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The Batman gets 2021 release date as Ben Affleck officially exits the role

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We’ve been hearing more and more about Matt Reeves’ anticipated turn in Gotham City for The Batman and the latest piece of news from Deadline is two-fold. First off, Warner Bros. has given the film a release date of June 25th, 2021. Secondly, after so much back-and-forth on the rumour mill over the last two years, Ben Affleck […]

Matt Reeves gives an update on The Batman and his take on The Dark Knight

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Matt Reeves’ The Batman will see the hero in his detective mode, something that hasn’t been seen too much in past feature films. We don’t know exactly what to expect from Matt Reeves’ Batman movie and how it will fit in with the rest of the DCEU but there’s no doubt fans are excited for a new solo film […]

Latest rumours on The Batman suggest a 2021 release date, a new Dark Knight, and The Penguin as a villain

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With Matt Reeves said to have completed his script for The Batman, it was reported earlier this month that Warner Bros. and DC Films is looking to begin principal photography on the Dark Knight solo movie in November of this year ahead of a potential 2021 release date. If true, then we may still face […]

Matt Reeves will reportedly turn in his rewrite of The Batman before the New Year

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Since signing on to the project last summer as a replacement for Ben Affleck in the director’s chair, Matt Reeves has been hard at work shaping his vision for Warner Bros. and DC Films’ long-planned The Batman solo movie. Official updates on the film have been hard to come by – instead we’ve mainly just […]

J.K. Simmons says there is “no opportunity” for him to play Commissioner Gordon again soon

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J.K. Simmons, who played Commissioner Gordon in Justice League, has said that he doesn’t know when he will get to play the character again. While not many people were in love with 2017’s Justice League, no one seems to have much of a problem with J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon. But will we ever get […]

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 […]

Exclusive: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on campaigning to play the Penguin for DC, thinks he can do what “Heath Ledger did with the Joker”

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During an interview for the home video release of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, Flickering Myth questioned actor Paul Walter Hauser about his campaign to play the Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot in the DC Universe (especially Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman, in which the character is rumored to appear); while he didn’t divulge any details about whether or not he’s heard of any interest […]

Titans star Ryan Potter tried out for Tim Drake role in Ben Affleck’s The Batman

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Ryan Potter (Big Hero 6) is set to take on the role of Garfield Logan, a.k.a. Beast Boy, in DC Universe’s upcoming live-action Titans show, and at the New York Comic Con, executive producer Geoff Johns has revealed this wasn’t the actor’s first brush with the world of DC. Speaking at the Titans panel, Johns […]

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 […]