With a brand new onscreen DCU taking form in Metropolis, Matt Reeves‘ Batman remains to be lurking round within the shadows of Gotham Metropolis.
DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn just lately assured followers that Robert Pattinson‘s iteration of the Darkish Knight “remains to be there” as author/director Reeves nears completion on a brand new draft of the sequel to 2022’s The Batman.
“What Matt’s doing remains to be actually necessary, regardless of all tales on the contrary,” Gunn informed Leisure Weekly. “We’re purported to see that script shortly, and I can’t wait.”
In the identical interview, Gunn teased {that a} new Surprise Lady is “being written proper now” following Gal Gadot’s tenure because the superhero within the DCEU.
Premiering July 11 in theaters, Gunn’s Superman will launch a brand new DCU separate from Reeves’ ‘Batman Epic Crime Saga’, which incorporates The Batman (2022) and final 12 months’s Max collection spin-off The Penguin.
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After Gunn beforehand defended the delays on The Batman Half II, which is set to premiere on Oct. 1, 2027 following a year-long postponement, Reeves mentioned in January that the sequel will movie this 12 months.
“We’re doing one thing the place the story continues from, however I hope that individuals will likely be stunned by,” he informed Deadline.
Though Pattinson confirmed plans to start out capturing by “finish of the 12 months,” the actor later joked, “I began out as younger Batman and I’m going to be f—ing outdated Batman by the sequel… I’m 38, I’m outdated.”
