Robert Pattinson recently joined Hero Magazine to interview his “Mickey 17” co-star Naomi Ackie, but the conversation briefly touched upon Pattinson’s role as Batman. He made his Dark Knight debut in Matt Reeves’ 2022 comic book tentpole “The Batman,” which earned acclaim and $772 million at the worldwide box office. The sequel has been long in development and won’t arrive in theaters until 2027.
“I fucking hope so,” Pattinson quipped when Ackie asked if he would be playing Batman again soon. “I started out as young Batman and I’m going to be fucking old Batman by the sequel.. I’m 38, I’m old.”
The actor then clarified: “I’m old, but I’m healthier. I think I’ve actually brought my biological age down a bit.”
Pattinson recently spoke to Variety at the “Mickey 17” premiere in London and said he expected to be filming “The Batman 2” by the end of 2025. “And I know what it’s about but I can’t tell anyone,” he added, “but it’s like, it’s very cool. It’s very exciting.”
DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran said at a press event last month that Reeves had “yet to turn in a full script” for “The Batman” sequel, “but what we have read so far is incredibly encouraging.” Safran’s co-boss James Gunn originally defended the release delay for “The Batman 2” when Warner Bros. announced it was pushing back the sequel from Oct. 2, 2026, to Oct. 1, 2027.
“To be fair, a 5 year gap or more is fairly common in sequels,” Gunn wrote on Threads at the time. “7 years between ‘Alien’ and ‘Aliens.’ 14 years between ‘Incredibles.’ 7 years between the first two ‘Terminators.’ 13 years between ‘Avatars.’ 36 years between ‘Top Guns.’ And, of course, 6 years between ‘Guardians Vol 2’ and ‘Vol 3.’”
“Matt [Reeves] is committed to making the best film he possibly can, and no one can accurately guess exactly how long a script will take to write,” Gunn added in a separate post. “Once there is a finished script, there is around two years for pre-production, shooting and post-production on big films.”
Gunn has stressed repeatedly that no movie will go into production under the DC Studios banner without a completed script. He explained his rationale by telling press: “It is hard enough making a good movie with a good script. It’s almost impossible making a movie with a script that you’re writing on the run.”
