A Matt Reeves Batman Trilogy Could Disprove The Need For Shared Universes

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Flashback to 2008. Iron Man has broken ground on the billion-dollar empire that is today’s MCU, yet over in camp Warner Bros., Christopher Nolan has just shattered all expectations by making his Batman not only one of the best superhero movies ever, but rather something whose influence went on inspire filmmaking for much of the next decade.

Batman, DC’s gritty poster boy, was the polar opposite to Superman. Most notably, he was a lone wolf that had, at least up to that point, operated solo in the world of cinema since the superhero film genre was barely a thing, let alone the notion of a massively interconnected universe. While times are always changing, that setting is a reminder of a time when it was DC that commanded most moviegoers’ attention, a formula that very much mimics the current setup that Matt Reeves’ The Batman will be working with.

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Warner granted Matt Reeves the ultimate wish any director could ask for: practically full creative freedom over what type of Batman film he would make. In turn, this resulted in a widely praised take on Bruce Wayne and Gotham City that honors the legacy of the men that came before, although it remains quite distinct from the Caped Crusader’s other adventures. Reeves’ Batman is, for now, even more grounded and realistic than Nolan’s ever was, and somehow he also managed to intertwine the latter's influence with a Zodiac-inspired plot that feeds off the style of a very different director like David Fincher.

Regardless of his approach, what is most essential to Reeves’ movie is that the Planet of the Apes director was allowed to write exactly the movie he wanted to make. This might seem like a given at first glance, until one compares