After a long and rather turbulent production process, The Batman is finally set to arrive in theaters exclusively on March 4, 2022. Although this is a marked departure from WarnerMedia's current hybrid release strategy, it appears that the studio isn't fully invested in exclusivity just yet as The Batman is set to hit HBO Max much sooner than most probably expected.
Will The Batman's early streaming release affect its box office take?
Matt Reeves' The Batman is a different and more grounded take on the caped crusader and stars Robbert Pattinson as The Batman. However, getting it from concept to actual product was not a piece of cake, or so to speak. The project first started life as a Ben Affleck-led movie, as the DCEU star was set to write, direct, and star. But, after Affleck left the project, Reeves joined and reworked the story to explore a different and younger Batman in a different universe.
After filming began in 2020 in the United Kingdom, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the production to come to a halt. As a result, the film's release date was also delayed to its current slate on March 4, 2022.
