Earlier this week, Warner Bros. formally pushed The Batman Part II out of its October 2026 launch date and delayed the sequel for another year. Now, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has weighed in on the delay and defined why it occurred.
“The one motive for the delay is there isn’t a full script,” wrote Gunn on his Threads account. “[Director] Matt [Reeves] is dedicated to creating the perfect movie he probably can, and nobody can precisely guess precisely how lengthy a script will take to write down. As soon as there’s a completed script, there’s round two years for pre-production, taking pictures, and post-production on large movies.”
Gunn has beforehand indicated that beneath his regime, DC gained’t ship motion pictures into manufacturing and not using a completed script. With the intention to make the movie’s 2026 launch date, The Batman Half II would have needed to begun casting by now, along with establishing dates to shoot the movie. However due to the delay, there’ll now be a five-year hole between the discharge of The Batman in March 2022 and its sequel.
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HBO’s The Penguin saved The Batman‘s shared universe going when it debuted in September to largely constructive critiques. Colin Farrell reprised his function as Oswald Cobb aka The Penguin, and the season finale had implications for his character’s future in The Batman Half II. Throughout a current function with Variety, Reeves acknowledged that he’s been in discussions a few second season of The Penguin.
“We’re speaking to [showrunner] Lauren [LeFranc] about doing one other season,” stated Reeves. “That was a particular expertise. I simply really feel actually lucky. These characters don’t belong to me; they belong to the world. It comes down as to if you possibly can method them in a manner that expresses one thing private.”
The Batman Half II can be launched on October 1, 2027.
