The roughly two-minute teaser showcased a dark Gotham City overrun with crime that leaves Batman and his police partner James Gordon, played by Jeffrey Wright, to figure out a disturbing murder mystery.
“From your secret friend … Let’s play a game, just me and you,” Wright’s Gordon reads from a card left at a murder scene addressed to “the Batman.”
The trailer, which is set to the haunting soundtrack of “Something in the Way” by Nirvana, had all the familiar calling cards of previous Batman films. There’s a revamped Batmobile, torrential downpours and a few glimpses of Zoë Kravitz, who is playing Selina Kyle aka Catwoman.
The trailer, which has already racked up more than 7 million views in less than 24 hours, is just the start of an important marketing campaign for Warner Bros.