Robert Pattinson, who played the lead role in Warner Bros. upcoming super hero movie, Batman has tested for coronavirus.
In a statement released by Warner Bros. on Thursday, it stated that the movie production has been halted due to the development.
“A member of ‘The Batman’ production has tested positive for COVID-19, and is isolating in accordance with established protocols,” it said.
Although the production company did not reveal the identity of the patient, Vanity Fair reported that Tenet, 34, had indeed tested positive to the deadly virus.
The film which is set to be released in October 21 had just resumed shooting after being disrupted in March due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pattinson’s acting career
Pattinson began his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). He went on to star as Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels, consisting of five films between 2008 and 2012, which earned a combined total of over $3.3 billion worldwide. The movie brought him worldwide fame and placed him among the world’s highest-paid actors.
This development further stretches the number of celebrities that have tested positive to COVID-19.
Dwayne Johnson, the actor and former wrestler known as The Rock, had announced on Instagram on Wednesday that he and his family had recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
Johnson, 48, said they had become infected around 2 1/2 weeks ago, from “very close family friends.”
He called it “one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family,” but added that he and his family were now “on the other end of it” and were healthy and no longer contagious.