Matt Reeves hopes cinemagoers will be "surprised" by 'The Batman Part II'.
Matt Reeves is set to helm the new movie
The 58-year-old director is returning to the iconic film franchise to helm the much-anticipated follow-up to 2022's 'The Batman', and although Matt is reluctant to share too many details about the movie, the filmmaker has revealed his overarching ambition for the project.
Matt - who is set to reunite with Robert Pattinson for the upcoming movie - told Deadline: "We’re doing something where the story continues from, but I hope that people will be surprised by."
'The Batman Part II' has recently had its release date moved, from October 2, 2026, to October 1, 2027. Despite this, Matt has confirmed that the new 'Batman' will begin shooting later this year.
The director - who previously helmed 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' and 'War for the Planet of the Apes' - shared: "I can tell you that we’ll be shooting this year."
Robert Pattinson played Batman in the 2022 movie, and the actor previously revealed that he actually studied real-life bats in preparation for the role.
The 38-year-old actor admitted to following the example of Zoe, his co-star in 'The Batman'.
He shared on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!': "There was one thing I said to Matt, because I was talking to Zoe Kravitz, who plays Catwoman, she's great, and she was saying, to see the way she's moving and stuff, she's looking at these videos, big cat videos, and how big cats fight and stuff.
"So I looked up how a bat fights and there was this one video on 'Planet Earth' of the technique of a vampire bat with a chicken in a cage and how it fights the chicken, it flaps around the cage for like an hour, just flap-banging on the cage until the chicken's been scared for so long the chicken falls asleep. And then the bat sneaks into the cage and bites it on its anus. I said that to Matt, and he's like, 'I've got an idea.'"
Prior to that, Zoe explained that she focused on creating "a real human being" - rather than an "idea" - when she played Catwoman.
Speaking about her approach to the character, Zoe explained: "I obviously understand the gravity of a character like this and what she means to so many people.
"But what felt really important was to really focus on the story that we're telling in this moment, you know, and try and create a real human being. I don't want her to be an idea.
"You know, I want her to be a real human being in a real situation, in a real city, trying to survive and reacting to her own pain, and her history."
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