{"id":46207,"date":"2019-05-16T23:08:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T03:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=46207"},"modified":"2019-05-16T23:08:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T03:08:53","slug":"robert-pattinson-matt-reeves-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/16\/robert-pattinson-matt-reeves-batman\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson Is Frontrunner For Matt Reeves&#8217; THE BATMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/robert-pattinson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/robert-pattinson-678x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"340\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is looking like Robert Pattinson will be puting on the cowl of the Caped Crusader for director Matt Reeves&#8217; <strong>The Batman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It had been initially reported this evening that Pattinson had the job, but further reporting is showing that he is Reeves&#8217; top pick. It is unclear if there is an actual offer out to the actor or if a deal has been made. Other names that have been recently reported as being on the studio&#8217;s shortlist include Armie Hammer, Nicholas Hoult and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Pattinson steps into the role vacated by Ben Affleck, who played the superhero in<strong> Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice<\/strong>, <strong>Suicide Squad<\/strong> and <strong>Justice League<\/strong> as part of Warner Brothers&#8217;s DC Extended Universe film franchise. It is unclear of Reeves&#8217; film will be part of that shared cinematic universe or if it will stand on its own.<\/p>\n<p>Pattinson is perhaps best known for playing the lead teen heartthrob vampire in the adaptation of the young adult <em>Twilight<\/em> novel series. And while his acting was not very good in those films, Pattinson has since distinguished himself in a number of smaller indie films including David Cronenberg&#8217;s <strong>Cosmopolis<\/strong> (2012), <strong>The Lost City Of Z<\/strong> (2016) and last year&#8217;s <strong>High Life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Early reported stated that the actor had the job but follow up reportage clarifies him as the frontrunner for the role.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/16\/robert-pattinson-matt-reeves-batman\/\" title=\"Robert Pattinson Is Frontrunner For Matt Reeves&#8217; THE BATMAN\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[3659,2208,7322],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-matt-reeves","8":"tag-robert-pattinson","9":"tag-the-batman"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46207"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=46207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}