‘The Batman’ Producer Warned Christopher Nolan: ‘We’re Trying to Beat You’ and ‘Dark Knight’
variety.comZack Sharf With “The Batman” opening in theaters nationwide, many comic book movie fans want to know whether or not Matt Reeves’ film noir-inspired vision has what it takes to match or surpass Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” as the high point of Batman cinema.
Beating “The Dark Knight” was on the mind of “The Batman” producer Dylan Clark, and he went as far to ignite some friendly competition by telling Nolan as much.
An Empire magazine interview with Clarke started recirculating this week ahead of “The Batman” release because of Clarke’s comment.“I’ve said this to Chris Nolan directly: ‘Look, we’re trying to be the best Batman ever made, and we’re going to try to beat you’,” Clark told the publication. “Matt [Reeves] is interested in pushing this character to his emotional depths and shaking him to his core.” According to Variety film critic Peter Debruge, “The Batman” registers “among the best of the superhero genre” just like “The Dark Knight.” As Debruge writes in his review: “Where do you go after ‘The Dark Knight’?
Ben Affleck blew it, and even Christopher Nolan, who brought unprecedented levels of realism and gravitas to that franchise-best Batman saga, couldn’t improve on what he’d created in his 2012 sequel.
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