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By Michileen Martin
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Currently slated for a fall 2027 release date, "The Batman 2" is scheduled to start filming later this year. But there's one problem. According to DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran, filmmaker Matt Reeves has yet to show anyone a completed script for the sequel.
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"He is yet to turn in a full script, but what we have read so far is incredibly encouraging," Safran told The Hollywood Reporter.
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Of course, there's no law that says Reeves would have to wait to finish his script before filming, but as a filmmaker known for going at his own steady pace, one has to wonder whether or not he'd be willing to roll cameras without a finalized script. If not, then how much hope is there that filming will actually start by the end of 2025?
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Even if there are no more delays and the sequel hits theaters in fall 2027, "The Batman 2" will release five and a half years after its predecessor. Comparatively, both Tim Burton's and Christopher Nolan's first two Batman films released only three years apart. Whether that two and a half year difference impacts the success of "The Batman 2" remains to be seen.
"The Batman" hit theaters in March 2022, raking in a worldwide total of $722 million; an impressive feat particularly during the pandemic.
The film was initially going to be followed by a number of spinoff series, including a prequel about the Gotham City Police Department and another about the twisted and iconic Arkham Asylum.
By 2024 it was confirmed neither of those series was moving forward, but that was the same year its one produced spinoff premiered on HBO, "The Penguin". With Colin Farrell reprising the eponymous role he originated in "The Batman", the series picks up where the film lift off, with Gotham recovering from the movie's events and Farrell's Oz fighting to become the city's crime boss.
"The Batman 2" isn't the only upcoming DC Studios project centered on the caped crusader. The animated movie "Dynamic Duo" is in pre-production, and "The Flash" director Andy Muschietti is set to helm "The Brave and the Bold," which will feature both Batman and his son Damian.
There's also "Clayface", a horror film about the titular supervillain. The body horror feature will be directed by Mike Flanagan, known his popular Netflix series like "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Midnight Mass".
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