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Matt Reeves Agreed To Direct The Batman Under One Condition

May 9, 2026
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It's strange to think that a film maker would turn down the opportunity to direct a new Batman movie, but that's just what Matt Reeves did when Warner Bros. initially offered him the project. The "Cloverfield" director decided that the script given to him by the studio wasn't the kind of movie he wanted to make.