The Batman - Part II
Release Date: October 1, 2027
Director: Matt Reeves
Writers: Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin
Cast:
• Robert Pattinson – Batman/Bruce Wayne
• Colin Farrell – Penguin/Oswald Cobb
• Andy Serkis – Alfred Pennyworth
• Jeffrey Wright – Commissioner Gordon
While the DCU will be making a mark with James Gunn’s new trajectory, Warner Bros.’ DC division will still be producing unrelated DC superhero movies, that they have calculatingly called DC Elseworlds. The Joker and Batman franchises fall under the purview of this extrinsic universe.
The Batman was slightly divisive among hardcore DC fans, but in the end, it earned enough revenue to warrant a sequel for the studio. The strangest part about this Batman series is how Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne revival in The Flash is still fresh in viewer’s memories, while Ben Affleck ended up hanging around for longer than expected, and someone new may even sign on for the DCU. One of Gunn’s projects in the pipeline is The Brave and the Bold with Bruce Wayne and his son, Damian. So, we will have four different actors playing Bruce Wayne in DC films this decade.
There are still a lot of unknowns about The Batman - Part II, however we returned to that universe created by Matt Reeves in HBO's The Penguin, which earned critical acclaim and several awards nominations. While that limited series bridges the gap between the two cinematic features, the show is more of a deep character study for Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb. One could also surmise that the Joker (not Joaquin Phoenix’s version) will be involved in the sequel; he was teased at the end of the original, so perhaps Barry Keoghan’s Joker will be promoted to lead villain for Part II.
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