Matt Reeves Emphasizes His Intention To Make The Batman A Detective Movie
We've seen plenty of interpretations of Gotham's caped crusader on the screen in the past, but with this upcoming installment on the horizon, we might get something we've never seen before. Matt Reeves, director of DCEU's upcoming film The Batman, is going to shed light on a side to Batman that his previous installments hardly ever did - his detective skills.
With there already being so many live-action installments starring the Dark Knight himself, Reeves wanted to approach the new film as a detective story. Seeing how one of Batman's most well-known nicknames is "The World's Greatest Detective" and yet none of his past films put much focus on that particular ability of his, Reeves believes that utilizing the Bat's expertise as a detective will make for a riveting case study both on Batman and Gotham City itself.
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“This idea of a place that is corrupt, and you try to swim against the tide in order to fight against it and make a difference, is quintessential Batman. And at the center of those noir stories is almost always the detective, right? And that’s why he is the world’s greatest detective," said Reeves during an interview with MovieMaker. "And so this story is, in addition to being almost a horror movie, and a thriller, and an action movie, at its core, it’s also very much a detective story. It’s very narrative.” Pattinson added that he was impressed when Reeves' talk about making The Batman a detective story turned out to be true.
With how many movies we've already seen centered around Batman, it's great to see that Reeves is attempting to bring something fresh in the hero's next big-screen outing as opposed to repeating what has
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