Matt Reeves provides an replace on the standing of The Batman Half II script, plus teases that they’re speaking about one other season of The Penguin.
It’s taken longer than anticipated for The Batman Half II to get off the bottom, however the long-awaited sequel is coming. There have been loads of rumours about what’s or isn’t taking place with the sequel, however director Matt Reeves lastly broke his silence to supply a small replace on the standing of the script.
Whereas talking with Zoë Kravitz for Selection, Reeves mentioned they’re “finishing the script” and can “be shooting next year.” The Batman Half II is slated for an October 2, 2026 launch, which can put over 4 years between the 2 films. Whereas I do know followers are anxious for the subsequent installment, I’m grateful that Reeves is taking his time to get the sequel proper, and hopefully, it is going to be nicely definitely worth the wait.
Reeves additionally confirmed that they’re contemplating one other season of The Penguin. “Yeah, we’re talking to [showrunner] Lauren [LeFranc] about doing another season,” he mentioned. “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 whether you’ll be able to method them in a means that expresses one thing private.“
Earlier this yr, Reeves mentioned that he nonetheless plans on making The Batman right into a trilogy. “Yes, that is still the plan,” Reeves mentioned. “I mean, it’s sticking very closely to the path we envisioned.” The director admitted that some issues have shifted, most notably within the option to showcase Penguin’s (Colin Farrell) rise to energy in a TV sequence. “I had always intended to continue Penguin’s story, and wanted to tell this story of his beginning of rise to power. Because we know that he’s introduced in The Batman as a kind of mid-level, sort of overlooked, mocked figure, who’s not yet in anyone’s eyes the kingpin we come to know him as in the lore,” Reeves defined. “And so, that was deliberate as a result of I wished— whereas it wasn’t Batman’s origin story, I wished the origin tales of those different characters, of the Rogues Gallery and that story was initially going to be the entrée into the subsequent film.“
