Trivia: A point in the score from Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher, by Joe Kraemer, inspired The Batman's signature motif by Michael Giacchino. After the phone call between Jack and Helen when he warns her potentially not to trust her father, he's driving across a bridge and the music is almost identical to the "bom...bombom...bom" theme from this movie. (01:26:50)
Trivia: The film's working title was "Vengeance."
Trivia: There is an extra scene after the credits roll. A computer screen pops up with a question mark and the word goodbye?
Trivia: This film was originally intended to be an entry in the DCEU, with Ben Affleck reprising the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, as well as directing. However, Affleck became disinterested in continuing to play the character, so the film was re-imagined as a standalone story.
Trivia: Robert Pattinson auditioned for the role by wearing Val Kilmer's batsuit from the film "Batman Forever." Warner Bros. had several old batsuits in storage that have been used when new actors screentest for the role. In fact, one of Kilmer's batsuits was also used when Christian Bale auditioned for the part for Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins."
Trivia: Jonah Hill was reportedly up for the role of either Penguin or the Riddler, but he dropped out early in production.
Trivia: Robert Pattison's casting as Batman was met with some backlash online. Some fans even created online petitions on websites like Change.org to try to get him fired. Former Batman actor Christian Bale supported Pattison, and likened the situation to the casting of Heath Ledger as the Joker in "The Dark Knight," as Ledger's casting was met with initial disdain. And, just like Ledger, Pattinson's performance was similarly met with typically stellar reviews when the film was finally released.
Trivia: Is the longest Batman movie ever released in theaters, and the second-longest theatrical superhero film of all time behind "Avengers: Endgame." (Which was only about six minutes longer that this movie).
Trivia: Colin Farrell reportedly went out and grabbed a coffee during a break in filming while he was in his prosthetic Penguin makeup. The prosthetic makeup was so convincing in-person that literally nobody realised it was him.
Answer: In "The Dark Knight," we see Gotham State Police setting up barriers. In short, Gotham has never been shown to be anything akin to the District of Columbia, probably because Gotham is never meant to be the capital of the country.