Fans of Robert Pattinson’s Batman haven’t gotten many good updates lately. It’s been almost three years since he debuted in The Batman, and though the spin-off series The Penguin paved the way for a compelling sequel, it may be another two years before we’ll see the Dark Knight return. While director Matt Reeves plugs away at a script for The Batman II, producers at Warner Bros. have chosen to push back the film’s release date. No longer will it premiere in October 2026; it’s been delayed a full year, and is now set to hit theaters in 2027.
Speaking to Zoë Kravitz for Variety’s “Directors on Directors” series, Reeves explained that the writing process has been “slow” lately. “The thing is that for me, I feel like it’s not a choice,” he said. “I always feel like I would never do it the way I’m doing it, except that that’s the only way I know how to do it.”
