The Batman will not be an adaptation of the Year One storyline, director Matt Reeves revealed.

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While speaking to press after a TCA panel, per SlashFilm , Reeves said The Batman will tell a "very personal" and "defining" story about the titular superhero instead of being an origin movie."We are definitely not doing Year One," Reeves said. "It’s just exciting to be focused very specifically on a tale that is defining for him and very personal to him.”Reeves added the film will try to tell an emotional story while still staying true to what makes Batman so unique and beloved. The movie will also be noir-inspired, with Batman having to investigate a particular case.“Obviously, we’re not doing an origin tale or anything like that," Reeves said. "We’re doing a story that is definitively Batman though, and trying to tell a story that’s emotional and yet is really about him being the world’s greatest detective and all the things that for me, since I was a kid, made me love Batman.”Reeves is currently busy putting the final touches on the screenplay and is aiming to begin production next year in the spring or early summer. The director also confirmed his Batman will somehow be connected to the DCEU/Worlds of DC. However, Reeves did not say if Ben Affleck will indeed return as the Dark Knight.“There are ways in which all of this connects to DC, to the DC universe as well,” Reeves said. “We’re one piece of many pieces so I don’t want to comment on that except to say that I’m focused very specifically on this aspect of the DC world.” Several rumors have been swirling around about Affleck's status as Batman , with the actor saying last year he's looking for a "graceful and cool way to segue out of" his role as the Caped Crusader. Reeves also clarified last year his solo Batman movie is definitely part of the DCEU/Worlds of DC after his initial comments were misinterpreted.

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