'The Batman 2' Gets Pushed Back To 2027
12/30/2024 10:15 AM
Bad news for The Batman fans as it seems like we’ll have to wait an extra year for the follow-up to Matt Reeves’ surprisingly pleasant 2022 film.
According to USA Today, DC Studios show runner, James Gunn took to Threads to break the news to the comic book world that The Batman 2 will now be releasing in 2027 instead of 2026 as director/writer, Matt Reeves fights off a vicious bout with writers block. Yes, writers block. Taking to the social media website, Gunn confirmed a report that the film was being pushed back writing “Sure. Yes, it is true. The only reason for the delay is there isn't a full script (those of you who follow me here probably know that already). Matt is committed to making the best film he possibly can, and no one can accurately guess exactly how long a script will take to write. Once there is a finished script, there is around two years for pre-production, shooting and post-production on big films. TheBatman2.”
With the way HBO Max’s The Penguin series had Batman fans amped up for what was next in Matt Reeve’s Batman universe, this is a big step back.
News of the pushback comes weeks after it was confirmed that DC Studios was moving forward with a Clayface film which would serve to expand Reeve’s Batman rogue of villains and possibly make The Batman 2 (or 3) that much more epic.
As for what we already know about what’s going on in the current Gotham City that Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight oversees, it’s pretty darn interesting.
Per USA Today:
Paul Dano's Riddler is locked away in Arkham Prison after the first movie. But Gotham has not recovered from the catastrophic flood The Riddler brought on the city's ravaged seawall, according to Reeves.
“There’s a lot of unrest and there’s a lot of clamoring because of the revelations of what we find out at the end of the movie,” Reeves said in a Dec. 25 interview with Digital Spy. “As we enter into the next movie, there's a lot more grey. There are more people at odds and more division in the city. It's a lot more like our world is now; there's a lot of turmoil because people are in their camps and not communicating.”
We’re still not feeling Barry Keoghan’s iteration of The Joker though. Just sayin.’
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