Filming of the latest
Batman
has been halted in the UK, the Warner Bros. studio said on Thursday after a crew member contracted the novel coronavirus.
According to
Vanity Fair
magazine, it would be
the batman himself, Robert Pattinson.
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The Batman
"A member of Batman's production team has tested positive for Covid-19, and has been placed in isolation in accordance with protocols in force,"
Warner Bros. said in a statement sent to AFP.
"Filming is temporarily suspended,"
added the studio, without giving the identity of the infected person.
Vanity Fair
claims, according to
"senior sources"
, that it is the headliner, British actor Robert Pattinson.
His agent, contacted by AFP, was not reachable.
The filming of the film
The Batman
, which is scheduled for release in June 2021, had already been interrupted in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic and had just resumed.
Director Matt Reeves has hinted that his version was inspired by black films like
Chinatown
and
Taxi Driver
and would portray a "very human and fallible" Bruce Wayne / Batman.