Throw up the Bat-signal, people! It’s been a long wait for The Batman Part II – Matt Reeves unleashed the first film in his bat-reboot back in 2022,
Throw up the Bat-signal, people! It’s been a long wait for The Batman Part II – Matt Reeves unleashed the first film in his bat-reboot back in 2022, and since then, there’s been tardy progress on a follow-up (albeit with The Penguin arriving on the petite screen in-between). But recently, there’s been fresh news from Gotham, with Reeves delivering his sequel script to DC bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran. It seems that screenplay has gone down well with the brass, because Warner Bros looks to be gearing up to production on Part II in the not-too-distant future.
As reported by Variety, a recent Warner Bros Discovery letter to shareholders confirmed that production on Reeves’ sequel is due to begin in spring 2026; the film is currently pencilled in for an October 2027 release date. Little else is known about the project, other than that Robert Pattinson will return as Batman. You’d also expect Colin Farrell’s Penguin to return in the wake of his spin-off series; it remains to be seen whether Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman or Barry Keoghan’s briefly-glimpsed Joker will play a part in the story, or which villain in Batman’s roster will be leading the plot this time.
Either way, it’s good news for devotees of Reeves’ take on the Dark Knight, who have waited patiently for the next instalment in the filmmaker’s noir detective take on the character. If progress on the sequel has taken a while, the road ahead seems to be cleared – now there’s nothing in the way.
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