{"id":56497,"date":"2025-08-10T00:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/56497\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T00:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:06:09","slug":"james-gunn-shuts-down-rumors-about-robin-appearing-in-the-batman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/56497\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Shuts Down Rumors About Robin Appearing in &#8216;The Batman 2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/james-gunn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-gunn\" data-tag=\"james-gunn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Gunn<\/a> is shutting down rumors about Robin appearing in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-batman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-batman\" data-tag=\"the-batman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Batman<\/a> Part II.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter fan speculation spread online that the Boy Wonder would appear in Matt Reeves\u2019 highly anticipated sequel, Gunn took to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@jamesgunn\/post\/DNGo0iQMn7x\">Threads<\/a> on Friday to set the record straight. He wrote that a very small team at DC has actually read the script for \u201cThe Batman Part II,\u201d and that all outside information is \u201cnonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cGuys please stop believing this nonsense,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI think six of us have read the script. No one knows anything about \u2018the Batman 2.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis isn\u2019t the first time the \u201cSuperman\u201d director tried to quell fan rumors. In a previous Threads post on Monday,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@jamesgunn\/post\/DM6ks1Qirxx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> he wrote<\/a>, \u201cAnything you\u2019ve heard about that movie is made up or a guess. No one in the world knows anything about the concept for the story except four people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWarner Bros. Discovery <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/the-batman-2-filming-spring-2026-1236481330\/\">released a letter<\/a> to shareholders on Thursday announcing production on \u201cThe Batman Part II\u201d will begin in spring 2026 for a targeted release in October 2027. The letter also touted several other upcoming DC projects, like \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/tom-rhys-harries-starring-role-dc-studios-clayface-1236434058\/\">Clayface<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/supergirl-milly-alcock-first-set-photo-1236283575\/\">Supergirl<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/wonder-woman-movie-james-gunn-1236424855\/\">Wonder Woman<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIn film, James Gunn is busy preparing the next installments of the DC super family, including \u2018Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow\u2019 (2026), \u2018Clayface\u2019 (2026) and the next \u2018Wonder Woman,\u2019\u201d the letter read. \u201cIn addition, \u2018The Batman II\u2019 (2027) is preparing to begin shooting next spring, among several other projects in development. The 10-year vision for the DC universe also includes an exciting array of television projects, including \u2018The Penguin,\u2019 the upcoming new season of \u2018Peacemaker,\u2019 and the debut of \u2018Lanterns\u2019 in 2026. In a precise and measured way, the DC franchise will increasingly overlay across the studio\u2019s broader efforts: from film and TV to consumer products, games, experiences and social.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gunn is shutting down rumors about Robin appearing in \u201cThe Batman Part II.\u201d After fan speculation spread&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,5605,344,46631],"class_list":{"0":"post-56497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-james-gunn","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-the-batman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}