Kravitz will star opposite Robert Pattinson as Batman.
Pre-production on the Warner Bros.-DC Comics pic is expected to start this summer. No official start date has been set, although insiders tell Variety that filming could start in late 2019 or early 2020. "The Batman" is scheduled to hit theaters June 25, 2021.
Reeves, the filmmaker behind the last two "Planet of the Apes" sequels, took over "Batman" directing duties from Ben Affleck in January 2017. Affleck departed his role as Batman following "Justice League," allowing Reeves to pick his own Bruce Wayne. Reeves' "Planet of the Apes" collaborator Dylan Clark will produce.
Kravitz is coming off her second season of HBO's "Big Little Lies," which aired its finale in July. She also has the Hulu series "High Fidelity" coming out later this year. She is repped by Paradigm.The daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz identifies as a secular Jew. Her paternal grandfather, NBC Television News Producer Sy Kravitz, and maternal grandmother, Arlene Litman, were both Jewish. She recently married actor Karl Glusman.
Anne Hathaway was the most recent actress to embody the thief in 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises." Michelle Pfeiffer also portrayed Catwoman in 1992's "Batman Returns." The feline-suited adversary received her own feature film, with Halle Berry in the titular role, back in 2004.Sydney Dennen contributed to this report.