Robert Pattinson On THE BATMAN: PART II Delay: "I’m Going To Be F**king Old Batman"
Fans of Matt Reeves’ The Batman have been wondering why it’s taking so long to get The Batman: Part II, and Robert Pattinson just gave an honest take on the long wait.
It’s been nearly two years since Pattinson’s brooding Dark Knight took on Paul Dano’s Riddler, and by the time The Batman Part II finally hits theaters, it’ll have been over five. At this rate, Pattinson himself is wondering if he’s aging out of the role.
Talking to Hero Magazine, the actor was asked if he’d be getting to work on the sequel anytime soon. His response? "I f–ing hope so. I started out as young Batman and I’m going to be f–ing old Batman by the sequel."
That comment captures the frustration fans have been feeling, but delays on the project haven’t been without cause. Reeves has reportedly had some heavy personal matters to deal with, so it’s not a matter of the director not being able to get it together or figure out the story. He just has more important things to take care of.
Regardless, Pattinson is confident the project is moving forward. At the Mickey 17 premiere, he gave a promising update: "I think at the end of the year? And I know what it’s about but I can’t tell anyone, but it’s like, it’s very cool. It’s very exciting."
So, if all goes as planned, cameras should start rolling in late 2025.
Pattinson’s not the only cast member in the loop. Andy Serkis, who plays Alfred, has also heard where things are headed and teased, "I am as hungry for it as you all are. He [Matt Reeves] told me the story of The Batman 2, and I was so excited for it."
Then there’s Colin Farrell, who’ll be reprising his role as Oswald Cobblepot after The Penguin HBO series fleshes out his rise to power. Farrell signed on for three Batman films but wasn’t sure if he’d be in this one. Now, he’s got some insight into Oz’s place in the sequel:
"Matt Reeves is a brilliant writer and an extraordinary filmmaker, and what I'm most excited-slash-nervous about in the second film is not what Oz does - or what predicaments he finds himself in, or what moments of success he gets to experience – but what his voice is.
"How is his personality? It was forming and changing in the limited series, and, by the end of the eight episodes, it's concretized into something else. There is a degree of almost delusion psychopathy present in the last scene.
“So how is that taken up in the second film? I was told I have five or six scenes. I don't have any hopes or any expectations."
For now, it seems like the sequel is still on track, but fans will have to wait a little longer to see where this version of the Dark Knight is headed next.
The Batman: Part II will be released in theaters on October 1, 2027.