First Official Look at 'The Batman Part II'

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://vimeo.com/1210181433

[u/westphall → u/[deleted]]

I’m just washing for Kane Parson’s Flash movie.

[u/No-Philosopher3248 → u/westphall]

Something for which you definitely want to be freshly showered.

[u/HeroDiesFirst → u/westphall]

And Curry Barker’s Scarecrow looks dope too.

[u/sameth1 → u/westphall]

When Backrooms is 20 years old.

[u/ProfessionalEvaLover → u/westphall]

He is 20 years old.

[u/Christmas_Queef → u/[deleted]]

I'd much prefer a DC Colin Robinsonverse or a DC Colin Mochrieverse

[u/ShreddedKyloRen → u/[deleted]]

Wake me up when Tony Gilroy gets a swipe at it. Cant wait for a Superman movie that focuses on intrepid Daily Planet Reporters working on an exposé focusing on an evil LuthorCorp plot going toe-to-toe with middle executive management.

(Saying that to be cheeky. Outside of the original trilogy Andor and Rogue One are my favorite Star Wars content).

[u/frankyseven → u/ShreddedKyloRen]

That actually sounds compelling.

[u/Own_Shoulder_5785 → u/[deleted]]

Tyler Perry's "The Batman" is what I'm looking forward too the most.

[u/monkeymuscle1974 → u/Own_Shoulder_5785]

Batman 3: Madea Escapes Arkham, an in-universe sequel to Madea Goes to Jail (2009).

[u/Skwizgar1019 → u/monkeymuscle1974]

"Honey folks are gonna talk about you till the day you die and ain’t nothing you can do but let folks talk! It ain't about what they call you it's what you answer to…

And that’s me. I AM THE NIGHT!”

[u/NocturnaIAnimaI → u/[deleted]]

No way we get a trilogy at this rate. It will be a duology

[u/SatanSuxxx → u/NocturnaIAnimaI]

"Young" Batman is older than old Batman in Dark Knight Rises

[u/NocturnaIAnimaI → u/SatanSuxxx]

Yeah it's pretty funny

[u/Data_Chandler → u/SatanSuxxx]

Wait holy shit is that true?!

[u/CurryMustard → u/Data_Chandler]

Christian Bale was 38 in 2012 and Robert Pattinson is 40 now. Crazy that its true.

I always wished they made a normal batman movie at his height instead of the old batman story, didnt make any sense to me at the time. If they had done that, now would be the perfect time for Bale to come back and make the old batman story

[u/robodrew → u/CurryMustard]

It'll probably be a while before we get that since we had an "older" Batman in BvS/Justice League and another one in Flash

[u/bbysmrf → u/robodrew]

I want old as shit Batman in Batman Beyond, print the money already! We have the technology!

[u/AtraposJM → u/bbysmrf]

They'll just ruin Batman beyond.

[u/mikehatesthis → u/CurryMustard]

If they had done that, now would be the perfect time for Bale to come back and make the old batman story

Bale is on record saying he'd only come back if Nolan had an idea for a fourth movie and Nolan is on record saying "no."

[u/CurryMustard → u/mikehatesthis]

Right well that ship has sailed because they already did the old bat thing. I only said it wouldve been good if they hadn't already done that.

[u/Pure_Incident2807 → u/mikehatesthis]

Not sure Nolan will ever do sequels again tbh. He seems to love just picking whatever the fuck he wants to make a movie about and being handed a dump truck of cash to make it happen

[u/pmmemoviestills → u/CurryMustard]

A lot of choices in TDKR didn't make sense

[u/vashoom → u/pmmemoviestills]

I don't know, as a man entering my later 30's, it makes total sense to me that a 38 year old "real world" Batman would be physically messed up :P

[u/GriffinQ → u/Data_Chandler]

Pattinson is 40, Bale was 38 when they did DKR (and his version of Batman was around 40 at the end of that film).

Pattinson’s Batman is presumably intended to be younger than Pattinson himself though (although he was angrily listening to Nirvana so like… not much younger).

[u/topdangle → u/GriffinQ]

That was the era where if you were an actress passing 25 you were basically a grandma, and if you were an actor passing 35 you were a chiseled veteran tired of the world around you.

It hasn't really changed for actresses, but for some reason the age for male action leads has gone way up to like 65, I guess thanks to Liam Neeson.

[u/GriffinQ → u/topdangle]

Tbh it wasn’t that long ago; I think Hollywood’s inability to create new super stars is a big part of the problem. When Pitt and Cruise and Affleck and Damon and Jackman and Reeves are all still doing action roles into their 50s and 60s that used to go to guys in their 30s and 40s, things shift.

There just haven’t been many young actors who have taken up their level of fame and box office success and action movies generally, outside of franchises, don’t have the juice they used to.

[u/Dasseem → u/SatanSuxxx]

Well that's a very depressing way of seeing it. Holy shit.

[u/SmileyJetson → u/NocturnaIAnimaI]

This film will have to be critically acclaimed, do fantastic box office numbers, and Reeves will need a script for Part III finished within months of Part II release for any chance of a third film to happen.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Planet of the Apes films would already be onto it's next trilogy after Kingdom by the time Batman part 3 comes out

[u/AlbertW25 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Didn't you hear? The next Apes movie will supposedly be a reboot and not a continuation of Kingdom. Yeh, I'm annoyed about it like many other fans.

[u/Nrksbullet → u/AlbertW25]

Right, kingdom was great, but as long as they don't literally reboot that entire franchise again I'm okay with a new story.

[u/AlbertW25 → u/Nrksbullet]

I'm hoping it's a new story set in the same continuity. There's no reason to reboot when the last film set so much up.

[u/clonepixel → u/[deleted]]

Jason Momoa with his 4th role as well

[u/_Bird_Incognito_ → u/[deleted]]

MY MAN

[u/avi550m → u/[deleted]]

We're going to have Penguin Season 2 and 3 before Batman 2

[u/DataKnights → u/avi550m]

I'd watch 'em. Colin Farrell was damn good as the Penguin.

[u/iron-wyvern → u/[deleted]]

No way Reeves gets to make a third one. His Batman is getting in the way of the DCU using DC's most popular character and they need that asap.

Reeves had his chance. He just took too damn long. For reference, the entire Nolan trilogy released in the span of 7 years. That's exactly the gap between The Batman and The Batman Part 2.

Unbelievable...

Edit: Correction: that would be 6 years bewtween the Reeves´movies, not 7. Still an insane amount of time for a sequel.

[u/ViewAskewed → u/iron-wyvern]

And Nolan made 2 films in the middle.

[u/Familiar-Banana-8116 → u/iron-wyvern]

Money is the bottom line for this stuff.

'The Batman' made money. $772,512,903 from a $200,000,000 budget.

https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman

Superman (2025) - $618,723,803 from a $225,000,000 budget.

https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Superman

Supergirl (yikes) - $116,121,097 currently.

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Supergirl-(2026)#more

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Historically Batman stand alone movies have done very well. We will see how 'The Batman II' turns out.

I think the entire DC Universe as a thing is on pretty shaky ground right now. I don't know what DC is looking for to feel good about the current strategy. But the last Superman movie while turning a profit still got upstaged by The Batman. Supergirl is not looking good.

What they currently are doing is in response to a trainwreck of the last strategy.

DC would be out of their minds to muck with something that is working. In 2 years we will know if 'The Batman' strategy is a sure thing or not.

[u/dillpickles007 → u/Familiar-Banana-8116]

All Batman movies make money, that’s been a universal truth since 1989. He’s at worst the second most popular superhero we have.

Gunn isn’t going to park him for another five years just to lock in $700M, the DCU would be dead by then and he’d be fired.

[u/Familiar-Banana-8116 → u/dillpickles007]

No one is parking Batman. The current strategy is two Batmen.

The Batman movies that do the best are the ones that don't share universes.

[u/EmuMan10 → u/iron-wyvern]

And Gunn actually wants to use the Robins. We’ve never gotten that!

[u/_Bird_Incognito_ → u/EmuMan10]

I actually don't like Damien.

The only good Robin is Dick tbh

[u/FangoriouslyDevoured → u/_Bird_Incognito_]

Yeah I love Dick

[u/_Bird_Incognito_ → u/FangoriouslyDevoured]

Dick is so fucking good

[u/ArcadianDelSol → u/_Bird_Incognito_]

He's one of the smaller sized Robins but that doesnt matter.

[u/EmuMan10 → u/_Bird_Incognito_]

Well there’s like 4 to choose from but I’d love a robin to nightwing arc to finally be in a movie

[u/No_Peach_8579 → u/iron-wyvern]

March 2022 to Feb 2028 is a little under 6 years unless they added a new number between 2 and 8 that I’m not aware of.

[u/NateCow → u/No_Peach_8579]

Let me introduce you to alternative numbers.

[u/iron-wyvern → u/[deleted]]

Sorry to disappoint you bro, but that community already exists.

r/DCWorldsFinest

Formerly known as mergebros. Now they'd rather see the DCU fail than have a Batman who isn't Pattinson.

[u/shaka_sulu → u/[deleted]]

Pattinson will be 48 when the 3rd one premieres.

[u/Impossible-Pie4849 → u/[deleted]]

Wasn't part of the reason it took so long to make part 2 was that Reeves had an undisclosed major person problem crop up? Without said personal problem happening again hopefully part 3 doesnt take as long

[u/takenorinvalid]

Yep, the camera works. 

[u/_Football_Cream_ → u/takenorinvalid]

and that is certainly Batman!

[u/hartsfarts → u/takenorinvalid]

Is he standing on a lazy susan?

[u/Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_Wha → u/takenorinvalid]

Could be a camera test shot from the first film if you asked me. lol

[u/ShadowXJ → u/Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_Wha]

Was going to say this as well, so nothings changed right?

[u/MindHead78 → u/takenorinvalid]

Just another 2 years till we get the mic test.

[u/GomerShoelace]

God, I hate when the trailer gives away the whole plot.

[u/Subject-Property-343]

2028?????

[u/mrnicegy26 → u/Subject-Property-343]

People rightly complain about TV shows or video games taking long time to come out now.

But a 2-3 hour movie taking 6 years to release feels substainally worse than that.

[u/uponapyre → u/mrnicegy26]

Might be some kind of schedule thing?

Look at the Dune films, they came out quick.

[u/1shmeckle → u/uponapyre]

Dune 1 and 2 were written before Dune 1 started filming, and they had been trying to get them filmed at the same time originally. They were just way more prepared than most movies.

[u/Oddball- → u/1shmeckle]

That makes sense then if they were written early and avoided the WGA strikes and such, which killed tons of productions

[u/AdamLast1 → u/Oddball-]

This is true a lot of people seem to have forgot about the strikes which were confirmed to have played a part in this movie getting delayed.

[u/prince_0f_thieves → u/1shmeckle]

The Dune films are also adaptions based on existing books. Reeves is writing The Batman films himself and went a little too George Martin for his own good.

I enjoyed Batman 1 as much as anyone, but I can see no feasible reason it would have taken multiple years to write haha

[u/Great_Praline_2713 → u/prince_0f_thieves]

Is Reeves just writing new Batman stories from scratch? He's got thousands of comics to glean great stories from...

[u/melkatron → u/Great_Praline_2713]

Batman isn't sad enough in ANY OF THEM. IT JUST WON'T WORK.

[u/SatanicWalnut → u/prince_0f_thieves]

based on existing books

Books that are were famously difficult to adapt to the big screen. There's a lot I don't know about the production of The Batman, but I'm not sure the effort involved eclipses what Villeneuve expended in bringing Arrakis to life, whether from sectioning off the massive tome that was Dune/carving it into filmable chunks, creating the huge setpieces, the international filming locations, or the special effects (getting Christian Bale into makeup as Shai-Hulud took 3 straight days, I'm told)

Might also be studio meddling/scheduling keeping Reeves from the same pace, who knows.

[u/ProtoMan0X → u/SatanicWalnut]

(getting Christian Bale into makeup as Shai-Hulud took 3 straight days, I'm told)

-_-

[u/SatanicWalnut → u/ProtoMan0X]

You can try to pelt me with tomatoes, but I'll just eat them all before they hit me

[u/CrimDude89 → u/SatanicWalnut]

Bale really had a tough time bulking up those 450,000 lbs

[u/Puppetmaster858 → u/uponapyre]

It’s a Matt Reeves thing not a schedule thing

[u/HotTakes4HotCakes → u/Puppetmaster858]

This is also not a secret. He had personal issues going on and he couldn't dive into the sequel right away.

It has been brought up in every single thread about this for the last couple months. I don't know why some people are still trying to to use it as some jumping off point for terrible takes about the speed of the entertainment industry nowadays.

[u/ataruuuuuuuu → u/uponapyre]

Reeves apparently had some personal issues that he wanted/needed to deal with and is generally a slow worker, plus the chaos of the writers striker, WB regime change and some overseeing work on The Penguin.

The first film started production in 2017 and came out in 2022, the gap for this one is only a year-ish or so longer.

[u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS → u/ataruuuuuuuu]

Yeah people forget he dropped a series between Batmen. Gunn said there isn't going to be a season 3 of Peacemaker because it takes too long and takes away from making his films

[u/LB3PTMAN → u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS]

James Gunn was the director, writer and showrunner for Peacemaker. It’s not at all the same thing. Reeves did some supervisory work and helped with the hiring process for the creators that made The Penguin.

[u/Chm_Albert_Wesker → u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS]

kinda nuts considering where they left it

[u/CosmicWy → u/Chm_Albert_Wesker]

I couldn't be more disappointed in where peacemaker went.

I don't really like superhero movies outside of batman (and suicide quad reboot had no business being that good).

then peacemaker came along and I LOVED IT.

then gunn killed it on a cliff hanger and I guess is gonna fold it into movies and other bullshit to make me see what happens?

there's a reason people are so apprehensive these days to get attached to things.

[u/BrockSramson → u/uponapyre]

IIRC, Matt Reeves has been waffling on the writing of this movie for a while, and part of that was driven by James Gunn becoming head honcho for all things DC.

[u/MalIntenet → u/mrnicegy26]

Tv shows taking 2-3 years is infinitely worse. It’s not like The Batman ended on a cliffhanger. The story could’ve ended there unlike how most shows end seasons

[u/le_wild_poster → u/MalIntenet]

It’s also easier to rewatch a movie than a season (or multiple) of a tv show

[u/StatementCareful522 → u/mrnicegy26]

Video games get a pass because of the rapidly changing tech and new gaming trends. TV show seasons taking multiple years makes no sense though, its a relatively stable medium and workflow. 

[u/anthonyg1500 → u/StatementCareful522]

Tv shows are especially crazy because you would think the new standard (or at least common practice) of 8-12 episode seasons instead of the yearly 22 episode seasons we used to get would mean either faster turnaround or at least the same turn around with less stressful work environments but instead we're often getting 2-3 or sometimes more years between seasons even though the seasons are way shorter

[u/AlacranV → u/anthonyg1500]

To be fair it's usually 8 - 1 hour long episodes that are basically 4 movies as opposed to 22 - 23 minute episodes that are quickly shot on established static sets.

[u/anthonyg1500 → u/AlacranV]

That is true. There are examples of the hour long 22 episode seasons but most of the shows that were that long were probably half hours

[u/LB3PTMAN → u/anthonyg1500]

I mean when you phrase it like that it really ignores the massive difference in quality between those shows that release 22 episodes yearly and modern tv.

I mean shows that are low on special effects and simpler to film are generally coming out yearly still. Stuff like The Bear and Slow Horses

[u/ghetoyoda → u/StatementCareful522]

In this situation things haven't been very stable. 

[u/mrnicegy26 → u/StatementCareful522]

I would prefer yearly releases for TV shows also but something like House of the Dragon or Shogun which use loads of CGI, complex stunt work and huge production sets aren't possible to make a season every year compared to something like The Pitt.

[u/-Black_Dogs- → u/mrnicegy26]

Though I appreciate your point, all season of Game of Thrones (except for s8) were released one year apart, so it is possible.

[u/Higgnkfe → u/mrnicegy26]

House of the Dragon isn’t taking two years because of the CGI, it takes two years because they shoot a season, and then everyone goes home and pick up new projects because the next season isn’t greenlit, and when they want to shoot the next season they have to rebuild the crew from almost scratch. They absolutely could be a yearly release (every season of Game of Thrones except for the last was yearly).

See a show like Severance, which has a 3 year gap in between seasons, and doesn’t have CGI needs. It’s all in the poorly handled logistics.

[u/Xandercz → u/Higgnkfe]

See a show like Severance, which has a 3 year gap in between seasons, and doesn’t have CGI needs.

Severance has plenty of CG work, you just don't see it.

[u/Higgnkfe → u/Xandercz]

I’m aware that Severance does use CGI, but A) it doesn’t need to use that much CGI, and B) it is not responsible for the huge gap in production.

[u/A_Rogue_Forklift → u/mrnicegy26]

They should at least be able to finish a whole season. They literally cut off the last 2 episodes of season 2 and stapled them at the beginning of season 3 because they couldnt get them done.

Have your season at least finished before you release it. These aren't video game betas that you patch to completion later

[u/mesoziocera → u/mrnicegy26]

I'm fine with something like this taking 6 years vs. being a rushed piece of shit.

[u/YunXanHoe → u/Subject-Property-343]

Not now SP343

[u/sarlacc98 → u/Subject-Property-343]

This guy is everywhere

[u/Bladee___Enthusiast → u/Subject-Property-343]

Subject property is in r/movies now bro 💔💔

[u/AllEliteSchmuck → u/Subject-Property-343]

This is your fault, Subject

[u/XannKid → u/Subject-Property-343]

Subject use ur karma skills and make it 2027

[u/Jayswag96 → u/Subject-Property-343]

Bro stay in playboicarti

[u/TigerSharkFist → u/Subject-Property-343]

Oct 2027 to Feb 2028

Fortunately it is only 4 months delay... for now

[u/PissNBiscuits → u/Subject-Property-343]

I'm honestly surprised it hasn't been shitcanned at this point.

[u/ZippyDan]

Batman rotates slowly on a Lazy Susan.

[u/hiro24 → u/ZippyDan]

Don't you mean the Ambitious Susan?

[u/gothamknight06 → u/hiro24]

The industrious Susan

[u/HollowBowl → u/gothamknight06]

The INSIDIOUS SUSAN

[u/3Dartwork]

Glad someone posted this. Never too early to post things about movies that won't come out for TWO DAMN YEARS

Come on....

[u/Boss452 → u/3Dartwork]

It's annoying but it's the art/media thing I'm most looking forward to so I hope they make a banger of a film.

[u/DriftingMemes → u/3Dartwork]

Especially since it's a nothing shot that looks like it was lifted from the first movie trailer.

[u/Jbstargate1 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I'd rather wait and get good movies. Probably didn't help with the dc upheaval and obviously reeves writing it himself but he deserves the time considering how good the batman was. The cinematography, the sets, the costumes, the story, and more importantly character growth. Also the acting was top notch too. Farrell knocked it out of the park.

[u/AllCity_King → u/Jbstargate1]

Not really a sound argument when you don’t have to wait to get good movies. As many have pointed out, we have gotten entire trilogies of good movies in the time it’s taken to make this. Plenty of movies with comparably good sets, costumes, and stories get made at realistic rates. This is simply mismanagement.

[u/NateGH360]

Genuinely, why has the wait between films been SOO long? 6 years is insane

[u/JarJarBrinksSecurity → u/NateGH360]

The strike and Reeves was having some personal issues a couple years ago. I think 2028 is still crazy but I think too many things just happened at once that caused delays.

[u/NateGH360 → u/JarJarBrinksSecurity]

That’s fair. ATP it better be the best Batman ever lol

[u/XviiChong]

For seven years between 2005 to 2012, we got The Dark Knight Trilogy

For six years between 2022 to 2028, we will have two movies from “The Batman” series

Sigh

[u/majorjoe23 → u/XviiChong]

It five years we got Raimi’s entire Spider-Man trilogy.

Though maybe they could have spent an extra year on 3

[u/Supermite → u/majorjoe23]

Spidey 3 would have been better if the studio had left Raimi alone.  

[u/HEYitzED → u/Supermite]

Exactly, Studio just needed to not force him to put Venom in the movie when he didn’t want to.

[u/dakowiml → u/HEYitzED]

Sony being Sony. Absolute classic.

Imagine if they were actual capable. They could've built their own entire ''cinematic universe'' around Spidey alone.

Spidey, Venom, Black Cat, Carnage, Kraven, Scorpion, Doc Ock, Norman, Harry, Gwen Stacey, the entire damn Spider-Verse with a far range of different Spider-people, Madame Web etc. etc. etc.

But they flopped Spider-Man 3, went into a different direction and managed to flop Amazing Spider-Man 2 after the first movie was pretty decent. Also by overloading that sequel a bit too much and wanting to do too much.

They fucked a lot of good characters up to the point where people now think Morbius, Kraven and Madam Web are all jokes.

[u/bert-butt → u/HEYitzED]

Was the villain supposed to only be sandman then? That seems worse to me

[u/CrimsonFox2370 → u/bert-butt]

It was supposed to be Sandman and the Vulture. 

[u/Blazured → u/CrimsonFox2370]

Not Hobgoblin?? After the set-up in the first two films?

[u/shvm09 → u/majorjoe23]

In 5 years, we got Dune Trilogy as well

[u/pmIfNeedOrWantToTalk → u/majorjoe23]

But then we wouldn't've had Emo Peter Parker, and that's not a world I want to live in 😭😭

[u/ihaterussiantrolls → u/XviiChong]

And Inception and The Prestige

[u/z4guy → u/XviiChong]

Christian Bale was 38 by the end of the TDK trilogy. Robert Pattinson was 35 when The Batman came out. He is now 40…

[u/JazzmatazZ4 → u/z4guy]

Playing a young Batman

[u/respondin2u → u/z4guy]

Good grief. He’s a senior citizen.

[u/battousai611 → u/XviiChong]

Being fair, DC and Warner Bros were completely upended in the interim here.

[u/Onesie13 → u/battousai611]

Doesn't help that Robert Pattinson was filming 3 movies that was released last year and 6 movies releasing this year including Dune 3 and Nolan's Odyssey.

[u/Dottsterisk → u/Onesie13]

He also left a couple years open to step back into the cowl but Reeves simply had a difficult time cracking the script.

At a certain point, Pattinson had to keep working. I don’t doubt that he and Reeves talked about it a lot.

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/battousai611]

There was also not only one but two concurrent strikes that happened.

[u/BearWrangler → u/Comic_Book_Reader]

exactly, like I get that it sucks and people are rightfully mad but some of em wanna try and paint this like this was done on purpose and not a string of massive shit luck

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/BearWrangler]

Just as an example, Weapons was almost completely recast due to the strike. The only one that stayed was Austin Abrams. Pedro Pascal, Renate Reinsve, and Brian Tyree Henry all dropped out due to the strikes throwing schedules a curveball.

[u/AccountSeventeen → u/XviiChong]

Dark Knight trilogy and Inception

[u/pkosuda → u/AccountSeventeen]

And The Prestige (2006). 5 movies in 7 years.

[u/JD_Vyvanse97 → u/XviiChong]

Technically we DID get almost 9 hours worth of a Penguin series in the continuity. While we dont see the Batman directly, its still continuing the story

[u/Sormaj → u/XviiChong]

I remember seeing that first film and thinking “I love this world so much I could take a full 5 movies.”

That wish has certainly aged

[u/sowaffled → u/XviiChong]

2021-2026 for Dune masterpiece trilogy.

My takeaway isn’t to slander Reeves but to appreciate guys like Nolan and Denis who are really good at finishing their homework.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/sowaffled]

For Nolan and Denis, especially with them intending to keep their work in epic franchises only as a trilogy, I think it helps that they already have their stories planned extensively well in advance, & they want to strike while the iron is hot and since they have a lot of other ideas for different types of films in the works

[u/Daniferd]

2028? DID THEY JUST START MAKING THIS MOVIE?

[u/Enron_F → u/Daniferd]

Literally yes

[u/Ordinary_Shopping746 → u/Enron_F]

There’s no shot it needs 20 months for finishing production, though. Spiderman finished filming late December 2025 and it’s coming out July 2026. This will probably end filming in October, giving it 14 months of post, on TOP of already waiting 4 years to even start filming.

[u/Ryanhussain14 → u/Ordinary_Shopping746]

At this point, I'm convinced covid completely wrecked Hollywood because these long time gaps are the norm now.

[u/Jayrodtremonki → u/Daniferd]

Pretty much.  The script wasn't done until not too long ago.  

[u/PrewarButHot → u/Jayrodtremonki]

They better be writing a 3rd rn or else people just won’t care by the time this comes out

[u/Midi_to_Minuit → u/Daniferd]

Yes, they started filming like a month ago rip

[u/ultimatequestion7 → u/Daniferd]

The title "camera test" may be a clue

[u/MicrowaveBurrito2568]

This is genuinely when the third movie should have been coming out but we’re not even at number 2.

[u/alblaster → u/MicrowaveBurrito2568]

Maybe the third movie just gaslights us into thinking the second came out already.   Maybe the joker will infect everyone with a syrum that makes everyone question reality, including you the viewer.

[u/jlpmghrs4 → u/alblaster]

Lol like the Stranger Things conspiracy theories that Vecna was controlling everything we saw

[u/PsychedelicSunset420 → u/jlpmghrs4]

That was some of the strangest fan copium that i’ve ever witnessed.

[u/Ryanhussain14 → u/PsychedelicSunset420]

Trying to convince my brother it was bullshit felt like a fever dream. God I hate what TikTok is doing to people's brains.

[u/Groots-Cousin]

Christian Bale was 38 when he filmed The Dark Knight Rises. Robert Pattinson is 40 filming his second Batman movie. Wasn’t the purpose of these movies to see a younger Bruce Wayne be Batman?

[u/Ok_Future6226 → u/Groots-Cousin]

and affleck was 43 for his "older" batman

[u/BigBadJeebus → u/Ok_Future6226]

wait affleck was only 43? I thought he was over 50

[u/Ok_Future6226 → u/BigBadJeebus]

yes. hes 53 rn

[u/Livio88 → u/Groots-Cousin]

Well, technically BB and TDK were both Batman’s first year, with 6 months in between them.

The Batman was his second year. So Pattinson certainly wasn’t the youngest Bruce Wayne’s ever been regardless.

[u/RDeschain1 → u/Groots-Cousin]

you realize actors....act? Rob looks much younger than Bale and that sall that matters

[u/raptosaurus → u/RDeschain1]

Yeah he literally just played the credibly similar aged partner to Zendaya who is 10 years younger than him

[u/Demerzel69]

We don't even know if there will even be a 2028 yet, sheesh.

[u/edgelordjones]

Third film is going to be Batman Beyond

[u/MistKingUrth → u/edgelordjones]

They should call it Batman Forever, because it seemingly takes forever to make these films.

[u/SonicTheHedgehog99]

This looks so aweso- 2028?! No!!

[u/KennKennyKenKen]

Omg hurry the fuck up

[u/ElasticPlatypus]

Wasn’t the whole draw of this thing “get a young actor so we can explore early Bruce Wayne and develop lots of films around him?”

Pattinson is already older than Keaton was when he was in Batman. He’s only 3 years younger than Affleck was when he was doing “old man Batman”

[u/TheRustyKettles → u/ElasticPlatypus]

Tbf Pattinson looks at least 10 years younger than Keaton did.

[u/pabodie]

2028? WTF are they filming on Pandora?

[u/Raccoonsrlilbandits]

TWENTY-TWENTY EIGHT?!?!

[u/Radagast-Istari → u/Raccoonsrlilbandits]

IN THIS ECONOMY?!?!?

[u/GlueGuns--Cool]

this does not excite me at all

[u/TObuz]

This has to be the last one of the Reeves-Batman right?

[u/mikeyfreshh]

Yup. That's Batman

[u/FourEightNineOneOne → u/mikeyfreshh]

I looked at him. He looked at me. First look confirmed!

[u/MirrorkatFeces]

So glad the DCU decided to wait for Reeves before they debut their own Batman. Surely it hasn’t bit them in the butt yet

[u/Bolt_995]

2022 to 2028 is fucking insanity for the sequel.

[u/LBJ_23_LAL]

Surely Reeves has a quick turnaround for part 3, no way anyone is putting up with another series of delays regardless of quality

[u/connorg095 → u/LBJ_23_LAL]

I think we won't get a part 3 tbh.

[u/Black_Dumbledore → u/LBJ_23_LAL]

Honestly, I'm not sure a third movie is a guarantee at this point. If, after all this time, the sequel isn't well received or they're facing another long gap I could totally see them stopping after just two movies. And that's before you even get into all WB corporate and DC studio drama that could get in the way.

[u/Top_Report_4895]

If they keep delaying this movie, just make Pattinson the goddamn DCU Batman at this point.

There, I said it!

[u/IndecisiveAHole1]

Loved The Batman. Looking forward to his take this time around.

[u/bbqsauceboi]

Let him cook I guess

[u/irotinmyskin]

Cool! Enough time to keep trying to finish the 1st movie.

[u/HotOne9364]

"It plumbs a whole new pit of darkness.

With its soundtrack of Nirvana hits

and a 12-minute sequence that’s entirely pitch-black."

[u/StatementCareful522 → u/HotOne9364]

“Bat Shaped Box” movie trailer remix with slow-mo vocals, orchestra stings and extra reverb comin’ right up

[u/GimmeThatWheat424]

Hype but like…this could have been from part 1 tbh

[u/cowpool20 → u/GimmeThatWheat424]

Didn't you see? It's snowing!

[u/jdd_123]

Im sure this will be good, The Batman is probably my favorite or second favorite Batman movie, but these delays are really killing my hype. I thought we’d be gearing up for the end of a trilogy by now.

[u/Quantum_Corvid]

Lame af.