‘The Batman’ Restarts Filming in September
By George Robbins
Many studios are happy now more than they have been over the past couple of months because they can get back to work. For the most part, Hollywood has been shut down since the start of the pandemic and it has resulted in many films being postponed. With productions postponed, there was no telling just when they would be able to start productions back up again. Now that the situation with the virus has become a bit more manageable, studios have been coming up with plans for getting back to work. Before then, the only work that could be done on movies was VFX and post-production work because those things could be done at home. Thus we now have the opportunity to see how they will continue their work now that they have a better chance at doing so.
Before the pandemic began, many movies were in the midst of production and some of them were just about to get started as well. All of those productions had to be put on hiatus for a couple of months with many only just about to resume filming. New rules have been put in place since the initial filming began for all of those films, so now it will be a bit more difficult to maneuver the sets. These rules are in accordance with the new safety guidelines that have been put in place as a way to prevent the production crews from contracting the virus somehow. So now, with these rules in place, crews need to change the way that they film their movies.
Among the methods of following the new rules and trying to make things easier, shooting on location has changed for some films. On top of this, sets are built as a replacement for the locations that were originally going to be used. This is what ended up happening to the upcoming movie ‘The Batman.’ This movie is going to be a standalone live-action film that will not be a part of the DCEU according to the studio so we are looking at a film meant to be original. They had started working on the film in England, but due to the coronavirus, they’ve had to follow the aforementioned changes in location. This means that they will be shooting on a sound-stage instead of the open air.
Many people are looking forward to seeing this film, but no one knows how to feel about the movie not being filmed on location anymore. however, these fears should be alleviated by the fact that they are trying to put together set pieces that emulate the original environment. They have been getting this all set up again so that they could resume filming as soon as possible. This seems to be relatively soon now because the movie is now scheduled to resume its filming in September just like the upcoming ‘Mission: Impossible 7.’ They are trying to make sure that they can still make their October 2021 release date that they have planned so that no further delays mess around with the film.