Previous live action Batman movies have touched on Bruce Wayne’s crime-solving abilities, like him analyzing fingerprints to find a hideout in The Dark Knight or investigating the White Portuguese in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but none of those stories have properly shown why he’s earned the title of World’s Greatest Detective.
So going for a noir-driven, detective tale would be a novel way to give audiences a Batman that hasn’t been fully represented on the big screen yet, as well as help us understand this vigilante even more than we already do.
After explaining how his movies use the camera as a way to empathize with the character’s point of view, Matt Reeves told New Trailer Buzz that he’s aiming to tell a detective story with the upcoming Batman movie, which be the character’s fourth appearance in the DC Extended Universe.