As Christopher Nolan continues fighting the good fight for his fellow screenwriters while raising concerns that his blazer is surgically attached to his body, another Batman mastermind has entered the picketing ring in the form of Matt Reeves, the filmmaking talent behind The Batman, its upcoming (and now possibly delayed) sequel, and the shared universe.
Reeves was spotted outside Netflix’s headquarters supporting the writers’ strike, which has now been ongoing for about a week and a half at the time of writing. His presence and the presence of other Hollywood heavyweights, such as his aforementioned Caped Crusader contemporary Christopher Nolan, could go an especially long way in getting the AMPTP to wise up to the situation; if Reeves has to hold his blockbuster hostage in light of the strike, that could make some suits sweat a bit.
Of course, if the Alliance continues to double down, we could enter a world where The Batman – Part II ends up as another Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, so it’s entirely within our right to sweat a bit as well.
At the end of the day, though, writers do have one of Gotham’s most staunch defenders on their side here, and we’re sure they’ll take all the small victories they can get as the pickets rage on.
The 2007-2008 writers strike lasted approximately three months, and the list of shoddy blockbusters that came out of that window should be more than enough of a reference for the AMPTP to decide that maybe paying writers what they’re worth is a good idea. If not, they’ll just have to contend with the fact that Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves will keep judging them quite harshly, and we hope they feel irredeemably bad about that.
The Batman – Part II is scheduled to release to theaters on Oct. 3, 2025; here’s hoping it will be able to hold on to that release date once the dust settles.
