See the Brilliant Unused Batcycle in "Justice League" Concept Art by Ed Natividad


Check out Justice League concept art by Ed Natividad!


Justice League is now on DVD. While the movie got mixed reviews it was often praised for its inventive visual style. Batman has a new arsenal of amazing weapons and equipment.

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Recently, one of the talented artists working on the film shared some of his illustrations. Ed Natividad is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget projects like Transformers: Age of Extinction, Man of Steel, and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

"Justice League" Bat-Cycle Concept Art

One piece of Batman's equipment that wasn't shown in Justice League is the Batcycle. The Batcycle wasn't seen in the movie. Instead, Batman relied on his Batmobile, a carrier named "The Flying Fox" and an armored transport nicknamed "Nightcrawler" or "Knight Crawler".

Ed Natividad recently shared artwork of the unused cycle and it was picked up by Chris Begley at Batman-News.

I reached out to Ed to find out why the Batcycle wasn't used in the film. "The Batcycle was proposed as a new form of transport for Batman," Natividad said. "However it was superseded in favor of the Knight Crawler. Zack Snyder felt the cycle did not reflect the 'team' dynamic and needed something that would carry at least three of the members."



Begley pointed out that it's very similar to a design shared by production designer Patrick Tatopoulos on Instagram.


The Batcycle was prominently used on the 60's TV show and a variation of it used in the Christopher Nolan film The Dark Knight.

"Justice League" Nightcrawler Concept Art






"Justice League" Batmobile Concept Art


There's a lot more amazing artwork so head to Ed Natividad's portfolio at http://ednatividad.com

Click on the links if you want to see more of Ed Natividad's work or Justice League artwork on my blog.

About Justice League

Official synopsis: "Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions."
Directed by Zack Snyder
Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons, CiarĂ¡n Hinds
Justice League was released November 17, 2017 (United States)

What do you think of the concept art? If you've seen Justice League what do you think of the look?

[Via Batman-News]

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