The sequel to new Batman movie has been officially announced by Warner Bros. and DC at CinemaCon 2022. The first installment grossed over $ 750 million worldwide and marked the first week’s biggest debut for HBO’s streaming service HBO Max, so everyone expected to see a sequel.
At CinemaCon , it was also officially confirmed that Robert Pattinson will re-star and Matt Reeves will remain the director.
Matt took one of our most iconic and beloved superheroes and presented a fresh vision that clearly echoed through the public and, thanks to your amazing support, broke box office records around the world, which is one of the reasons I’m excited to bring this message across that Matt, Rob Pattinson and the entire team will take the audience back to Gotham with Batman 2, producer Toby Emmerich said.
In turn, the director himself added:
I just want to reiterate what Toby said and thank you all for your huge support for Batman. Every part of this journey has been exciting for me as a filmmaker and a huge fan of the character. I look forward to returning to this world in the next chapter.
Batman’s ending (and his post-credits scenes) opened many paths for the sequel. Fans are already wondering what they will see in the second part. Most often we talk about the appearance of the Joker (played by Barry Keoghan), whom we could see in one of the cut scenes, the evil genius Hush, and perhaps even Bane. There is also the question of whether Gotham City remains isolated and in a state of destruction after the Riddler’s terrorist acts, creating the plot known from the No Man’s Land series . We also got to see the Court of Owls in The Batman , and that also seems to be an interesting path for a future storyline.
There are currently also two confirmed series spin-offs. These are:
The Penguin – Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot was so well received by fans that Warner Bros. gives him his own series on HBO Max. The Penguin series was originally intended to be a story for Batman 2 , but was eventually incorporated into the show’s concept.
Arkham Series – Warner Bros. decided to focus on her original idea in which we will look at the infamous Arkham Asylum. It’s supposed to be a horror-style series with the stories of several different people.