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The news that War for the Planet of the Apes and Cloverfield director Matt Reeves is in talks to take over the next Batman movie is heartening, and not merely because it brings in a big name replacement for the outgoing Ben Affleck. Additionally, Reeves' background in big-scale sci-fi movies might mean that we can finally get a big-screen live-action Batman that isn't "grounded" or "realistic" once again.
If there's been one constant in the Dark Knight's big screen adventures — with brief, glorious, exceptions like 1992's absurdist Batman Returns or this year's animated Lego Batman Movie — it's that »
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