The sequel to The Batman is ready to characteristic a brand new villain who “hasn’t actually been carried out in a film earlier than”.
Director Matt Reeves teased that he’s veering away from the franchise’s typical baddies in a purple carpet interview with Josh Horowitz.
He additionally stated the sequel will focus extra on the character of Bruce Wayne since “the primary is so targeted on Batman.”
Reeves identified that in earlier movies, the origin story is commonly the meat of Wayne’s background, however with The Batman 2, followers will see the person behind the masks in new methods.
He added: “[In] a variety of the opposite movies, which I like, when you get previous the origin story, which we didn’t fairly do, however we did one thing that referred to his origins, you then begin telling the Rogues Gallery story and that character’s type of arch.
“However I by no means needed to lose [Robert Pattinson] on the centre of those tales, and so that’s actually what we set our goal on.”
The sequel is in pre-production now, with the script having been accomplished by Matt Reeves and Matson Tomlin. Manufacturing is anticipated to start within the spring of 2026, with a launch date set for October 1, 2027.
Elsewhere, James Gunn not too long ago shot down rumours that Robin will seem in The Batman 2, telling followers to “cease believing this nonsense”.
Gunn beforehand defended the “sluggish” progress of the sequel, arguing that followers “don’t must be entitled about it”.
The primary movie, which together with Pattinson additionally starred Paul Dano and Colin Farrell, was a field workplace and significant success in 2022. In a four-star evaluation, NME wrote: “There’s no drained retreading of Bruce Wayne’s origin story in The Batman. As an alternative, it finds him post-induction – beaten-down, lonely and remoted.”
The Batman and its sequel exist on a separate timeline from the brand new DC Universe that launched this summer time with Gunn’s Superman, starring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan.
Nonetheless, Gunn not too long ago mentioned the potential of Corenswet’s Superman and Pattinson’s Batman coming collectively in a future movie. “We’ve talked about it earlier than,” he stated. “But it surely’s not what’s occurring proper now. The whole lot is in flux, so we’ll determine what we’re doing subsequent.”
