{"id":917779,"date":"2026-10-06T04:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917779\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T04:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:46:13","slug":"the-batman-part-ii-production-hits-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917779\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Batman: Part II&#8221; Production Hits Pause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-batman-part-ii-writer-its-new-dangerous.jpg\" data-caption=\"Warner Bros. Pictures\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-batman-part-ii-writer-its-new-dangerous.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"the-batman-part-ii-writer-its-new-dangerous\"\/><\/a>Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Filming on DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures\u2019 \u201cThe Batman: Part II\u201d has been put on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Matt Reeves reportedly has to deal with a personal matter which has led to the production freeze.  In a statement, a DC Studios spokesperson says:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProduction on The Batman Part II has been temporarily paused while Matt Reeves focuses on a family matter. Matt has the full support of DC Studios and we look forward to continuing the journey soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Filming on \u201cThe Batman Part II\u201d began in June after a very long development process saw its start date pushed multiple times.  Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin wrote the script.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the film is sticking with its February 18th 2028 release date.  No word on how long the potential delay could be.<\/p>\n<p>The film stars Robert Pattinson, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Charles Dance, Jayme Lawson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Sebastian Koch, and Brian Tyree Henry.  Check out some recent video from the set below.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New video of someone on a motorcycle (probably Batman) almost hitting walking civilians on the set of \u2018THE BATMAN: PART 2\u2019<br \/>https:\/\/t.co\/BsNDBIvXFk<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Batman Saga News (@TheBatmanSagaNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheBatmanSagaNW\/status\/2106824561417503098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/the-batman-part-ii-paused-as-filmmaker-matt-reeves-1236722514\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Pictures Filming on DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures\u2019 \u201cThe Batman: Part II\u201d has been put&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,344],"class_list":["post-917779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917779","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=917779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}