While previous Batman films have shown the Caped Crusader’s detective skills to varying degrees, Matt Reeves has indicated his upcoming film will explore why the DC hero deserves the title of World’s Greatest Detective more than ever before. In fact, Matt Reeves hinted The Batman was inspired by Chinatown when he informed an inquisitive fan that he watched the 1974 mystery film at Warner Bros. before he started writing the next Caped Crusader adventure.
Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson, Chinatown follows a private detective who finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder after being hired to expose an adulterer. Inspired by the series of disputes over southern California water commonly referred to as the “California water wars,” Chinatown was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won one for Robert Towne’s original screenplay.
Plot details for The Batman are currently under wraps, though the film will center around a younger Bruce Wayne and includes multiple villains. Matt Reeves also confirmed that it will not be directly based on Frank Miller’s Year One comic and will use of the Dark Knight’s detective skills to a greater extent than previous DC Films.
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The Batman will be released in theaters on June 25, 2021.
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The film will also be set in Central City.