After years of waiting and one big delay, director Matt Reeves has confirmed The Batman Part 2 has officially commenced principal photography by posting the first image from the set.
The filmmakers behind the Robert Pattinson-led DC movie took to X/Twitter to share the news. It comes with a picture of a clapperboard featuring its bat symbol logo, with a blurry background showing what appears to be a person’s body lying on a table or slab in what looks a lot like a morgue.
Unlike the DCU’s Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, the first image from the set of The Batman Part 2 provides little in the way of identifiable information. Still, it’s a positive update as filming for the sequel takes off in London, and it will no doubt have fans spinning theories about who exactly is on that table.
“Who is that?” one fan questioned.
“I need to know who’s dead now,” another added.
“The Batman already opened with a dark scene of the Mayor getting hit in the head multiple times,” someone else said. “But Matt Reeves is seemingly going to make The Batman Part 2’s opening EVEN DARKER. Like opening the film inside of a morgue and showing a deceased body. Matt Reeves is the goat.”
(It should be noted that films are generally shot out of sequence so the first scene that is filmed is often not the scene that actually opens the movie.)
Despite Reeves and the rest of DC drip-feeding the internet with plot teases and major cast updates over the past year, we still don’t know much about The Batman Part 2. While some believe the infamous Court of Owls will play a large role in the sequel, others looking into past posts from Reeves believe Mr. Freeze could somehow show up.
Last week, Pattinson shared details about his process when it came to training for his return as Bruce Wayne. And just yesterday, Colin Farrell spilled the beans that his Penguin character will only show up for two scenes.
The Batman Part 2 is currently scheduled to premiere October 1, 2027. While you wait for any hard news about what is in store for this gritty version of the Caped Crusader, go learn why DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has warned fans not to expect the first DCU Batman movie for quite some time.
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