Forgot password
Enter the email address you used when you joined and we'll send you instructions to reset your password.
If you used Apple or Google to create your account, this process will create a password for your existing account.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Reset password instructions sent. If you have an account with us, you will receive an email within a few minutes.
Something went wrong. Try again or contact support if the problem persists.
the batman tv spot
Image via Warner Bros.

Watch: ‘The Batman’ TV spot reveals John Turturro’s Carmine Falcone

A fresh TV spot for The Batman shows that John Turturro's mob kingpin Carmine Falcone isn't afraid of the big bad Bat.

It’s easy to get caught up in Gotham City’s flashier personalities. Matt Reeves’ The Batman is set to feature Robert Pattinson’s vengeance-obsessed take on the Dark Knight, Paul Dano’s Zodiac Killer-inspired Riddler, Colin Farrell’s brutal new Penguin, and Zoë Kravitz’s femme fatale Catwoman.

Recommended Videos

But there’s a lot more to Gotham’s criminal underworld than costumed freaks. For example, John Turturro is playing mob boss Carmine Falcone in the movie and, and the latest TV spot offers one of our first real glimpses of the crime lord in action.

Falcone doesn’t seem particularly bothered about being menaced by a guy in a suit of bat-inspired armor, dismissively saying “You think you’re gonna scare me with that mask and that cape?” I suspect he’ll be eating those words by the time the credits roll, once the action seen in other trailers is all said and done.

We know that Turturro’s Falcone will be the boss to Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot, who has been described as similar to Fredo from The Godfather movies. That indicates Falcone is a cut above your average gangster, and a key conduit for crime in Gotham.

In a recent interview, Turturro spoke about how much he enjoyed stepping into the Bat-universe.

“It was a terrific experience. I really, I really, really enjoyed it. Matt Reeves was a very collaborative director, so it was great. I’ve really liked the comic books. I like Frank Miller and my oldest [son] Amedeo works for DC Comics, and I’m a Batman fan. And a Zorro fan, too, before [that]. That was a lot of fun, but it was kind of strange, but in a great way.”

There are a number of spinoffs confirmed, with Reeves working on an HBO Max series about Farrell’s Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot, along with a police procedural set within the film’s universe. If Carmine Falcone survives this movie, it’d make sense for him to appear in both of those, so he could be a menace to the good people of Gotham for years to come, or previously given that the Gotham City PD show is set a year before The Batman.

The Batman hits theaters on March 4.


We Got This Covered is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy
Author
Image of David James
David James
I'm a writer/editor who's been at the site since 2015. Love writing about video games and will crawl over broken glass to write about anything related to Hideo Kojima. But am happy to write about anything and everything, so long as it's interesting!