"For years the follow-up to Matt Reeves' slick but glacially paced 2022 comic-book epic The Batman has existed in a dimly lit rumour void. We know it will eventually get here (supposedly in October 2027), but nobody knows quite what it will look like. Entire geological epochs may come and go before the film-maker finally decides which doyen of Batman's infamous rogues' gallery he wants to unleash next."
"And then out of nowhere comes this week's news that Scarlett Johansson is in final talks to join the cast of the sequel. We have no idea who she's likely to play but it matters not: this feels consequential, a bat-signal flickering to life over a city long abandoned. Johansson is more than just an A-lister; she's one of the few actors who still puts bums on seats and appears in Wes Anderson movies."
The Batman sequel is tentatively scheduled for October 2027, with details about its story and villains remaining uncertain. Matt Reeves favors a grimy, grounded Gotham populated by street-level antagonists rather than cosmic or shared-universe villains. Scarlett Johansson is in final talks to join the cast, bringing significant star power and mainstream box-office appeal. High-profile comic-book characters like Harley Quinn or Poison Ivy are considered unlikely given Reeves' aesthetic and continuity constraints. Harley Quinn has appeared in Joker: Folie à Deux, and Sofia Falcone is already cast in The Penguin series. Andy Muschietti’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold will exist within James Gunn’s DCU.
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