New Batman Director Matt Reeves Salutes Christopher Nolan

Reeves said he appreciates Nolan's serious take on the genre.

By Lucy O'Brien

The Batman director Matt Reeves has promised "a very emotional Batman story," while paying tribute to former Batman helmer Christopher Nolan.

Speaking to Yahoo Movies on a promotional junket for his upcoming film War for the Planet of the Apes, Reeves said that he hopes to tell "a very emotional Batman story", drawing parallels between the Dark Knight and the hero of his Apes trilogy, Caesar.

"I do see a very strong parallel between [Batman and Caesar] because they’re both damaged characters who are grappling to the do the right thing in a very imperfect world," said Reeves. "A world that’s filled with all of the corruption that is human.”

In the same interview, Reeves saluted Christopher Nolan for his serious take on the superhero genre.

“What I love that [Nolan] did was that he took the genre seriously. What studios are willing to make at the moment is a very, very narrow band of films. What I discovered is that this genre has the potential to be about something more. You can use the metaphors of the genre to talk about [a lot].

“I think that the metaphors of both of the franchises [Batman and Apes] enable you to tell stories that have deep emotional resonance. That’s actually what excites me about it. It’s interesting because I was obsessed with both as a child, and yet there is something potentially very adult about what you can explore under the cover of that fantasy. That is what draws me to it, and that’s what I’m excited about.”

We know Reeves' vision for The Batman is going to be dark, with the director previously promising a "noir-driven, detective version of Batman."

Lucy O'Brien is Games and Entertainment Editor at IGN’s Sydney office. Follow her on Twitter.

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