DC followers will apparently be handled to a villain by no means featured in a feature-length film earlier than in Matt Reeves’ The Batman Half II.
In keeping with the director, the upcoming sequel to 2022’s The Batman will embody a villain that has “by no means actually been finished in a film earlier than.”
Reeves dropped the thrilling little tidbit throughout a pink carpet interview on the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday (September 14).
Reeves additionally revealed that the sequel will focus extra on the person behind the half-mask, Bruce Wayne, for the reason that first movie was “so targeted on Batman.”
“[In] lots of the opposite movies, which I really like, when you get previous the origin story, which we didn’t fairly do, however we did one thing that referred to his origins, then you definately begin telling the Rogues Gallery story and that character’s kind of arc. However I by no means needed to lose [Bruce Wayne] on the heart of those tales, and so that’s actually what we set our goal on,” Reeves defined.
Whereas Reeves didn’t drop any clues as to which villain, precisely, Batman will sq. up towards in The Batman Half II, some unhealthy guys but to be featured in a live-action Batman film embody Hush, Hugo Unusual, Man-Bat, the Mad Hatter, and Purple Hood.
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The Batman Half II, which has entered the pre-production stage, will start capturing within the spring of 2026, and is scheduled to launch in theaters on October 1, 2027. The primary movie grossed greater than $772 million worldwide.
Robert Pattinson will reprise his position as Bruce Wayne/Batman, with The Penguin star Colin Farrell set to return as Oswald “Oz” Cobb/the Penguin in some capability.
The Batman Half II was first introduced in 2022, and was initially scheduled for launch in 2025. Nevertheless, the movie suffered a collection of delays together with the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes and script-related points.
Reeves, who was nonetheless engaged on the movie’s script earlier this 12 months, finalized the sequel’s script again in June.
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