Director Matt Reeves confirmed that Robert Pattinson’s Batman will NOT appear in the series.
“Rob is not going to be in the show,” Reeves said. “I’d rather take the Band-Aid off now. We did talk about all that but we felt the best way to do this was to go on a grand exploration of a guy grabbing for power in this moment.”
Reeves noted that they did briefly consider bringing Pattinson back; however, they felt that Batman should merely be a “presence” in the series rather than an actual character.
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