'The Batman' ditching Ben Affleck's script, helmer Matt Reeves saysJuly 13, 2017 - 16:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Batman" helmer Matt Reeves has confirmed that he won't use the previous script penned by Ben Affleck and Geoff Johns for the upcoming DC movie. In an interview with MTV's "Happy Sad Confused" podcast, the helmer said he's opting for a new story instead, AceShowbiz reports. When asked if the original script was still in play, Reeves responded, "No." The 51-year-old filmmaker went on explaining, "It's a new story. It's just starting again. I'm excited about it. I think it's going to be really cool." During the interview, Reeves also revealed that, despite signing on to helm "The Batman" after Affleck stepped down from directing duties, he's been otherwise focused purely on his work on "War for the Planet of the Apes" and there's no further detail to reveal about "The Batman" at this stage. Asked about Josh Gad's ongoing teases about him taking on the role of the Penguin, the helmer said nothing like that had happened. "No, no, no. The whole thing is just, truly, I have not been doing anything but working on 'Planet of the Apes'," explained the helmer. "We are just starting [on 'The Batman'] so there's really nothing to say about anything." Reeves' "War for the Planet of the Apes" is coming to U.S. theaters this Friday, July 14. Meanwhile, "The Batman" is yet to get a release date as it's still in early stage of pre-production. Fans can next see Affleck as the Dark Knight in "Justice League", in which he reunites with Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) and Ezra Miller (The Flash) among others, on November 17. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |