“The Batman” is underway again after a two-week shutdown following a member of the production testing positive for the coronavirus, on September 3.
“Following a hiatus for COVID 19 quarantine precautions, filming has now resumed on ‘The Batman’ in the U.K.,” a spokesperson for Warner Bros. Pictures said in a statement.
Robert Pattinson, 34, who plays the DC comic-book vigilante, was widely reported to be the person who was diagnosed.
However, the studio has never confirmed the identity of the person with the positive test and did not reveal any information about Pattinson’s condition or if anyone else on the production tested positive, neither did Representatives for Pattinson acknowledged that he had contracted the virus.
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“The Batman” also stars Paul Dano as the Riddler, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, and Colin Farrell as the Penguin. Andy Serkis plays Batman/Bruce Wayne’s loyal butler, Alfred, while Peter Sarsgaard, John Turturro, and Jeffrey Wright round out the cast.
It is produced by DC Films and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig.
The film, focuses on the second year of Wayne’s tenure as the Dark Knight, was initially due for release in June 2021 but has been delayed to October 2021.
“The Batman” had itself only just returned to production on September 1, after shooting roughly 25% of the film at the start of the year before the industry-wide shutdown in March.
Several buzzy projects, such as “The Matrix 4,”, “Jurassic World: Dominion,” and the Disney Plus series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” have also resumed production.
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