Batman 2 sequel with Robert Pattinson delayed to 2027: Why?

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Robert Pattinson’s “The Batman” sequel deals with the toughest villain of all – The Writer’s Block.

DC Studios co-head James Gunn confirmed Friday that writer/director Matt Reeves’ “The Batman 2,” starring Pattinson, will move its release date again — now a year later — from Oct. 2, 2026, to Oct. 1, 2027.

Gunn cited Reeves’ meticulous search for the perfect script as the reason for quitting a threads post.

“The only reason for the delay is that there is not a full script,” Gunn wrote. “Matt is committed to making the best film he possibly can, and no one can accurately guess exactly how long a script will take to write. Once there’s a finished script, there’s about two years of pre-production, filming and post-production on major films.”

The long-awaited sequel to Reeves’ 2022 film starring Pattinson has already been delayed several times since its 2022 announcement.

What’s going to happen in ‘The Batman 2’?

Paul Dano’s Riddler is locked up in Arkham Prison after the first film. But Gotham hasn’t recovered from the catastrophic flood The Riddler placed on the city’s battered seawall, according to Reeves.

“There’s a lot of turmoil and there’s a lot of outcry because of the revelations of what we find out at the end of the movie,” Reeves said in a Dec. 25 interview with Digital Spy. “Going into the next movie, there’s a lot more gray. There’s more people at odds and more division in the city. It’s a lot more like our world is now; there’s a lot of turmoil because people are in their camps and does not communicate.”

Will we see Robert Pattinson on screen before 2027?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the untitled film project from Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise will fill the slot October 2, 2026 for Warner Bros.

For Pattinson fans, some good news. The English actor’s “Mickey 17” film with filmmaker Bong Joon Ho now opens on March 7.