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'The Batman' debuts vintage-style Batcycle in new set pics

A man dressed as Batman sits on a motorcycle as filming continues in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
A man dressed as Batman sits on a motorcycle as filming continues in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

That new leather cowl could be doubling as a motorbike helmet, it seems, with new pictures emerging from the set of The Batman.

Shooting in Glasgow – after a stint in London – the new Bruce Wayne (likely Twilight star Robert Pattinson’s stunt double) has been snapped astride a vintage-style motorbike.

Read more: First look at the new Batsuit from The Batman

The murky shots see the brooding motorcyclist in a functional-looking Bat suit, as a small roller skate of a sports car, with a camera mounted on it, prepares to film alongside him.

A man rides in a racing car as filming continues in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
A man rides in a racing car as filming continues in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

The shoot is happening by the famous Necropolis cemetery, to the north west of the city centre, with cars being redressed with Gotham City number plates.

The stunt double is also seen riding through the grand Victorian cemetery on the Batcycle.

A City of Gotham number plate is fitted on a car during filming in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
A City of Gotham number plate is fitted on a car during filming in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Could it be Bruce visiting the graves of his parents? This would tally with the movie's shooting name, which, according to the clapperboards, appears to be 'Vengeance'.

Read more: First set pic from The Batman

Bruce Wayne's parents were famously slain in the comics, driving the young Bruce towards his fate as Gotham's dark knight.

A man dressed as Batman during filming at the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery for a new movie for the surperhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
A man dressed as Batman during filming at the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery for a new movie for the surperhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Since we first saw the new Batsuit, thanks to some test shots from director Matt Reeves posted online, there's also speculation that the bat insignia could be the dismantled weapon of their murderer, Joe Chill.

A man dressed as Batman during filming at the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery for a new movie for the surperhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
A man dressed as Batman during filming at the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery for a new movie for the surperhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Not much is known about how Reeves' movie will pan out, but it's thought that it will focus on Batman as detective as much as masked vigilante.

It will also see him encounter a wealth of classic Batman villains, including Paul Dano's Riddler, Colin Farrell's Penguin and John Turturro's crime boss Carmine Falcone.

A clapperboard is clicked as filming continues in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
A clapperboard is clicked as filming continues in Glasgow for a new movie for the Batman superhero franchise. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Elsewhere, Zoe Kravitz is playing Catwoman, alongside Andy Serkis's Alfred Pennyworth and Jeffrey Wright's Commissioner Jim Gordon.

The movie lands in June, 2021.