The Batman Director Matt Reeves Reveals The Only Mandate Warner Bros. Gave Him

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The Batman director Matt Reeves discussed the only mandate given to him by Warner Bros for the upcoming superhero film. For those who don't know, usually the writers aren't allowed 100% creative freedom when they work on these films, which can cause a lot of creative differences between the directors or talent involved.

The Batman follows Bruce Wayne/Batman (Robert Pattinson) in what they're dubbing as «year 2,» which means that this is the beginning of Batman's career as a crime fighter. Despite this being dubbed at «year 2,» it's realistically an interpretation of year one. Batman's costume is in its early stages, there aren't any super villains, it's based in realism, and Bruce Wayne is still fresh off the wounds of his parents' death.

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This Bruce Wayne is a brutal, angry, and vengeful vigilante with a death wish. He doesn't care for his future, he's focused on his short term goal without thinking about the long term repercussions of his anger, nightly fighting, and dangerous lifestyle. This is going to be a very dark Batman film, and director Reeves discussed the only mandate that he had to follow when making this movie. «They embraced it the whole time,» the director said during an interview Collider. «There was never a moment where they said to me, 'Are you sure? Let's not.' They really leaned into everything, and I've had the support to do exact… I have to say, this movie is exactly the movie I wanted it to be, and they have supported me all the way through it».

It's good to see a director get the movie he wanted, but like stated earlier, it's never 100%. «One thing they did do, which was my intention from the beginning, was they said, 'Look, it's important to us that the movie be PG-13. It's a Batman