Matt Reeves Shot 25 Percent Of 'The Batman' Before Production Shutdown
Director Matt Reeves has revealed that the team of The Batman was able to complete a quarter of its shooting before the production took a hit due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Director
Matt
Reeves
has
revealed
that
the
team
of
The
Batman
was
able
to
complete
a
quarter
of
its
shooting
before
the
production
took
a
hit
due
to
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
The
filming
on
the
DC-Warner
Bros
picture
halted
around
mid-March
when
the
crew
was
planning
to
change
locations
from
London
to
Liverpool.
"We're
not
officially
editing
right
now.
We've
actually
shot
a
quarter
of
the
movie
and
I
have
been
poring
through
dailies,
looking
at
takes,
and
what's
to
come,"
Reeves
told
Deadline.
The
director
said
it
was
"way
too
early" to
talk
about
what
will
happen
when
production
resumes.
Asked
if
the
film,
fronted
by
Robert
Pattinson,
will
be
shot
outside
London
as
a
safety
measure,
Reeves
said,
"I
can't
imagine
we
wouldn't
finish
in
London.
The
situation
is
fluid."
The
filmmaker
said
he
won't
tinker
with
the
screenplay
on
which
he
worked
for
"two
years".
"...
And
it's
a
very
specific
mystery
noir
that's
been
really
thought-out
by
me
and
my
partners," he
added.
But
the
one
thing
that
will
have
to
be
given
a
rethink
is
"the
tone
of
things" in
his
approach
to
shooting
the
majority
remainder.
The
movie
is
scheduled
for
a
June
2021
release.
"It
happens
any
time
you
shoot
anything...
It
feels
like
there
might
be
an
opportunity
to
explore
some
of
that
unexpected
tone
that
we
found.
With
these
movies,
you
never
have
enough
prep
time,
because
they're
so
complex
and
so
enormous
in
so
many
ways.
"It
also
gives
me
a
moment
to
think
about
the
larger
sequences
that
have
yet
to
come
up
and
how
I
want
to
realise
those,"
Reeves
added.
The
Batman
also
stars
Zoe
Kravitz,
Paul
Dano,
Colin
Farrell,
Jeffrey
Wright
and
Andy
Serkis.