UPDATE!
Warner Bros. and Matt Reeves announced Thursday morning that Reeves will direct the solo Batman movie after all.
So just ignore that Hollywood Reporter story from last week.
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The Hollywood Reporter says representatives for Matt Reeves (who helmed both the last “Planet of the Apes” film and the next) are no longer negotiating for Reeves to direct the solo “Batman” movie to star Ben Affleck.
Affleck, who himself left the project’s director’s chair last month, is said to be “very happy” with the latest solo Batman screenplay by Oscar-winner Chris Terrio (“Argo,” “Justice League”).
Warner Bros. has good reason to keep a solo Batman movie on the front burner, given that solo Batman movies have proven the studio’s biggest DC Comics moneymakers:
Top DC Comics Movies
(domestic grosses adjusted for inflation)
$642,427,000 The Dark Knight (2008)
$544,557,400 Batman (1989)
$498,082,600 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
$496,147,800 Superman (1978)
$365,946,900 Batman Forever (1995)
$339,396,200 Batman Returns (1992)
$336,621,000 Superman II (1981)
$330,954,500 Batman v Superman (2016)
$330,248,900 Suicide Squad (2016)
$300,422,900 Man of Steel (2013)
$277,102,000 Batman Begins (2005)
$264,229,400 Superman Returns (2006)
$202,257,700 Batman and Robin (1997)
$164,626,300 Superman III (1983)
$125,475,700 Green Lantern (2011)
$124,659,500 Watchmen (2009)
$102,526,300 Constantine (2005)
$97,601,500 Red (2010)
$93,117,600 V for Vendetta (2006)
$72,121,300 The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
$58,734,600 Red 2 (2013)
$55,998,500 Catwoman (2004)
$36,652,800 Supergirl (1984)
$34,690,700 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
$25,668,700 The Losers (2010)
$11,684,200 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
$11,475,800 Jonah Hex (2010)
$3,224,400 Steel (1997)
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s exclusive on the matter here.
