The Batman 2 has officially been anounced at CinemaCon, and alongside bringing you this news, there's some smaller details and things that I wanted to discuss surrounding the sequel to Matt Reeves successful film.
The Batman 2
So The Batman 2 is officially on the way with Matt Reeves returning as director, Robert Pattinson as Batman and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman.
Warner Bros Boss Toby Emmerich announced the news today during their CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas, and this comes soon after the film had grossed a worldwide total of $760 million and a high viewership on HBO Max during it's first week of around 4.1 million.
This was of course much higher than the day and date movies Warner Bros released on HBO Max and theatres simultaneously. And in addition to The Batman's viewership, the movie was widely praised by critics and audiences with a solid 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and an A- CinemaScore. Coming up, The Batman will also expand to streaming shows on HBO Max with the Penguin spinoff series starring Collin Farrell, which Reeves is producing too, and it will focus on Gotham City's underworld as a prequel and sequel.
During the presentation, director Matt Reeves took to the stage and said to cinemagoers, “Thank you all for your tremendous support for The Batman. I’m excited to jump back into this world for the next chapter.” The filmmaker will of course direct the project, but he also announced that he is currently writing it too, with no current details about what the movie will be about.
After the film was the first for Warner Bros to return to a theatrical release, following it's 2021 slate being put on HBO Max at the same time, unless things change, the sequel will be in cinemas for 45 days before it comes out on streaming service, just like the strategy of the first film.
What We Can Expect From The Batman 2
So what can we expect from The Batman 2. Well, while no plot details for the film were announced at CinemaCon, we are sure to see more of the characters from the first one. This includes Zoe Kravitz Catwoman who was confirmed to be back, and Reeves did share some details on her character a few weeks ago in his director's commentary.
When speaking of the final scene, he said, "they are two people who want to be together but they’re not going to be. And that of course leads into the deliciousness of when they’ll meet again and how the next time they meet they might be even further on opposite sides.
So when she returns, she will likely be the opposite in morality to Batman, maybe even the more villainous side of her character shinning through. It will be interesting to see what they do with their relationship going forward, but as Reeves confirms, she's definitely going to be back for the sequel.
Then there's Barry Keoghan’s Joker, who was more greatly revealed in a deleted scene released a few weeks after the film came out. Again, I don't think he'll be a main villain, but I would predict that he will at least make an appearance in the second film.
And speaking of villains, It's going to be intriguing to see who Reeves tackles in The Batman 2. Will it be the court of owls, mr freeze, hush or someone else. It's yet to be seen but those announcements should come as we get closer to the release date.
Release Date and Title?
They don't have a release date for the film with Reeves still writing the script in it's early stages, I would have to predict that they would look to release it sometime in 2024 or 2025. It really depends on the process and what Reeves is looking to do with the sequel, and I'm sure that like the first one he'll want to really take his time to build out a well developed story.
2025 seems a likely bet with all the work that needs to commence. This isn't like Dune Part 2, in which Denis Villeneuve had already wrote part of the script prior to it's announcement, as Reeves has only just begun those stages.
So we will soon see what lies in store for the film and I also wonder what they'll end up titling it too. This could even come next year at CinemaCon because did say we'd be hearing more then. Will the title be The Batman: Part 2 or The Batman something or other.
Or will Reeves take the other route of calling it The Caped Crusader, similar to how Christopher Nolan went from Batman Begins to The Dark Knight. Again, we'll have to see, but all these smaller deatils will be confirmed over the next year or 2, and before we know it The Batman 2 will be hitting theatres, for hopefully another successful run.
With it now happening and the ending of the first film opening up many possibilities, Matt Reeves can go in any direction he wants. That alongside the HBO Max shows and opportunities for a new trilogy, means that we are going to go even deeper into this new Gotham, Bruce Wayne's journey and the caped crusader's pinfamous rogues gallery.
Again, I have complete faith in Matt Reeves bringing us a great story in the sequel, and hopefully, it'll even turn out better than the first one. We'll have to see, but it seems that Warner Bros are going full steam ahead with the Matt Reeves related Batman projects, and I couldn't be happier.
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