Batman Part 2 has been postponed once again

You had a feeling when he gave DC Batman villain movie release date Weeks before the actual Batman movie came out, something was changing. And now it happened. Batman Part TwoThe film is directed by Matt Reeves and stars Robert Pattinson It has been postponed for another year. It is now scheduled to be released on October 1, 2027. It was previously scheduled to be released October 2, 2026 and October 2025.

Release date news, reported by Delivery timealso came with a few non-DC tidbits. The October 2026 date will now include an upcoming project from director Alejandro González Iñárritu and star Tom Cruise, while 2025 will see a shift in some films. another pattinson movie, Mickey 17moves forward a few weeks to March 7 while the Ryan Coogler/Michael B. Jordan vampire movie premieres Sinners Returns to April 18.

As for Batman Part Two However, the writing was on the wall for a while. Rumors of a delay have been circulating recently with talk from DC Studios co-president James Gunn They have not yet seen the final draft of Reeves followed by dating Gunn and the team Clayfacewritten by Mike Flanagan, will be released on September 11, 2026, weeks early Batman. When io9 asked Gan In terms of timing, he seemed unfazed that Clayface and Reeves’ Batman exist in different universes. However, now, his movie has a Batman-less path as the audience has to wait longer for Batman’s return.

So what’s going on with Batman Part Two? Well, we’ve heard that Reeves is very careful and careful with the script and doesn’t want to move until he’s really happy with it. This quest for perfection, coupled with James Gunn and Peter Safran coming in and taking over DC, which would certainly include Batman, couldn’t have been easy. Originally, the plan was intended for Reeves. Batman To be part of the Elseworlds saga – removed from the central DC universe – with the debut of a new DC Batman The brave and the bold.

But just this week, that film’s director, Andy Muschietti, said he’ll likely make another film first since things have been postponed. Add to that the rumors of a possible transformation that would lead to Pattinson’s Batman joining the DC Universe, and well, things get murky. This is speculative and unconfirmed, but it’s out there. Why wouldn’t it be? with Batman Part Two Now that it will likely take five years to hit theaters, do DC and Warner Bros. Really spending over a decade without Batman in their films? Maybe not.

For now, Reeves and his team have bought themselves another year to make sure they give us the best Bat sequel since Dark Knight. We certainly hope so. Because with every one-year delay, excitement and anticipation diminish. At least we have Penguin.

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