‘The Batman’ Production Halt Is Giving Matt Reeves More Time To Plan Big Action Scenes
The Batmanis currently shut down due to the Joker, er, I mean the coronavirus pandemic. But directorMatt Reevesis using this delay to his advantage, and fine-tuning his upcoming Dark Knight reboot. As Reeves puts it, this downtime will give him more of the prep time he wished he had right before they started shooting, so at least there’sonepositive thing coming out of all of this.
Look, in the grand scheme of things, learning thatThe Batmanwill have more pre-production time isn’t that big of a deal. But we’ll take whatever smidgen of positive news we can get these days, folks. Now that filming onThe Batmanis paused, director Matt Reeves is going to make the most of this extra time to iron out some kinks.
“It feels like there might be an opportunity to explore some of that unexpected tone that we found,” the director told Deadline. “With these movies, you never have enough prep time, because they’re so complex and so enormous in so many ways. It also gives me a moment to think about the larger sequences that have yet to come up and how I want to realize those.”
All things considered, this is good. Reeves strikes me as a director who knows what he’s doing, and now he’s going to have even more time to nail down exactly what he wants forThe Batman. That’s a positive for fans, who will now end up getting an even more-polished film than they might have had the production not been halted.
The BatmanstarsRobert Pattinsonas the Caped Crusader, aka Bruce Wayne, backed up by a cast that includesZoë Kravitzas Selina Kyle / Catwoman,Paul Danoas Edward Nashton / The Riddler,Jeffrey Wrightas Commissioner Gordon,John Turturroas mob boss Carmine Falcone,Colin Farrellas Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin,Andy Serkisas Alfred, andPeter Sarsgaardas a new character, District Attorney Gil Colson. Production onThe Batmanhas been indefinitely suspended for the time being, and we really don’t know when it might start up again. For the time being, the film is scheduled for a July 02, 2025, but that’s bound to change if the production remains halted for a long period of time.
