During a presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday evening, Warner Bros. confirmed that The Batman is getting a sequel. Considering the critical acclaim and the $759 million it has made to date, it would have been far, far more surprising if WB opted not to turn the Matt Reeves movie into a full franchise. Reeves was …
On Monday morning, WarnerMedia announced that The Batman will be available to stream on HBO Max starting April 18th. It will be 45 days after the movie hit theaters on March 4th, proving that the studio is sticking with its 45-day theatrical window. In fact, this is happening even earlier than expected. In an interview …
DC has a certified hit on its hands with The Batman. Matt Reeves’s gritty, grounded take on the caped crusader has garnered hundreds of positive reviews and raked in $600 million at the box office. At this point, a sequel is all but guaranteed, though WarnerMedia has yet to make it official. In the meantime, …
WarnerMedia and DC have made it clear in recent years that they aren’t afraid to reboot their biggest properties. While Marvel meticulously builds out a single, cohesive cinematic universe, DC is willing to launch and cancel new universes year after year until something sticks. To that point, Batman will get his latest reboot this spring. …
The novel coronavirus is still spreading with ease in various communities, including regions that were able to flatten the curve of the first COVID-19 wave. The best example comes from the UK, where The Batman star Robert Pattinson has reportedly tested positive. Warner Bros. confirmed that a member of the team filming near London got …
Batman fans and everyone else eager to get another taste of what Robert Pattinson will bring to the DC franchise next year — when he formally dons the Dark Knight’s cape and cowl, taking over for Ben Affleck — have been rewarded with a collection of leaked set images and video taken from the set …
If there’s one superhero that DC desperately needs to get right, it’s Batman. Ben Affleck was perfectly serviceable in the role through Batman v Superman and Justice League, but he decided to step away before starring in his own solo movie. Warner Bros. had no choice but to replace him, and last year, it was …
In what should come as a shock to basically no one, Ben Affleck confirmed that he will be passing on the costume to a new Batman for DC’s next standalone movie featuring the Dark Knight. On Wednesday, Deadline reported that DC’s highly-anticipated standalone Batman movie — The Batman — is now slated to hit theaters …
In what has become one of the more riveting narratives in Hollywood, Ben Affleck has once again made headlines by announcing that he will not be directing The Batman solo film for DC after all. Variety broke the news on Monday, citing sources who say Affleck made the decision based on what he thought would …
From a critical perspective, the DC movie universe is off to a rocky start. After Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was raked over the coals in March, Suicide Squad was expected the turn things around at the end of the summer. The 26% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes reveals that it didn’t quite succeed. Nevertheless, comic book …
