Matt Reeves Officially Announced As Director of “The Batman”

Posted On 02/23/2017 By Stephanie Cooke

It’s been officially confirmed that Matt Reeves is on board to produce and direct the upcoming Batman film, The Batman. After Ben Affleck left the film as director and was allegedly wanting to leave the movie altogether, it seems things have stabilized… for now. Affleck will remain in the role and keep his role to that while Reeves brings his vision for the film to life.

Given Reeves’ filmography (Let Me In, Cloverfield, War for the Planet of the Apes), it doesn’t seem likely that we’ll be seeing a cheery version of Bruce Wayne anytime soon, but hey, I guess we’ll always have LEGO Batman for that. Reeves definitely leans into the horror/thriller genre a bit so I suspect we’ll potentially see more GRITTY, DARKNESS to come.

We’re all shocked, I’m sure.

Who would’ve been your perfect pick for a Batman movie? THE Batman movie, even.

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Stephanie is a Toronto based writer and editor. She's a comic book fan, avid gamer, movie watcher, lover of music, and sarcasm. She is a purveyor of too many projects and has done work for Talking Comics, JoBlo.com, Agents of Geek, Word of the Nerd, C&G Magazine, Dork Shelf, and more. Her writing credits include "Home Sweet Huck" (Mark Millar's Millarworld Annual 2017), "Lungarella (Secret Loves of Geek Girls, 2016), "Behind Enemy Linens" (BLOCKED Anthology, 2017), "Home and Country" (Toronto Comics Anthology, 2017) and more to come. You can read more about her shenanigans over on her <a href="http://www.stephaniecooke.ca">personal web site</a>.