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Zoe Kravitz in The Batman<\/i> (Photo: courtesy of Warner Bros.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the weekend, Warner Bros. released the first new trailer<\/a> for The Batman<\/em> since last summer\u2019s teaser<\/a>. The preview features some oblique glimpses of Paul Dano\u2019s Riddler, a little more of Colin Farrell\u2019s Penguin, lots of Robert Batinson. But who are we all kidding? Zo\u00eb<\/span> Kravitz<\/a> is the center piece of this trailer\u2014literally, kinda; she first appears almost exactly in the middle of it! So, what did we learn about her character? Let\u2019s over-analyze, shall we?<\/p>\n

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Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman<\/i> (Image: courtesy of Warner Bros.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s what we already knew: Kravitz plays Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, Batman\u2019s long-time foe\/love interest. The first teaser trailer showed the master thief breaking into a safe and later sparring with the Caped Crusader wearing what looked a utilitarian catsuit and balaclava that suggested a black version of the pink pussy hats worn by Women\u2019s March<\/a> demonstrators in recent years. Writer\/director Matt Reeves has said<\/a> that while The Batman <\/em>won\u2019t be yet another origin story for the superhero, it will explore the origins of some of his iconic adversaries, like Selina Kyle. It\u2019s reasonable to assume, then, that this may not be her ultimate Catwoman costume.<\/p>\n

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Zoe Kravitz and John Turturro filming The Batman<\/i> (Photo: MEGA\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regardless, we don\u2019t see much of the kitty ears in the new trailer. Our first glimpse of Selina is a shot of her knee-high patent leather boot stepping out of a car. That\u2019s clearly from the outfit captured by photographers while filming in Liverpool last October. It\u2019s worth noting this look, not just because it\u2019s stunning and suggests that this Selina Kyle will be something of a chameleon who wears different wigs for different situations\u2014and, we assume, different schemes\u2014but also because she\u2019s wearing it in a scene with John Turturro, who plays mob boss Carmine Falcone. Kravitz has said<\/a> that she read the classic Batman: Year One<\/em> storyline to prepare for her role, and in that story and the mythos that evolved from it, it\u2019s heavily suggested that Selina has some familial connection to the Falcone crime syndicate. And as Kravitz told<\/a> filmmaker Lu Chuan this weekend, \u201cSo much of this particular story is about [Selina\u2019s] history.\u201d She also suggested that her version of the character is in deep with some bad people: when she\u2019s not cat-burglarizing, she moonlights at a nightclub owned by the Penguin and frequented by mobsters\u2014which probably explains the gaudy red bob we see her wearing at one point.<\/p>\n

But, as she tells Batman, Selina can take care of herself. According to Kravitz, the character is searching for a missing friend who might be connected to the big mystery that Batman is trying to solve. Of course, anytime a friend of Selina\u2019s is involved, comics fans are going to assume it\u2019s Holly Robinson, Catwoman\u2019s queer former junkie bestie and occasional sidekick\/prot\u00e9g\u00e9. (Juno Temple played a version of the character in The Dark Knight Rises<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

If all that comic book lore is too in-the-weeds for you, suffice to say that in Reeves\u2019s neo-noir take on Batman, Kravitz\u2019s Selina Kyle will likely fill the role of the classic femme fatale: a woman with secrets who entices our hero, but probably can\u2019t be trusted. \u201cMaybe we\u2019re not so different,\u201d we hear Selina telling Batman in the trailer, and there are several shots of the two getting super close on rooftops, including in this iconic Bat and Cat silhouette:<\/p>\n

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Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman<\/i> (Image: courtesy of Warner Bros.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kravitz and Patinson have both promised plenty of romance between their characters, but Selina is clearly a lover and<\/em> a fighter. Note all the tough girl cartilage piercings and the shots of her loading the clip into a handgun. We also see glimpses of Selina kickboxing and jumping off roofs. And forgive the clich\u00e9, but this kitty has claws! If you pause the trailer in just the right spots you can see that, unlike Anne Hathaway<\/a>\u2019s more subtle take on Catwoman, Kravitz\u2019s manicure looks truly dangerous. As Kravitz herself says in her chat with Chuan, \u201cOne of my favorite things about Selina in this film is that you really can\u2019t get a handle on her. You think she\u2019s one thing and she shifts into something else.\u201d Hence the wigs, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":38112,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,3324,16],"yoast_head":"\nEverything We Think We Know About Zo\u00eb Kravitz\u2019s Catwoman in the New \u2018Batman\u2019 Trailer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zo\u00eb Kravitz's Catwoman is all over the new trailer for The Batman. So, what did we learn about her character? 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