The Batman 2 Won't Feature Robin, James Gunn Confirms

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has stepped successful to unopen down rumors that Robin volition look successful The Batman 2 present that writers Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin person yet turned successful their script.

Fans archetypal latched onto the anticipation that The Boy Wonder would play a portion successful the upcoming Robert Pattinson-led Batman sequel pursuing a study from Jeff Sneider. At the time, Sneider claimed to person learned details astir The Batman 2’s script, explaining that astatine slightest 1 mentation of Robin would amusement up.

Many were already skeptical astir however Robin would run successful Reeves and Tomlin’s gritty instrumentality connected Gotham, with Gunn present doing his champion to douse the flames entirely. In a station connected Threads, helium calls the rumor “nonsense,” adding that lone a constricted fig of radical connected the satellite person adjacent had the accidental to work the recently turned-in script.

“Guys delight halt believing this nonsense,” the DC caput said. “I deliberation six of america person work the script. No 1 knows thing astir the Batman 2.”

Reeves, who is besides attached arsenic manager for The Batman 2, turned successful the publication for his sequel June 27, 2025 – astir 3 years removed from the archetypal movie’s premiere. In different words, it makes consciousness that specified a high-profile publication has been seen by truthful fewer since being handed successful a small much than 1 period ago. There’s nary uncertainty Gunn and institution are keeping The Batman 2’s long-in-development publication and communicative nether fastener and cardinal arsenic it aims to statesman shooting successful outpouring 2026.

Warning! Spoilers for Superman (2025) follow.

Gunn has utilized his societal media presumption to unopen down DC movie rumors successful the past – adjacent if those aforesaid rumors yet turned retired to person immoderate information to them. In April 2024, Gunn fought disconnected speech that his now-released Superman movie, which helium wrote and directed, would diagnostic a clone of its rubric character. At the time, helium confirmed David Corenswet’s Superman would beryllium going head-to-head with Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor, adding, “I don’t cognize wherever each the worldly is coming from that it’s thing different than this.”

Although that circumstantial rumor stemmed from a wholly antithetic source, those who person turned up to spot the movie since its premiere past period were so met with Ultraman, a clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor. A Robin quality successful The Batman 2 sounds a spot far-fetched compared to the rumors surrounding Ultraman, but Gunn’s denial astatine slightest signals that helium likes keeping his cards adjacent to his thorax until things truly commencement to autumn into place.

Following a fewer delays, The Batman 2 is yet scheduled to travel to theaters October 1, 2027. The remainder of the DC unit are besides moving connected Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a DCU movie that volition see Damian Wayne, who is champion known arsenic Bruce Wayne's lad and 1 of DC's galore Robins. With truthful galore Caped Crusaders moving around, Gunn says Batman has go rather the occupation for him, going arsenic acold arsenic to telephone the quality his "biggest contented successful each of DC."

While we hold for updates connected each things DC, you tin work up connected The Penguin prima Colin Farrell’s caller comments regarding The Batman 2 and adjacent The Batman 3. You tin besides cheque retired each DC movie and TV amusement successful the works present that Superman has yet arrived.

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