Matt Reeves Archives

Strange Days for Batman the Caped Crusader

J.J. Abrams-Produced ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Saved By Amazon, Gets Two-Season Order

March 17, 2023

Batman: Caped Crusader, the animated retelling of the Legend of the Dark Knight by J.J. Abrams and The Batman director Matt Reeves, has survived its stint in limbo. Knocked from its reserved seat on HBO Max by ...

Writer Chuck Dixon Reacts to Chris Wozniak’s Legal Battle Over ‘The Batman’: “I’m On Team Chris And You Should Be Too”

JB Augustine

February 15, 2023

Movies

The legal drama between penciler Chris Wozniak and DC/Warner Bros. stemming from a claim the former made regarding the studio stealing a treatment of his rages on. Wozniak alleged they purloined a Batman story ...

Penguin (Colin Farrell) spied on in deleted The Batman (2022) scene

Matt Reeves Teases How The Penguin Series Starring Colin Farrel Ties In To ‘The Batman 2’

JB Augustine

January 19, 2023

Movies, Television

Matt Reeves is building his “BatVerse” and will make sure everything ties together neatly. Between movies, there is a Penguin-centered spinoff coming to HBO Max that it turns out may be a limited series. Not on...

Matt Reeves Hints ‘The Batman’ Universe Will Continue To Co-Exist As New DCU Is Forged By James Gunn

JB Augustine

January 18, 2023

Movies

As James Gunn and Peter Safran make their plans for new DC film continuity, where Matt Reeves’ Elseworld Batman universe fits in has been a mild topic of debate. Some figured Robert Pattinson would be incorpora...

DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn Addresses Report Claiming Robert Pattinson’s Batman Will Be Brought Into Shared DCU

JB Augustine

December 21, 2022

Movies

The big selling point of making Batman movies and TV for Matt Reeves was setting his continuity aside in his own world and doing his own thing. Despite rumors Robert Pattinson would jump into the DCEU — now off...

Warner Bros. Allegedly “Directing DC Comics To Sue” Comic Creator Chris Wozniak For Writing “Unauthorized” Batman Story

JB Augustine

December 16, 2022

Movies

A month ago we reported that comic creator Chris Wozniak was taking legal action against DC Comics and Warner Bros. for similarities between The Batman and his outline from 1990 for a sort of final bow story fo...

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav On The Future Of The DCU: “There’s Not Going To Be Four Batmans”

JB Augustine

November 18, 2022

Movies

We are used to seeing sundry different takes on Batman in DC movies these days from Robert Pattinson to Ben Affleck and soon Michael Keaton — that is if his comeback ever really comes to pass — but the big guy ...

Penciler Chris Wozniak Takes Warner Bros. To Court For ‘The Batman’ Plagiarism Accusations

JB Augustine

November 16, 2022

Movies

Comic creator and former penciler at DC Chris Wozniak is taking a civil action against Warner Bros. over his allegation that they ripped off his 1990 story outline in The Batman. Source: The Batman (2022), ...

‘The Batman’ Actor Colin Farrell Reveals First Scene In Spin-off Series Starring The Penguin

JB Augustine

October 31, 2022

Television

HBO Max’s series set in the world of The Batman that centers on The Penguin is one of the projects that’s making the cut with Warner Bros. Discovery, though not much is known about it except where it will pick ...

‘The Batman’ Director Matt Reeves Signs Overall Deal With Warner Bros. Discovery

JB Augustine

September 1, 2022

Movies

Warner Bros. Discovery hasn't alienated every filmmaker, it turns out. They are still attracting big names and they've officially signed the biggest since the merger closed in The Batman director Matt Reeves. ...

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