After a lot of uncertainty, it was finally revealed in February that Matt Reeves, director of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes, would be hopping aboard The Batman after Ben Affleck formally bowed out of directing duties. Reeves has been fairly vocal this week regarding the new job, and while talking to the Los Angeles Daily News, the director gave his thoughts on Bruce Wayne:
“It’s a strange thing to be involved in the two franchises which were the two that I was connected to most as a child. I just was obsessed with Batman when I was a kid. What I find so interesting about him as a character is that, as far a superhero goes, he’s not superhuman, he is a person. And he is a tortured soul who is grappling with his past and trying to find a way to be in a world that has a lot that’s wrong with it and trying to find a way to reconcile all of that … That is a really powerful character, in the same way that Caesar is such a powerful character.”
It’s a relief to know that, despite all of the initial trouble, that The Batman is in good hands with Matt Reeves, who reportedly has full creative control of the movie. That can only be a good thing!
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Originally published May 1, 2017. Updated November 23, 2019.
