Among the many moves DC Films has been making in building up their cinematic universe, few have been more promising than hiring Matt Reeves to direct “The Batman.” The filmmaker has shown a command of craft and an ability to enrich branded property with real depth in his ‘Planet Of The Apes’ movies, already teasing a “noir-driven, detective version” of “The Batman.” He’s saying all the things fans want to hear.
As Reeves continues his press tour for “War For The Planet Of The Apes,” the director chatted with Yahoo, and again teased what might be coming in his “The Batman,” promising a picture that will tug at the heartstrings.
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“It’s my hope to tell a very emotional Batman story,” Reeves said.
“What I love that [Nolan] did was that he took the genre seriously,” he added. “What studios are willing to make at the moment is a very, very narrow band of films. What I discovered is that this genre has the potential to be about something more. You can use the metaphors of the genre to talk about [a lot]. I think that the metaphors of both of the franchises [Batman and ‘Apes’] enable you to tell stories that have deep emotional resonance. That’s actually what excites me about it. It’s interesting because I was obsessed with both as a child, and yet there is something potentially very adult about what you can explore under the cover of that fantasy. That is what draws me to it, and that’s what I’m excited about.”
Certainly, it’d be nice to see some complexity and dimension brought to Ben Affleck’s angry Batman, but, when it comes to emotion, there’s already a high bar to hit — Alfred leaving Bruce Wayne in “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Thoughts? Hit up the comments section and go see “War For The Planet Of The Apes” when it opens on July 14th.
