Via EW.COM, Matt Reeves said that the script for THE BATMAN: PART II is finished and filming will commence next year. Here are a few other tidbits from Mr. Reeves…
THE BATMAN SAGA films will always focus on Batman and Bruce Wayne…
I always wanted to make sure that each of the movies that we did with Rob, that the central arc, the emotional arc of the story would be Batman and Bruce’s. Then when I was talking to Warner Bros. about signing for TV, I said what will be exciting to me is to take characters [where] there’s not enough real estate in a movie to cover their story in full and to really dig into them. I want it to all be this sweeping Batman crime epic.
Oz Cobb’s rise to power in Gotham was originally going to be in the sequel to THE BATMAN…
“I was describing to [HBO’s Casey Bloys] how I wanted to do this story for Oz as the beginning of the next movie. I deliberately ended [The Batman] in a place where [Zoe Kravitz’s] Selena is saying it’s going to be bloody. This is the moment of greatest hope, but it’s also the most dangerous moment that’s been in Gotham for a long time. So Batman’s going to be right at the center of that. When I was describing the beginning of the story of this underestimated criminal who we all know becomes the kingpin, Casey was like, ‘Oh, that’s the show! We want to do that show.’
Rob Pattinson’s Batman and/or Bruce Wayne isn’t in THE PENGUIN because they wanted Oz to be the focal point of the show…but he could show up in one of the other series they have planned…
That’s not to say that there would never be an appearance by Batman or Bruce or something like that [on a future series],” Reeves notes. “Lauren and I did speak: Do we want to find a way to get Rob to somehow be in this show? But that was an afterthought.
Oz will be the entry point into THE BATMAN: PART II…
Oz does become one of the entry points into the movie. I can’t tell you where it goes from there, except to say that we’re super excited about it.
For the full interview, CLICK HERE or any of the links provided. Season 1 of THE PENGUIN is currently airing on HBO and MAX. THE BATMAN: PART II will be released on October 2, 2026. – Bill “Jett” Ramey
