The Batman: Half II has formally entered pre-production after quite a few delays attributable to the SAG-AFTRA strike and author/director Matt Reeves’ dedication to an ideal script. With Reeves saying final month that the screenplay is full, new rumors have it that the sequel will introduce Robin alongside Robert Pattinson’s Batman.
The report comes from Jeff Sneider’s The Insneider, who claims “a well-placed supply” revealed Robin is in Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin’s script. The supply additionally stated the screenwriters have been taking a “large swing” with the sequel, and that the script was “definitely worth the wait.”
We’ll see if the Boy Marvel joins the Caped Crusader within the DC Elseworlds undertaking (ie, a DC Studios manufacturing that’s not a part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s “predominant,” interconnected DC Universe) when The Batman: Half II lastly arrives on October 1st, 2027. Pattison will return as Batman, with Colin Farrell (The Penguin), Andy Serkis (Alfred Pennyworth), and Jeffrey Wright (Jim Gordon) all anticipated to return. Though unconfirmed, Zoë Kravtiz and Barry Keoghan are prone to reprise their respective roles as Catwoman and The Joker.
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In the meantime, Gunn has begun work on the subsequent film within the “Tremendous-Household” following the success of Superman and the upcoming Supergirl. The primary chapter of the newly relaunched DC Universe, “Gods and Monsters,” can also be set to characteristic its personal Batman and Robin film, with The Courageous and the Daring introduced to incorporate the Damian model of the sidekick. Damian is Bruce Wayne’s beforehand unknown organic son, whom Gunn described as “a bit son of a bitch,” an “murderer” and a “assassin.”