While the DC Studios is undergoing a set
of significant changes implemented by James Gunn and Peter Safran, it has been
revealed that unlike Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3, The Batman will not be
affected.

According to the Hollywood Reporter,
Batman’s upcoming sequel, directed by Matt Reeves will be safe from the alterations
set by Gunn and Safran, who are leading the DC Studios at the moment.

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Earlier this year, Robert Pattinson
starred as Bruce Wayne in the most recent take on The Batman, directed by Matt
Reeves.

Who
is Matt Reeves?

Matt Reeves is an American director,
producer, and screenwriter, who was born on April 27, 1966, in New York, US. At
the age of 5, he moved to Los Angeles with his father, where he became
fascinated with the concept of movies.

By the age of 8, he started making
movies using a wind-up camera and directing his friends. He met J.J. Abrams in
his teens and were both hired by Steven Spielberg to transfer some of his
Super 8 films to videotape. Reeves attended the University of Southern California
where he was a screenwriting student under writer Jeph Loeb.

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He made his directorial debut with the
horror anthology film Future Shock in 1994. He also directed The Pallbearer, a romantic comedy that was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Reeves has been
recognized for directing episodes of various television series including
Felicity, which he co-created, Homicide: Life on the Street, and Relativity
among others.

Reeves directed Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes, a sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2014. The film gained both
critical and commercial success, and he returned as the writer and director for
the third part War for the Planet of the Apes, which was again released to
acclaim in 2017.

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Reeves was hired to direct and produce a
Batman film in 2017, titled The Batman, which served as a part of the DC Extended Universe.
The film hit the theatres in March 2022 becoming one of the highest-grossing
movies of the year.

In 2020, he signed an exclusive
multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Television to develop new television
programming for all the company’s platforms.

Reeves is married to Melinda Wang, a former
animator. They are parents to a son.