Summary
Director Matt Reeves confirmed duringSan Diego Comic-Con 2024that Colin Farrell will return inThe Batman - Part II, and that filming will begin in early 2025. Robert Pattinson will play the iconicDChero once again, withThe Batman - Part IIto be released June 09, 2025. It will be over four years sinceThe Batmanpremiered, introducing fans to a brand-new era of the Caped Crusader.
The Batman - Part IIwill continue after the events of the HBO original series,The Penguin, starring Farrell, reprising his role as the titular character following the events of the first film.The Penguinshowwill deal with the power vacuum left behind after Carmine Falcone’s death at the hands of The Riddler. Story details forThe Batman - Part IIare scarce, but with Penguin returning for the sequel, it seems that Reeves will continue to build out his version of Gotham’s underworld.
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What Colin Farrell Being Confirmed For The Batman 2 Suggests About The Sequel’s Story
The Penguin’slatest trailerrevealed a handful of characters that will be major players in the war for Gotham, including the Hangman, the alias of Carmine Falcone’s daughter, Sofia Falcone. The Hangman is a major character in theBatman: Dark Victorycomics story who is directly tied to Two-Face throughout the story.Now that Farrell is coming back inThe Batman - Part II, the film could have the character be enlisted by Two-Face to help destroy the last remnants of Gotham’s underworld, including any mobsters that survive the events ofThe Penguin.
Of course, Reeves could go in a completely different direction for his universe, opting out of Two-Face and theBatman: Dark Victoryinspiration, instead focusing on Penguin being the big bad of Gotham. Penguin being a major antagonist forThe Batman - Part IIfeels like a natural progression of the character following his rise in power in the first film and his series. This film could be the culmination of Penguin as a villain to Pattinson’s Batman, setting up another power struggle that could shape the third and final installment of Reeves’sBatmantrilogy.
Fans have anxiously awaited news aboutThe Batman - Part IIsince it was confirmed only a month afterThe Batmanwas released. Knowing thatThe Batman - Part IIwill begin filming early 2025 is great, but having Farrell reprise his role as Penguin again is the key here, hinting at possible story directions the sequel may take.The Penguinis next up for DC, though, and knowing the character will see his story continue beyond the series is exciting.
The Batman Part II
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The Batman Part II is the sequel to Matt Reeve’s The Batman, released in 2022, and will continue where the original film left off. The film shares a universe with the HBO Max original Penguin series and sees the return of the Riddler and a different incarnation of the Joker.
