Behind the scenes: Designing the Batman motorcycle
There’s a sense of self-sufficiency that’s deeply ingrained in the Batman mythos. Bruce Wayne has no superpowers?just his intellect, combat skills and gadgets. That, and a Batcave full of fantastical vehicles.
The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson, offers a darker and grittier take on the caped crusader than we’ve seen before. The production design is incredible; Gotham feels suitably grim, and the Batmobile is one of the best to ever grace the big screen. Mr. Reeves clearly likes motorcycles too, because this movie has three of ’em.
Batman has the Batcycle, Bruce Wayne cruises around on a beat-up café racer [above] when he wants to remain incognito, and Catwoman exclusively travels on two wheels. Her ride is a BMW R nineT that sources tell us was customized by Kaichiroh Kurosu at Cherry’s Company. But the other two, and the Batmobile, were designed by Ash Thorp. Ash Thorp is a multi-discipline digital artist with a wild imagination. He’s know for the CGI ‘kit-bashing’ automobile customizations that he creates as one half of Make.Haste.Corp., and he?s one of Ken Block?s collaborative vehicle design partners.
He also worked on various designs for the 2017 film Ghost in the Shell, which inadvertently set him up for this job. Hollywood’s top filmmakers all run in the same circles?so when The Batman’s production designer, James Chinlund, asked Ghost in the Shell’s director, Rupe...
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