Whereas it stays to be seen when the DC Universe’s Batman might be launched in The Courageous and the Daring (or maybe sooner), motion on Robert Pattinson’s reprisal of the Caped Crusader continues at a gradual tempo. The Batman: Half II remains to be set for a 2027 launch, and filmmaker Matt Reeves introduced on the finish of June that he’d completed the script. Now the upcoming DC film has taken one other massive step ahead, and this comes as villain rumors for Half II are swirling.
The Batman: Half II Is Getting Prepared To Start Filming
As shared by Productionlist, which is a part of the Movie & Tv Business Alliance, The Batman: Half II has entered preproduction and is about to start filming on January 1, 2026 at Warner Bros. Leavesden in London. Its predecessor additionally shot in England’s capital, so it’s not stunning the sequel will roll cameras at that very same WB location. As described within the announcement, the Leavsden facility supplies entry to “ high-end soundstages and set-building services—splendid for Gotham’s gritty transformation and sweeping sensible environments.”
With 5 months to go till The Batman: Half II’s principal images kicks off, the rest of 2024 might be spent organizing the venture’s departments, together with manufacturing design, artwork path, stunt coordination, costume, make-up, grip, lighting, digital camera, VFX, and post-production planning. It’s additionally talked about that casting calls and crew notices will begin going out within the fall. The previous is particularly notable, because it means we’ll probably study which new actors are coming aboard for Half II earlier than the 12 months is finished.
James Gunn Has Been Shutting Down The Batman: Half II Villain Rumors
It’ll be good when that casting info begins coming in, notably on the subject of The Batman: Half II’s villains. As is usually the case with superhero motion pictures, rumors have been working rampant about which baddies are going to trigger hassle for Robert Pattinson’s Darkish Knight this time round. The most recent bout of hypothesis factors to Tommy Elliot, a.okay.a. Hush, occupying the primary antagonist place. James Gunn debunked that a number of days in the past, saying “Once more all the pieces you have heard is a complete guess or made up.”
Because the co-head of DC Studios, Gunn is among the few individuals who is aware of what’s being deliberate for The Batman: Half II, and he learn by way of the script in early July. However exterior of calling what Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin penned “nice,” he’s naturally not prepared to share any particular particulars about this highly-anticipated upcoming superhero film. The one villain we all know for positive might be current in Half II is Colin Farrell’s Penguin, who was the main target of the Emmy-nominated miniseries that aired on HBO final 12 months. Even Barry Keoghan’s Joker is assured to seem following his shadowy cameo in The Batman’s ending.
The Batman: Half II will forged its shadow over theaters on October 1, 2027, and Robert Pattinson and Colin Farrell might be joined once more by Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth and Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon. I stay up for getting a clearer image of what this sequel holds in retailer as we transfer in direction of its manufacturing begin date. Till then, proceed to be skeptical about any villain rumors you come throughout.