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Rumour: Matt Reeves and Ben Affleck reportedly have different visions for The Batman

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Having boarded the project last year after Ben Affleck chose to exit the director’s chair, Matt Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes) recently completed work on the first draft of the script for Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman, and has expressed his hope that cameras could get rolling on the Dark […]

New trailer for Ridley Scott-produced vampire series The Passage

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The new teaser trailer has arrived online for Fox’s upcoming vampire thriller series The Passage. Based on Justin Cronin’s bestselling novel series of the same name, the series is produced by Ridley Scott and Matt Reeves and stars Saniyya Sidney, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Caroline Chikezie, Vincent Piazza, Jamie McShan, Brianne Howey, and Emmanuelle Chriqui; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHeJzBEyZo Based on author Justin […]

Rumour: Warner Bros. “loves” The Batman script, aiming to shoot Summer 2019

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After more than a year of working on the screenplay, it was reported last week that Matt Reeves had completed his first draft of the script for The Batman and delivered this to Warner Bros. and DC Films. Well, if a new rumour from El Mayimbe is to be believed, Warner executives are said to […]

Matt Reeves has reportedly finished The Batman script

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Having signed on to the project early last summer following Ben Affleck’s exit from the director’s chair, Matt Reeves has spent the best part of the last year working on the script for The Batman, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ planned Dark Knight solo movie. Well, it is now being reported that the War for […]

Ben Affleck remains attached to The Batman… as producer

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It’s been a year and a half now since Matt Reeves was first announced as director on The Batman, and since that time we’ve had rumour upon rumour regarding Ben Affleck’s status as the Dark Knight. Last week, Reeves offered an update on the project, revealing that he hopes to begin shooting the solo movie […]

Matt Reeves denies that The Batman is a reboot or prequel, but won’t comment on Ben Affleck’s status

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It’s one of the longest, most drawn out sagas in all of comic book moviedom, but it seems we may not have too much longer to wait until we get some official news on the status of The Batman, with writer-director Matt Reeves telling Slash Film that he expects to have his draft of the […]

Rumour: The Batman inspired by Year One, Jack Huston has met for Dark Knight role

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With the lack of any kind of official news on The Batman during Warner Bros.’ DC Films panel at San Diego Comic-Con International, it seems it’s open season once more when it comes to rumours on the Dark Knight’s next big screen outing. Now, you may want to take this with a pinch of salt, […]

Rumour: The Penguin could be the villain in The Batman or Birds of Prey

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Taking things with a pinch of salt has become paramount when it comes to discussing the ever-changing world of the DCEU, and in divulging a rumour about the potential villain in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, Variety’s Justin Kroll has tweeted a similar caveat when revealing that The Penguin could be the film’s Dark Knight nemesis. […]