The Batman Director Misses World Premiere Due To COVID
Matt Reeves, the director of The Batman, had to drop out of the world premiere of his new film due to testing positive for COVID-19, even though he was vaccinated and boosted. Warner Bros. and DC's highly anticipated reboot is scheduled to hit theaters this weekend, and its world premiere event was held March 1 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Many of the movie's cast members, including Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, and Paul Dano, were in attendance.
The Batman has had multiple delay problems due to COVID-19. The film was initially set for release on June 25th, 2021, before it was pushed to October 1st, and then finally to its current release date this weekend. Production on The Batman was halted in March 2020, two months after filming began. The next month, the film's production coach, Andrew Jack, died from the virus. In September, filming was able to resume, only to stop again after just three days, due to Pattinson testing positive for COVID-19. This sent the crew into a two-week quarantine, after which production resumed until shooting was finally completed in December of 2020.
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Ramin Setoodeh, Executive Editor of Variety, posted a clip on Twitter of a video message that Reeves sent to the premiere in New York. In the video message, Reeves professes his sorrow and reassures the audience that despite having COVID-19, he is feeling healthy. Watch the video below:
Matt Reeves appears via a video message at the premiere of ‘The Batman’ to say he can’t attend in person because he’s contracted COVID. pic.twitter.com/aaJjy6ffwm
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