Following the news that Warner Bros and DC were working on a Joker origin movie that would be independent of the wider DC cinematic universe, people rediscovered a Matt Reeves quote from a KCRW interview back in July that made it sound like his new Batman film would be taking a similar route. He used phrases like “standalone” and “not part of the extended universe” and everyone started looking very hard at Ben Affleck again.
However, Reeves has now taken to Twitter to clarify what he meant last month and the message seems to be that his words have been misinterpreted. Here we go…
Jeez, what’d I miss, guys…? ????
Just to be clear: Of COURSE Batman will be part of the D.C. Universe. Batman will be BATMAN…
— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) August 24, 2017
In my comments from a while back about not being part of the DCEU, I was talking about The Batman being a story specifically about Batman…
— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) August 24, 2017
…not about the others in the Universe. That it wouldn’t be filled with cameos servicing other stories — that it would be a BATMAN story.
— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) August 24, 2017
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— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) August 24, 2017
That last tweet is our favourite.
This chimes with what Affleck was saying at Comic-Con about being “so thrilled to do it. It’s fucking amazing…I would be an ape on the ground for Matt Reeves!” Reeves has also said that the plan is indeed to have Affleck don the cape and cowl for this film. It’s just the latest chapter in the seemingly never-ending saga of The Batman‘s complicated pre-production. It feels like the only thing left to do at this point is for someone to start hinting that it’s a secret Cloverfield movie or something.
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