He made his debut with the better-than-you-remember-it Cloverfield, and has since followed it up with two Planet of the Apes films (one being genius and the other coming out this summer).
When the report came out that Ben Affleck would no longer be directing the Batman film, Matt Reeves was one name that sprouted immediately as a potential replacement.
Let’s start with the more likely names, shall we?
We certainly know he could handle the scale of the production — the question is whether or not he would be up for the challenge after spending so long on his last two blockbuster features.