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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, […]

Rumoured details on the villains for The Batman and Suicide Squad 2

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With plenty of news expected to come out of the Warner Bros. adn DC Films panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International later today, we’ve got another story from the DC rumour mill, with vlogger Grace Randolph claiming to have the inside scoop on the villains for two future DCEU releases in The Batman and […]

Latest rumours on The Batman suggest it will be a reboot, but could still exist within the DCEU

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Last week it was rumoured that Warner Bros. DC Films and director Matt Reeves will be rebooting the Dark Knight with a new actor under the cape and cowl, and that The Batman may potentially exist within the same universe as Todd Phillips’ Joker origin movie as opposed to the DC Extended Universe. Well, another […]

Rumour: The Batman may take place in the same universe as the Joker origin movie rather than the DCEU

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Just days after it was reported that Matt Reeves’ The Batman is being eyed as a “reboot for a new standalone franchise”, we have another rumour about the Dark Knight solo movie, this time claiming that it will not be part of the DC Extended Universe, but could instead exist in the same world as Todd […]

Latest rumours on The Batman claim it will be a standalone reboot featuring a younger Dark Knight

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I’m not sure there’s ever been a movie that’s had as much unconfirmed reports, fake news and speculation surrounding it as Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman, but until we get some official news from the studio (at Comic-Con, perhaps), it seems the rumour mill is going to continue churning. The latest piece of […]

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. […]

Rumour: The Flash movie ditching Flashpoint storyline

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During last year’s Comic-Con, Warner Bros. announced that it had changed up its plans for The Flash, revealing that the planned solo movie for Ezra Miller’s Scarlet Speedster would instead adapt the Flashpoint comic book storyline, which features a depowered Barry Allen in an alternate DC universe. Having passed through the hands of directors Seth […]

The Batman director Matt Reeves reveals his favourite Batman comics

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Having finished up his work on the Planet of the Apes franchise last year, filmmaker Matt Reeves remains hard at work on development on The Batman, the first Dark Knight solo movie of the DC Extended Universe. At present, we know very little about Reeves’ plans – we don’t even know for certain whether Ben […]