The Batman Was Always Supposed to Be PG-13, Says Director

Irrespective of rumors that the new Batman reboot “The Batman” might follow in the footsteps of the billion-dollar-grossing “Joker,” co-writer and director Matt Reeves contends the film was usually supposed to be rated PG-13.

All all over generation, the internet was abuzz with the possibility that we may possibly be receiving our very first R-rated are living-action Batman film in “The Batman.” Warner Bros. had tested the waters of an adult comic guide motion picture with 2019’s “Joker,” which proved effective. And author/director James Gunn’s 2021 movie “The Suicide Squad” was an R-rated DC Comics adaptation on an even larger scale.

But speaking with Den of Geek, Reeves suggests though his Robert Pattinson Batman movie was always meant to be gritty, he under no circumstances regarded as venturing into R-rated territory. “In my intellect, the film was usually going to be a gritty, edgy, noir, thrilling spectacle that was PG-13,” Reeves informed the outlet. “That was generally what it was, but I normally knew that we’d be pushing the boundaries of what that could be, and so we didn’t genuinely have to cut just about anything. The marketing materials that you’re looking at, they’re absolutely reflective of the tone of the film.”

As if predicting the place the fans’ minds could go up coming, Reeves then added that there’s no R-rated director’s slice lying around waiting to be released pursuing some admirer-pushed campaign on social media. “There is not some particular reduce of this motion picture in which it is like, ‘Oh yeah, here’s the R score that you have been desperately wanting,’” Reeves claims. “I didn’t have to out of the blue begin greatly chopping the film or everything like that.”

By most accounts, Reeves was in a position to make just the Batman film he required, which was his stipulation from the begin. The “War for the Planet of the Apes” filmmaker was to start with approached to immediate Ben Affleck’s script for a standalone Batman movie, but he countered that he’d only want to make the film if he could begin from scratch and convey to a Batman story his way.

The end result is a entire-on reboot that introduces Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne in his 2nd 12 months battling crime in the Batsuit. He’s whole of fiery angst, delving into the secret of a collection of murders fully commited by Paul Dano’s Riddler. The film is an introduction to a new Batman universe, with Colin Farrell’s Penguin, Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman and Jeffery Wright’s James Gordon all poised to continue on their tales in long run film installments and/or Tv set spinoffs.

But initial, “The Batman” opens solely in theaters on March 4.