The filming of "Batman" interrupted, Pattinson would be positive for Covid

Robert Pattinson in "The Batman".

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PSG does not have a monopoly on Covid infections.

Filming of the latest

has been halted in the UK, the Warner Bros. studio said on Thursday, after a member of the crew contracted the novel coronavirus.

According to

magazine, it would be the

Dark Knight himself, Robert Pattinson.

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"A member of the Batman production team has tested positive for Covid-19, and has been placed in isolation according to protocols in force," Warner Bros. reported.

in a press release sent to AFP.

"Filming is temporarily suspended," added the studio, without giving the identity of the infected person.

Very disturbed shoot

Vanity Fair

claims, according to "senior sources", that it is the headliner, British actor Robert Pattinson.

His agent, contacted by AFP, was not immediately reachable.

The filming of the film

, which is scheduled for release in June 2021, had already been interrupted in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic and had just resumed.

Director Matt Reeves has hinted that his version was inspired by black films like

and

and would portray a "very human and fallible" Bruce Wayne / Batman.

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