THE BATMAN DIRECTOR MATT REEVES STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, ZOË KRAVITZ, PAUL DANO, JEFFREY WRIGHT, COLIN FARRELL
THE FLASH DIRECTOR ANDY MUSCHIETTI STARRING EZRA MILLER, KIERSEY CLEMONS, MICHAEL KEATON
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM DIRECTOR JAMES WAN STARRING JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II, PATRICK WILSON
As David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation) suggested with Shazam!, superhero-movie directors can benefit from a little schooling in the horror trenches. Hopefully, 2022 will prove the point again, as at least three DC movies from directors with scare skills under their (utility) belts swoop into view.
Consider Batman, rebooted and suited under the tantalising watch of director Matt Reeves, whose breakout pics involved monsters (Cloverfield) and vampires (Let Me In). For Reeves’ Robert Pattinson-fronted The Batman, fear is emphatically a tool. “This movie, I…