SM Entertainment. Big Planet Made announced today (April 1) in a statement to South Korean outlet Star News that the company has “signed an exclusive contract with singer Taemin, who is unparalleled in his activities both as SHINee’s main dancer and as a solo artist”, per Soompi. “We will actively support Taemin’s wide range of activities in his music career, and we will do our utmost so that he can soar in broader places and in a variety of directions. We ask that you give lots of support and love to Taemin as he makes a new start,” the label continued. Welcome to Big Planet Made, TAEMIN!#태민 #TAEMIN#BPM #BigPlanetMade pic.twitter.com/wZwULvT2IP — BPM official (@bpmentofficial) March 31, 2024 Advertisement Big Planet Made first launched as a music label in 2021, and is home to the likes of artists such as VIVIZ, Lee Mu-jin, Ha Sung-woon, NU’EST’s Ren and more. SISTAR’s Soyou was the first artist to ever sign with the company, but left the label in February this year. Taemin confirmed his departure from SM Entertainment last month, telling fans that the decision was actually made… Read More →

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Now Azealia Banks and KT Tunstall are best friends on social media after ‘Cowboy Carter’ claims

Azealia Banks and KT Tunstall have struck up an unlikely friendship in the aftermath of comments made by the former about Beyoncé’s new album ‘Cowboy Carter’. Banks has been openly critical about Queen Bey’s new country-influenced musical direction, describing it as “white women cosplay” and stating that she feels the singer is “setting herself up to be ridiculed”. In her latest outburst after hearing the album, Banks complained about the absence of Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, before claiming that she “personally would have jumped out of my seat for a KT Tunstall appearance” on the record. Advertisement Responding to the comment by sharing NME‘s article, Tunstall has since replied on social media, jokingly writing: “To be fair, I’d have 100% got off the couch.” To be fair, I’d have 100% got off the couch https://t.co/RtqSkiJVxX — KT Tunstall (@KTTunstall) March 29, 2024 The back-and-forth has continued, with Banks quoting Tunstall’s response and replying on Instagram: “’Suddenly I See’ is one of my favorite songs @kttunstall! I’m still banging that jawn!!” “You know how to craft such joyful, traveling and effervescent melodies. And your lyricism is so vicersral [sic]..magical melodies that and big black horse and cherry tree!” Tunstall herself replied to Banks’ comment, saying:… Read More →

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Rina Sawayama and YOASOBI to appear at NewJeans fan meeting in Tokyo

Rina Sawayama and YOASOBI are set to join NewJeans at their two-date fan meeting in Tokyo in June. It was announced earlier this week that the two-day fan-meet concert, called the ‘Bunnies Camp 2024’, will take place on June 26 and 27 at the Tokyo Dome. And now, a poster for the shows has revealed that YOASOBI and Sawayama will be part of the shows, as “special guest appearances”. NewJeans Fan Meeting ‘Bunnies Camp 2024 Tokyo Dome’ 🗓️ 2024.6.26-27 📍Tokyo Dome#NewJeans #뉴진스 #BunniesCamp #BunniesCamp2024TokyoDome #NewJeans_is_Everywhere pic.twitter.com/v69kAQ6ZXO — NewJeans (@NewJeans_ADOR) March 29, 2024 Advertisement YOASOBI will be part of the first show on June 26, with Sawayama appearing at the second on June 27. NewJeans will perform 12 tracks at the shows, including four new songs, and there will be solo performances by members of the K-pop group too. Alongside news of the fan meeting, the group announced not one, but two new single albums this week. They shared the announcement via their app Phoning, where they revealed the first single album will drop on May 24, with the second arriving on June 21. The first will be called ‘How Sweet’ and will feature its title track and another song called… Read More →

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Ezra Miller recast in ‘Invincible’ after string of controversies

Ezra Miller’s role has been recast in the second series of the Amazon Prime animated superhero series Invincible. The role played by Miller, of the mad scientist D.A. Sinclair, who seeks to “improve” humanity, has now been taken over by Eric Bauza (X-Men ‘97, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Miller was embroiled in a number of legal issues in 2022, including accusations of using violence and other intimidatory methods to influence an adolescent, as well as two arrests in Hawaii – one for disorderly conduct and harassment and another for second-degree assault. Advertisement Invincible (Credit: Amazon Prime Video) They also pleaded guilty to a trespassing charge related to a burglary case in Vermont. Two other charges, of petit larceny and burglary in an unoccupied property, have been dropped. Prosecutors reportedly recommended a year’s probation, $500 (£411) fine and 89 to 90 days in a suspended sentence. In October 2022, Miller pleaded not guilty to felony burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a home in Vermont. The maximum sentence if convicted was 26 years in prison. Miller has since apologised for their past behaviour and sought treatment for “complex mental health issues”. In June 2022, it was reported that Miller would be… Read More →

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RAYE reveals that she co-wrote Beyoncé’s ‘RIIVERDANCE’ on ‘Cowboy Carter’

RAYE has revealed that she co-wrote one of Beyoncé‘s songs on ‘Cowboy Carter’. READ MORE: RAYE: “I became a ‘rent-a-verse’. People knew my songs, but they didn’t know me” The six times BRIT Awards winner has previously penned songs for Queen Bey most notably 2019’s ‘Bigger’ along with tracks for Mabel and Charli XCX, Now, she has taken to Instagram to celebrate the release of the new record, which dropped today, and share her “honour” in contributing to the LP. Advertisement Sharing a clip of herself singing along to the track, which you can listen to below, RAYE wrote: “happy COWBOY CARTER day. What an honour it is to being able to contribute my small piece to this beautiful album, and to THE @beyonce who continues to inspire all of us. Track 23 : RIIVERDANCE , co – written by me found my beat up cowboy hat i bought on my 21st birthday for this special occasion.” [embedded content] The record also features a collaboration with Miley Cyrus, a cover of Dolly Parton‘s ‘Jolene’ and The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’. Parton has since hailed Queen Bey’s re-interpretation of her classic hit, writing: “Wow, I just heard Jolene. Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and… Read More →

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The 1975’s Matty Healy shares ambient new solo track ‘Loads Of Crisps’

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has shared a new solo track, ‘Loads Of Crisps’. The song, which you can listen to below, was shared on his Soundcloud page under his Truman Black moniker. It was previously shared as a demo by the band in 2022. Back in 2019 he also posted a picture of a painting also under the same name, which he claimed he was auctioning for charity at the time. Advertisement The 1975 are currently on a hiatus, having just completed their world tour in support of their recent album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language‘. It comes after the band recently surprised fans by performing the early rarity ‘Anobrain’ live for the first time in eight years. The moment took place during the band’s run of live shows across Europe, held as part of their ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ tour at the Palladium venue in Cologne, Germany. Originally, the song was released in 2013 as part of their ‘Music For Cars’ EP, and it hasn’t been included in a setlist by the band since the end of 2016. The rarity also made it into The 1975’s follow-up show in Amsterdam the next night, as the band… Read More →

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Will Batman be in ‘The Penguin’ TV series?

The Batman’s first spin-off series The Penguin is set to debut later this year. Created by Lauren LeFranc (Impulse), the series sees Colin Farrell reprise his role as Oswald Cobblepot aka the Penguin, and follows the character’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld. READ MORE: ‘The Batman’ review: down in the dumps with Robert Pattinson’s dark knight The show takes place one week after events in 2022’s The Batman directed by Matt Reeves, who serves as a producer on the spin-off series. Advertisement Other confirmed cast members include Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone and Michael Kelly as Johnny Vitti. Will Robert Pattinson’s Batman appear in The Penguin? Robert Pattinson makes his Batman debut. CREDIT: Warner Bros. While nothing has been confirmed, there’s every possibility that Batman will make an appearance in the series. As a continuation from The Batman, it’s likely this series will tee up events for the upcoming sequel, The Batman Part 2 – which is scheduled to be released on October 2, 2026. As such, it makes sense for Robert Pattinson to make some kind of fleeting appearance to drive excitement, whether as Batman or as Bruce Wayne…. Read More →