Los Angeles: Warner Bros has announced that the filming on its much-anticipated DC superhero movie The Batman has resumed. Shooting for The Batman had been shutdown for over two weeks after lead star Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19. Shooting for the Matt Reeves-directed film had been suspended since September 3.
“Following a hiatus for COVID-19 quarantine precautions, filming has now resumed on The Batman in the UK,” a spokesperson for Warner Bros Pictures has been quoted as saying by ‘Variety’.
Filming on The Batman started earlier this month in London after it shut down in mid-March amid the coronavirus pandemic. Productions then had closed worldwide.
However, September 4 the studio announced that movie was ‘temporarily paused’ after a crew member was diagnosed COVID-19 positive. The production company did not reveal the name of the individual who had tested positive.
‘Vanity Fair’ later reported that Pattinson was the crew member who had contracted the virus.
The first trailer of The Batman debuted last month at ‘DC FanDome’ and the film is scheduled to be released in October 2021.
Actors Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Barry Keoghan, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell also feature in the movie.