Matt Reeves Says The Batman: Part 2 Is 'A Journey That Is Taking Longer Than I Would’ve Wanted for a Lot of Reasons' — but the Script Is Worth the Wait

Big quality for Batman fans: writer-director Matt Reeves has, successful fact, delivered a caller publication for his sequel The Batman: Part II — but it wasn’t needfully an casual roadworthy for the filmmaker to get to this point.

The Batman 2, which starts filming aboriginal adjacent year, presently has a merchandise day of October 1, 2027. If it does travel retired then, The Batman 2 volition get five-and-a-half years aft The Batman. Indeed, Reeves has said helium acceptable retired to marque a trilogy of Batman films, and arsenic of past twelvemonth that program was inactive on.

“It’s been a travel that is taking longer than I would’ve wanted for a batch of reasons, a batch of idiosyncratic reasons,” Reeves told The Hollywood Reporter connected the Emmys reddish carpet this weekend. “But [the] astir important crushed is getting it to a spot wherever I conscionable felt similar it was the champion publication we could perchance write.”

He besides noted that the movie is acceptable to sprout adjacent twelvemonth present that the publication is in. “We’re getting ready. We’re fundamentally entering prep,” Reeves added. “We’ll beryllium making the movie successful the spring.”

Reeves besides spoke astir prima Robert Pattinson’s effect to the publication — which, judge it oregon not, was mailed to him successful a privateness pouch implicit with coded introduction (that Pattinson astir couldn’t open, caput you) to support each of the breathtaking details wholly nether wraps.

“He’s Batman, and if helium doesn’t similar it, not good,” the Cloverfield manager said of Pattinson’s feelings connected the script. “I was ace excited. I thought that helium truly would [like it] due to the fact that the things that it does for his character, for Batman and for Bruce, person ne'er been done earlier successful this way. I had a feeling that helium would respond successful this way, but the information that helium did was incredibly encouraging.”

He added, “Obviously due to the fact that of what the archetypal movie was and what this movie is, which is truthful overmuch a detective story, the thought of trying to support the secrets of the movie is ace important due to the fact that it’s a mystery. It would beryllium an other level of heartbreak if that portion of it started getting out.”

Reeves besides spoke astir wherever the HBO’s spinoff bid The Penguin stands successful presumption of Season 2. “We’re successful discussions. [Showrunner] Lauren [Lefranc] is reasoning hard and we’re talking, truthful we’ll see,” helium told Variety astatine the Emmys. “We emotion the show, and we deliberation our formed is truthful incredible. The enactment that Lauren and the writers did was incredible. Our passionateness was successful it, but ne'er successful our wildest dreams could we ideate it would person been received successful the mode that it was.”

The bid took location a coagulated 9 awards betwixt the Primetime Emmys broadcast and the Creative Arts Emmys ceremonial a week anterior — including Best Lead Actress successful a Limited oregon Anthology bid for Cristin Milioti arsenic Sofia Falcone.

Meanwhile, James Gunn has his ain plans for the DC Universe’s Batman, who helium has insisted won’t beryllium played by Robert Pattinson. While promoting the rebooted DCU kickstarter Superman earlier this year, Gunn admitted: "Batman's my biggest contented successful each of DC close now."

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.