{"id":895099,"date":"2026-09-14T06:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/895099\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:20:10","slug":"the-batman-part-ii-set-photos-tease-court-of-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/895099\/","title":{"rendered":"The Batman: Part II Set Photos Tease Court of Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"

New videos and photos from the London set of The Batman: Part II<\/a> show Robert Pattinson\u2019s Bruce Wayne being escorted by police through a crowd of angry protesters<\/a>. <\/p>\n

These images only further fuel the rumors<\/a> that Gotham\u2019s secret cabal of wealthy elites, the Court of Owls<\/a>, factor into the story, but these photos also hint at another Bat-villain possibly being involved.<\/p>\n

NEW LOOK at Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne entering a car after going through a crowd of protesters on the set of \u2018THE BATMAN: PART 2\u2019 \ud83e\udd87\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

(via londonmoviesets | TikTok) pic.twitter.com\/w4RA6AZsa5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Batman Saga News (@TheBatmanSagaNW) September 13, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

Footage on social media shows director Matt Reeves and cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt<\/a> filming a scene where Bruce is protected by the GCPD<\/a> as he exits down the stairs of the Gotham Bar Association<\/a> past mobs of protestors to a waiting Bentley where he\u2019s met by Andy Serkis\u2019 double as Alfred Pennyworth<\/a>. (Serkis is busy in New Zealand directing and starring in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum<\/a>.) Jeffrey Wright as Jim Gordon was also spotted<\/a> on set.<\/p>\n

The signs and placards waved by the protestors\u2019 reveal the source of their anger and the first hint of the Court of Owls: \u201cCourt of Oligarchs<\/a>,\u201d \u201cCourt of Fouls,\u201d \u201cThe Richer Get Richer,\u201d \u201cOne Day The Poor Will Have Nothing<\/a>,\u201d \u201cRe$i$t,\u201d \u201cEat the Rich<\/a>,\u201d \u201cYour Greed is Killin Us,\u201d and \u201cOligarchs Gotta Go!.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

There are also signs bearing Batman imagery, such as one that reads \u201cSave Us<\/a>\u201d and another that features the Batman mask with \u201cI\u2019m coming for you next\u201d<\/a> written below it.<\/p>\n

The irony in these images, of course, is that the protesters clearly view Bruce Wayne, the city\u2019s wealthiest man, as an enemy while embracing his alter ego Batman as a symbol of resistance against a corrupt system.<\/p>\n

Most curiously, some protestors are wearing white masks that fully hide their faces<\/a>. There is one particular masked protester with a white anarchy symbol<\/a> drawn on his jacket, a look reminiscent of the villain Anarky<\/a> in the game Batman: Arkham Origins<\/a>. Might these masked protesters be his henchmen?<\/p>\n

In the DC Comics, Anarky is Batman\u2019s most political adversary who uses violence against state and corporate institutions in a quest for social justice. Born Lonnie Machin, he is also one of Batman\u2019s youngest opponents and has sometimes been portrayed as an antihero rather than an outright villain. <\/p>\n

A protester with an A symbol on their jacket wearing a white face mask was spotted on the set of \u2018THE BATMAN: PART 2\u2019.<\/p>\n

Anarky? <\/p>\n

(via @RayChand006<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/18px5FXJKq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Batman Saga News (@TheBatmanSagaNW) September 13, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

Although Anarky has been featured in both live-action (Arrow) and animation (Beware the Batman), he\u2019s never appeared in a Batman feature film. It should be noted that Matt Reeves has said the villain of The Batman: Part II has \u201cnever really been done in a movie before<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n

Or maybe that set photo is just of some random extra with an anarchy symbol on his chest and it isn\u2019t a hint at Anarky or his movement being a part of this movie at all. I\u2019m just speculating. <\/p>\n

That said, a story featuring both the Court of Owls and Anarky actually makes sense for a Matt Reeves Batman movie where Gotham\u2019s pervasive corruption is front and center.<\/p>\n