‘The Batman 2’ Will Include Colin Farrell’s Penguin but Not Gentleman Ghost Because ‘We Would Never Go Into Full Fantastical,’ Says Matt Reeves
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Matt Reeves confirmed to SFX magazine that “we’re finishing up the script now” for “The Batman Part II” and “the plan is to shoot next year.” Warner Bros.
announced earlier this year that the release for the Robert Pattinson-starring sequel was being delayed an entire year from Oct.
3, 2025 to Oct. 2, 2026. “Colin [Farrell] will be part of the movie,” Reeves said about the Penguin’s return. “We’ve shared [the script] as we’ve been going along with DC and the studio and they’re super excited.” “The Batman” universe is expanding with the upcoming Farrell-centric television series “The Penguin,” which Reeves said will be the “entry point” into “The Batman 2″ and added: “There are details that actually connect right into the way the next movie begins, and the way that Oz enters that world as we hand the baton back to Batman, and Batman is on another case.” As for “The Batman” sequel, the director said it’s “going to dig into the epic story about deeper corruption, and it goes into places that he couldn’t anticipate in the first one.
The seeds of where this goes are all in the first movie. It expands in a way that will show you aspects of the character you never got to see.” “Batman is constantly battling these forces.
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