The Batman 2: Release date, cast, plot, more

Sam Comrie
Robert Pattinson's Batman

We can’t wait to see Robert Pattinson’s return to Gotham City as the Caped Crusader, so we’ve put together all you need to know about The Batman 2 release date.

The Batman graced our screens in 2022, and instantly became one of the best superhero movies of all time. Matt Reeves’ grungy take on Gotham’s hero was incredibly stylish, delightfully dark, and opened up a whole world of possibilities for further stories.

While the DC slate has undergone plenty of changes in the last year, The Batman 2 has survived, and there’s lots of reasons to get excited about this super sequel.

Here’s everything we know about The Batman 2 so far, including when the film will arrive, who will be in The Batman 2 cast, and what the story might entail.

The Batman 2: Is there a release date?

The Batman Part II is currently set to be released on October 3, 2026.

The film, originally announced as part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s updated DC universe slate, was previously slated for a 2025 release. However, the impact of the writers’ and actors’ strikes has led to The Batman Part II being delayed a year from its originally announced release date.

Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman

Reeves is currently working on the script with Mattson Tomlin, and recently signed a large deal with DC Studios to develop the “Batverse”, which already has a number of spinoffs in the works, like The Penguin and Arkham Asylum shows.

Production for the Batman 2 has been delayed as Midgard Times reported that filming for the highly anticipated sequel has been pushed back to March 2024. But, thankfully, it hasn’t affected the film’s release date in October 2026.

Is there a trailer for The Batman 2?

No, there isn’t a trailer for The Batman 2 at the time of writing.

However, you can watch the amazing first trailer for The Batman below:

The Batman 2 plot: What will it be about?

There are no concrete details surrounding the plot for The Batman 2 at this stage, but after the events of the first movie, it’s likely Gotham City will be more vulnerable than ever with a power vacuum emerging and we could see some kind of hostile takeover from a new villain.

The Batman leaves our hero and Gotham City in a unique position that no other Batman film has attempted. While Bruce Wayne may have foiled The Riddler’s plans to eliminate Gotham’s mayor-elect Bella Reál, the city itself is completely submerged underwater. No doubt influenced by the well-known No Man’s Land storyline and Scott Snyder’s New 52 run Zero Year, Gotham City is ripe for the taking.

How that will play out all depends on which member of Batman’s Rogues’ Gallery the movie thrusts into the spotlight. There are a lot of rumors about Hush joining the cast as an antagonist of the sequel, but this is yet to be confirmed.

Robert Pattinson and Matt Reeves have both expressed interest in bringing in the Court of Owls storyline from the comics. Made up of Gotham’s wealthiest families and corrupt socialites, the Court of Owls is a secret society that has pulled Gotham’s strings for decades, which ties in nicely to the thematic threads introduced in the first movie.

It would be a drastic departure from Robin’s usual origin story, but integrating Dick Grayson into the Court could be a fresh way to introduce the character, too. The Court is known for kidnapping children from the Circus and training them to be highly skilled assassins known as Talons. With Grayson’s origins lying within The Flying Grayson’s circus act, it would be a bold take for sure.

The Batman 2 cast: Who’s in it, and will there be any new characters?

The Batman 2 cast will, of course, feature Robert Pattinson in the lead role as Bruce Wayne/The Batman.

Jeffrey Wright and Andy Serkis will likely return as Lieutenant James Gordon and Batman’s loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth, respectively. Zoë Kravitz may return as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, but the character was last seen leaving Gotham City for Blüdhaven (Nightwing’s future stomping ground).

Colin Farrell’s The Penguin will be seen next in his HBO Max show, but will definitely be out to stake his claim for Gotham’s criminal underworld in The Batman 2. Paul Dano could appear in a reduced role behind the bars of Arkham Asylum as The Riddler, accompanied by his new friend ‘Unseen Arkham Prisoner’ aka The Joker played by Barry Keoghan.

The latter’s role was merely a tease in the closing moments of The Batman, but the film’s tie-in website Rataalada (from the film itself) has revealed a cipher that suggests we’ll see them both up in a team-up situation in the future.

When asked previously, Keoghan teased how “exciting” it would be to return as Joker for The Batman 2. However, in a recent chat with Vanity Fair, the actor all but confirmed he has a role in the sequel.

There have also been rumors about Dick Grayson, AKA Robin/Nightwing, joining Batman’s side, and Clayface joining the Rogues’ Gallery, though this is yet to be confirmed, and we won’t know who would play them in The Batman 2 cast for quite some time.

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About The Author

Sam Comrie is a former Dexerto journalist based in South Yorkshire, UK. He has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and joined Dexerto in 2021 after producing content for NME and Red Bull Gaming.