{"id":324116,"date":"2025-12-04T04:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T04:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324116\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T04:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T04:31:13","slug":"scarlett-johansson-to-join-the-batman-2-zoe-kravitz-not-likely-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324116\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson to Join ‘The Batman 2,’ Zoe Kravitz Not Likely to Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tScarlett Johansson<\/a> is in negotiations to join the cast of \u201cThe Batman Part II,\u201d starring opposite Robert Pattinson<\/a>\u2018s Caped Crusader.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe DC Studios film, directed by Matt Reeves, is expected to begin shooting next spring<\/a> for an October 2027 theatrical release from Warner Bros. \u201cThe Batman\u201d opened in theaters in March 2022 and grossed $772 million at the worldwide box office; Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin completed the script<\/a> for the long-awaited sequel in June. Zoe Kravitz\u2019s Catwoman is not expected to return for the film, according to sources with knowledge of the production. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s been a long journey, but I am so incredibly excited. I\u2019m really proud of the script me and Mattson did,\u201d Reeves told Variety<\/a> at the Emmys in September, revealing the lengths to which \u201cThe Batman\u201d team went to keep the story under wraps. \u201cWe put [the script] into a secret pouch that literally has a lock on it with a code. [Robert Pattinson] was in New York at the time, and everything is high security.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLikewise, details of Johansson\u2019s potential role have not been revealed, but the move is the latest major franchise deal for the actor, who most recently starred in the box office smash \u201cJurassic World Rebirth\u201d (which grossed more than $800 million for Universal) and will appear in \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d reboot.<\/a> Most notably, Johansson joining the Batman sequel means swinging across the comic book street from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (of which she is a founding Avenger as Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow) to DC\u2019s factory of heroes.<\/p>\n

\n\tJohansson, a two-time Oscar nominee, has been plenty busy outside of the realm of franchise IP, too. She made her directorial debut with the drama \u201cEleanor the Great,\u201d which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. She\u2019ll next be seen starring in James Gray\u2019s \u201cPaper Tiger.\u201d She is represented by CAA and Yorn Levine LLC.<\/p>\n

\n\tNexus Point News first reported news of Johansson eyeing a role in the film. DC Studios had no comment on the casting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to join the cast of \u201cThe Batman Part II,\u201d starring opposite Robert Pattinson\u2018s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337,50503,31981,2017],"class_list":{"0":"post-324116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-robert-pattinson","13":"tag-scarlett-johansson","14":"tag-the-batman-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}