Robert Pattinson The Batman Likely to Resume Filming in mid-June/July 2020

The UK has finalised their COVID-19 government-endorsed “British Film Commission Production Guidance for Film and High-End TV Drama” which hopefully means The Batman can safely resume production in mid-June/early July once procedures in accordance with the Guidelines are put in place. According to Screen Daily:

“I’d like to think that this will give [producers] the tools to be able to begin again and put thousands and thousands of people back to work and to start generating millions of pounds back into UK PLC revenue,” Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission (BFC), told Screen. 

The BFC rushed to put the guidance together as part of its work with the BFI Screen Sector Task Force working on Covid-19 recovery.

Big US studio productions like Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Warner Bros’ The Batman can now go back in front of the cameras. One source told Screen that productions are expected to return mid-June to Pinewood in order to get ready for a full return to shooting in mid-July. [NOTE: Pinewood is referring to Disney’s The Little Mermaid not The Batman filming]

From Deadline:

“This guidance, created by the BFC and their colleagues, forms the cornerstone for allowing productions to get back up and running in the UK. The resumption of filming will mean that thousands of people can return to work, most importantly, with safety being paramount,” said Simon Emanuel, Executive Producer on The Witcher season one and The Batman.

From The Guardian:

Warner Bros, which is filming The Batman – starring Robert Pattinson in the title role – and the third instalment of the Fantastic Beasts franchise in the UK, is understood to be keen to resume production as soon as is safely possible.

Thanks to John Regan (aka @ShatterverseEnt) for his great Rob/Batman edits.