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The Batman: Part II
Directed byMatt Reeves
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Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • October 1, 2027 (2027-10-01)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Batman: Part II is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay he wrote with Mattson Tomlin, it is the sequel to The Batman (2022) and part of the "Batman Epic Crime Saga". Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. Reeves and Dylan Clark produce the film for DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures.

A sequel to The Batman was announced in April 2022, following the film's successful release, with Reeves and Pattinson returning, alongside Tomlin in August. Reeves and Warner Bros. planned for the sequel to continue a new Batman film trilogy and shared universe separate from DC Studios's main franchise, the DC Universe (DCU), and the title was announced in January 2023. Production was delayed multiple times over the following years by the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes and Reeves's focus on perfecting the script, which was completed by the end of June 2025. Pre-production began that August, ahead of filming, which is scheduled to start in January 2026 at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in England.

The Batman: Part II is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on October 1, 2027, as part of the "DC Elseworlds" label. A third film is also planned.

Cast

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Additionally, Barry Keoghan is expected to reprise his role as the Joker, an enemy of Batman who is incarcerated in Arkham State Hospital.[8][9] The character Robin is also expected to appear.[10][better source needed]

Production

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Development

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Interest and early work

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Warner Bros. intended for the standalone DC Comics–based film The Batman (2022) to begin a new trilogy of Batman films by May 2019.[11] By November, some cast members were signed for future installments,[12] including Colin Farrell, who was attached to reprise his role as Oz Cobb / The Penguin for three Batman films.[6] By September 2021, The Batman director Matt Reeves and producer Dylan Clark planned for that film to establish a shared universe focused on the character Batman, which they referred to as the "Batman Epic Crime Saga", that would be separate from the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) franchise.[13][14][15] Clark said The Batman would lay a foundation for future films to build upon while Batman actor Robert Pattinson had ideas for further developing his character.[16] Reeves had suggested to studio executives during production that a sequel could further explore the Penguin, but they instead wanted to use that idea for a spin-off series, The Penguin (2024),[17] which was expected to setup a sequel to that film.[18][19] Pattinson and Reeves expressed interest in introducing the character Robin as well as featuring the Court of Owls group or the characters Calendar Man, Mr. Freeze, and Hush as villains in a sequel.[20]

In April 2022, Discovery, Inc. merged with WarnerMedia—the owner of DC and Warner Bros.—to form Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), led by president and CEO David Zaslav. The new company was expected to restructure DC Entertainment, and Zaslav began searching for an equivalent to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to lead the new subsidiary.[21] A sequel to The Batman was announced to be in development at Warner Bros.' CinemaCon panel later that month, when Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich said the "entire team" would return from the first film, including Reeves as writer and director and Pattinson as the star.[1] Negotiations for Reeves's return had lasted longer than expected because a deal was not guaranteed under the new WBD leadership,[22] but he signed an overall film production deal with Warner Bros. Pictures in August that included his work on the sequel to The Batman. This deal was seen as a reassurance that the studio was committed to supporting filmmakers, following the shelving of the nearly completed DCEU film Batgirl.[23][24] Clark and Mattson Tomlin, an uncredited writer on The Batman, returned to work with Reeves on the sequel as a producer and co-writer, respectively.[22][23] Reeves and Tomlin wanted to elevate the sequel from the first film and were expected to start writing in the following weeks.[25][22]

Writer and director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran, who had both worked on multiple DCEU projects, were hired in October 2022 to serve as the co-chairmen and co-CEOs of the new subsidiary DC Studios. They began overseeing all DC Comics adaptations moving forward, including Reeves's The Batman sequel,[26][27][28] which was not expected to be released until 2025 at the earliest, while Reeves continued work on the script.[29] At that time, Reeves was meeting with writers and directors for several film and television series spin-offs of The Batman that were in early development alongside the sequel and centered on members of Batman's rogues gallery, such as Scarecrow, Clayface, and Professor Pyg.[30] Reeves was later set to produce DC Studios projects for both his "Batman Epic Crime Saga" and the DCU.[31] Zaslav said there would not be multiple versions of Batman moving forward,[32] and in subsequent months, Reeves discussed with Gunn and Safran how they could avoid their plans from clashing.[33][34] The latter two briefly considered integrating Pattinson's Batman into the DCU, which Gunn initially denied,[35][36][37] but they respected Reeves's decision to keep his plans separate from the DCU.[38][37] Gunn preferred the opportunity to tell standalone stories through the "DC Elseworlds" label, which is for projects that do not fit into the main DCU continuity.[39][36] Reeves and Tomlin were writing the script by January 2023.[40] At the end of that month, DC Studios announced that the sequel was titled The Batman – Part II and gave it a release date of October 3, 2025, under the DC Elseworlds label, while a separate DCU Batman film was announced as The Brave and the Bold.[39] In February 2023, filming was scheduled to start that November at DC Studios's production hub at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in England,[41][42] and Andy Serkis was confirmed to be reprising his role as Alfred Pennyworth.[5] By March, the character Clayface was expected to appear,[43] and Barry Keoghan was also expected to be reprising his role as the Joker,[8][9] but later said he had not been contacted about returning.[44]

Writing and production delays

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Writer and director Matt Reeves's meticulous writing process contributed to the film's production delays.

By June 2023, the start of filming was delayed until March 2024 due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, but the release date was not expected to be affected.[45] Reeves and The Batman cinematographer Greig Fraser had discussed working on the sequel,[25] but pre-production was put on hold until the writers' strike ended in late September, when work was expected to resume imminently.[46] Gunn heard a pitch for the film by December,[38] and Reeves was expected to turn in a draft of the script by early February 2024, ahead of casting and an expected filming start between August and October 2024.[47][48] Later in February, Jeffrey Wright revealed that he would reprise his role as Jim Gordon,[4] and had expressed interest in Gordon moving up from a lieutenant in the ranks of the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD).[49] In March, the film's release date was delayed to October 2, 2026, due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes,[50] which journalist Jeff Sneider reported had caused several major sound stages intended for the production to be reserved through the end of 2024. As a result, filming was not expected to begin until April 2025, but this delay allowed Reeves more time for writing.[51][48] In July, Reeves confirmed that Farrell would return as the Penguin,[7] to appear in five or six scenes.[52]

Reeves had shared parts of the script with DC Studios from mid-to-late 2024, but would not submit a first draft until he believed it was ready.[53][54][55][56] Because of Reeves's meticulous filmmaking, he was committed to perfecting the script and described the writing process as slow as a result.[57][58] Reeves said the sequel would follow Batman investigating another case that further explores the corruption and division within Gotham City following the events of The Batman and The Penguin,[55][3] amidst the city's slow recovery from its flooding by the Riddler in the former.[9] Reeves was finishing the script by September,[55] when he was uncertain if Fraser would return due to his busy schedule.[59] Production was still expected to start in 2025 and not to be affected by Pattinson's commitments to the film The Odyssey (2026) earlier that year.[55][60][61] In December, Zoë Kravitz was indicated to be reprising her role as Catwoman.[57] Sneider reported that an undisclosed actor had been offered the villain role,[62] and that filming was expected to start in May 2025 with Fraser returning after he had passed on Dune: Part Three (2026) due to the films' conflicting production schedules.[63][62] Sneider further reported that this production timeframe could meet the film's October 2026 release date,[62] but that was expected to be delayed after the DCU film Clayface was given a September 2026 release date.[64][65][62] While Reeves was attached to produce Clayface,[65] Gunn said that character would not appear in Reeves's sequel.[53] At the end of December, the film's release date was delayed to October 1, 2027, to allow more time for writing the full script.[58][66] Filming was expected to start in the third quarter of 2025 and rely heavily on visual effects.[67][58] The film was reportedly left untitled,[58] but Reeves and DC Studios still referred to it as The Batman – Part II.[68][69][70]

Following rumors that Pattinson's portrayal of Batman could be integrated into the DCU, Reeves stated in January 2025 that this was not planned and that he was focused on making Part II and his "Crime Saga", but was receptive to the idea if it was reasonable to do.[68] Gunn stated that such an integration had not been seriously discussed and was unlikely to happen,[69][37] and did not expect Reeves's sequel to release in the same calendar year as The Brave and the Bold.[71] That film's director Andy Muschietti said DC Studios had a strategy to ensure that the two films did not conflict with each other.[72] Filming for Part II was then expected to start at the end of 2025,[73][74] but was soon moved until January or March 2026,[75][76][77] after Pattinson's commitments to The Odyssey and Dune: Part Three.[78][77] Reeves had submitted several pages of the script for over half a year by the middle of May, when the first full draft was reportedly expected to be delivered by the end of that month.[79] Shortly after, the script was expected by late June, over a year after Gunn and Safran's original expectation.[77][70] Gunn defended the delays, citing Reeves's meticulous writing process and the sufficient time provided, similar to The Batman.[77][80][70] He also debunked further rumors of the sequel being canceled and reaffirmed that Reeves's "Crime Saga" was important to DC Studios.[80][70][37] Matthew Belloni of Puck reported that the film's delays had frustrated some executives, including Zaslav, but he debunked rumors that the studio was prepared to "move on" from Reeves if he did not soon finish writing. He noted that Reeves had been dealing with some personal issues during the sequel's development, but that the film was still intended to make its release date as long as the production proceeded smoothly.[77] Reeves and Tomlin announced that the script was completed at the end of June,[81] when the film was titled The Batman: Part II.[82][83] The script was submitted to DC Studios by mid-July.[84]

Pre-production

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In August 2025, WBD announced that the film's production was preparing to begin filming, which was confirmed to begin at the start of January 2026.[9][85] Production design, costume design, and visual effects work had begun at that point, while casting was scheduled to start in late 2025.[9][86] Sneider reported that the character Robin was featured in the script,[10] which Gunn denied,[87] and that Kravitz would not appear in the film.[88] At that time, Fraser was attached to four films about the Beatles, which were expected to be a two-year commitment that would conflict with the schedule for The Batman: Part II.[89]

Filming

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Principal photography is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2026, at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in England,[9][85] with Greig Fraser expected to return as the cinematographer from the first film.[63][better source needed] Filming was delayed several times from an initial November 2023 start date because of the Hollywood strikes and Reeves's commitment to perfecting the script.[58][60][46][41]

Post-production

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Post-production planning with the visual effects had begun by the start of pre-production in August 2025.[9]

Release

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The Batman: Part II is scheduled to be theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on October 1, 2027, in IMAX,[67][82] as part of the "DC Elseworlds" label.[39] The film was originally scheduled to be released on October 3, 2025,[39] before it was delayed to October 2, 2026, due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes,[50] and it was further delayed to 2027 to allow more time for writing.[58][66]

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