Batman Can’t Handle the Bing Bong

Batman (Robert Pattinson) chases down the villain behind the “bing bong” in the above cross-promotional spot for Warner Bros.’ new film, The Batman, and ESPN’s SportsCenter, with a little social media trendsetting thrown in for fun.

Taking off of the #bingbong hashtag that’s all over TikTok and Instagram, ESPN worked with Los Angeles-based creative agency Compadre to incorporate several seemingly disparate stories – The Batman, SportsCenter, the New York Knicks (or in this case, the Gotham Knights), Knicks’ star player R.J. Barrett and finally, the mysterious Bing Bong.

Compadre could only use footage culled from The Batman’s official trailer to produce the mash-up, calling for some additional shooting with Barrett and SportsCenter talent Elle Duncan as well as some creative VFX in post.

Compadre worked remotely with SportsCenter to capture Duncan’s reporting on Barrett and later shot Barrett on site in New York, creating a neo-noir look to match the tone of the trailer.

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