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The Batman back in production after Robert Pattinson tests positive for COVID-19

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Robert Pattinson has been given the all clear to suit up again as production resumes on The Batman.

Pattinson’s positive COVID-19 test brought the project to a screeching halt last month, just days after production first resumed in the wake of the initial shut down in March.

The star and studio never confirmed if he was the production member with the positive test, and have not revealed if anyone else contracted the deadly virus.

However, Variety sad it had confirmed the initial reports that Pattinson was the sick crew member.

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It was not clear to what extent Pattinson — best known for his breakout role in the vampire movie series Twilight — was suffering COVID-19 symptoms.

A Warner Bros spokesperson did tell Variety that production has resumed in the UK.

Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne in The Batman.
Camera IconRobert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne in The Batman. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Pattinson’s positive result came just as the industry was deciphering how to “return to work” and keep the film industry going amid the pandemic.

Production resumed on the comic book film on September 1, and was shut down just two days later in the wake of Pattinson’s health scare.

The Batman production team had only managed to get 25 per cent of the filming done before the pandemic hit and has already prompted the studio to push back the film’s release to October 2021, according to Variety.

It comes after Pattinson gave a bizarre interview to GQ magazine during his first lockdown in May.

Actor Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19
Camera IconActor Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19 Credit: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images, Andreas Rentz

Over the course of three days reporter Zach Baron spoke to the actor via FaceTime, and it was an unflinching look into life in self-isolation, complete with a dishevelled Pattinson whose phone had broken, and spoke in tangents about eating tinned food straight out of the can and “barely doing anything”.

The interview took an unexpected turn when the actor spoke of a business idea he had.

“(What if pasta really had the same kind of fast-food credentials as burgers and pizzas?” he said.

“I was trying to figure out how to capitalise in this area of the market and I was trying to think: ‘How do you make a pasta which you can hold in your hand?’”

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