‘The Batman: Part 2’ First Footage Is Out, But Movie’s Release Is Delayed Again

The Batman: Part 2 was to be released last October and was then delayed two years, until Oct. 1, 2027. Now the release date has been pushed back again and the movie won’t come out out until four and a half months later, on Feb. 18, 2028, the director Matt Reeves announced online.

Hopefully, that’s the last delay, but the changes have become rather exhausting at this point.

The Batman: Part 2 started filming in June, so the fact that it would be released well over a year later did not seem like much of a stretch. But it will arrive almost six years after The Batman, barring any further delays, which clearly we cannot rule out.

There is one tiny bit of good news: New footage from the movie has been released. And I do mean tiny. Reeves has posted a video on Vimeo, of all places, that shows Robert Pattinson back in costume, snow falling around him in Gotham. We knew that The Batman: Part 2 would take place in the winter.

There is no explanation given for this latest delay, and the assumption is that post-production will take longer than anticipated. However, I’m sure some observers will jump to the conclusion that this has something to do with James Gunn and DCU scheduling the parallel universe to Reeves’ that is trying to find its own Batman for a Brave and the Bold movie directed by The Flash’s Andy Muschietti.

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There is no indication that’s the case, and The Brave and The Bold doesn’t have a a release date yet. Presumably it would not be until 2028, but given the state of the DCU, that’s not guaranteed. And it does seem likely that Gunn and Reeves would not want to release dueling Batman movies in the same year.

We know at least a few things about The Batman: Part 2, other than the winter setting.

The film is set right after the events of HBO’s Penguin show.
Colin Farrell’s Penguin will appear, but only in a few scenes.
Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Brian Tyree Henry and Charles Dance have been added to the cast.
There have been recent plot leaks about the characters the actors play and the overall storyline, but I won’t repost those here. Reeves has said the movie will feature a villain not seen onscreen before.

I would not exactly trade a GIF's worth of footage and a logo for another delay, but I’m also not shocked at this point, as we are approaching three years past its original schedule, so this has been more than a common occurrence.

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