We live in a below-the-line age in which “you can’t please everyone” has never had such a loud booming voice, and it’s because of this that The Batman producer Michael E. Uslan has felt the need to defend the casting of Robert Pattinson in Matt Reeves’ forthcoming Caped Crusader movie.
Speaking at the CCXP Cologne Convention in Germany, Uslan said “My position is this: trust the filmmaker and give the filmmaker, and the filmmaker’s vision, the benefit of the doubt. Then wait ’til you see the movie”.
He went on to echo the sentiments of every like minded film fan by saying “once you see the movie, judge the hell out of it. But I think that’s really the formula going forward. I couldn’t be happier, I couldn’t be more enthused, as a Batman fan, that Matt Reeves is the filmmaker in charge and has selected Robert Pattinson to be his next Batman.”
He continued “The star of the Batman movies is Bruce Wayne. Batman is the star. Batman is who everyone wants to see, along with the supervillains, so how does a filmmaker make the choice of which actor to cast? And I think the real key question for fans, and for all of us to focus on, is the filmmaker.”
You can read the rest of what Uslan had to say on the Dark Knight by heading to comicbook.com, but it sounds like a refreshing approach to a project that appears to finding its own unique voice, and you can let us know whether you agree with what he has to say by using the comments section below, or heading to our Twitter page to continue the discussion.
The Batman is scheduled for release on June 25th 2021.
Originally published July 24, 2019. Updated September 4, 2019.
