![]() ![]() After great ire around town, Warners returned to a theatrical release window strategy with The Batman, and moviegoers promptly flocked back to the cinema to see it. However, as Batman geared up for production again, Warner Bros made a controversial move to shift its 2021 theatrical slate to a day-and-date strategy with HBO Max. Production would resume in September of that year, only to be shut down three days later due to Pattinson catching Covid a standard behind-the-scenes tale for any production braving a shoot before movie theaters reopened. He didn’t spend his downtime re-writing, but rather mapping out larger production sequences and reconsidering the film’s tone - which is arguably the darkest of any Batman film. The Batman saw production shuttered in mid-March 2020 with the breakout of Covid, marooning Reeves in London with a quarter of the film in the can. The result? A two-hour, 56-minute film, the longest Batman movie ever. The other selling point in addition Twilight fan fave Pattinson’s casting was Batman contending with villains, those being Paul Dano’s Riddler, Colin Farrell’s Penguin and Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Reeves boldly created a noir version of the Caped Crusader that harkened back to the Batman Year One comics and Alfred Hitchcock movies. What high stakes did this movie not face? In addition to following in the shadow of Christopher Nolan’s revered Dark Knight trilogy and the lesser-received Zack Snyder Batman vs. If there was one tentpole that willed itself to existence during the pandemic, it was Matt Reeves’ reboot The Batman starring Robert Pattinson. ![]()
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