{"id":224000,"date":"2026-01-06T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/224000\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:25:08","slug":"the-batman-2-officially-confirms-major-villains-return-after-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/224000\/","title":{"rendered":"The Batman 2 Officially Confirms Major Villain’s Return After 4 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Batman – Part II<\/a> is starting to expand its cast as the DC<\/a> sequel gets into production this year. As the DC Universe is expanding, so is Matt Reeves’ Elseworlds property, as Sebastian Stan is joining The Batman – Part II<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a> reports that Barry Keoghan is reprising the role of the Joker after all, following his introduction in 2022’s The Batman. Principal photography is reportedly starting in May, only a month after James Gunn’s Man of Tomorrow film kicks off filming.<\/p>\n

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\n Close up of Barry Keoghan as the Joker in a deleted scene from The Batman<\/p>\n

Keoghan’s take on the Clown Prince of Crime debuted in The Batman ending<\/a>, as Paul Dano’s The Riddler gets sent off to Arkham Asylum. A deleted scene of him and Pattinson’s Dark Knight was later released, showing their encounter.<\/p>\n

The Batman – Part II cast<\/a> will also feature Scarlett Johansson, as she has been tapped for a mystery role. If Stan’s deal goes through, that will mark two major Marvel Cinematic Universe stars making the move to DC.<\/p>\n

With Keoghan’s Joker coming back, it’s still worth taking into account that this doesn’t confirm that he will be the central antagonist of The Batman – Part II story<\/a>. It’s still very likely that the sequel will have a different Batman villain as the main threat, which will be revealed in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Following The Penguin season 1 finale, Colin Farrell will reprise Oz Cobb once more, who had a supporting role in 2022’s The Batman. Zo\u00eb Kravitz, who played Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, in the first film, is reportedly not returning for the second installment.<\/p>\n

Given how The Batman universe<\/a> is open for spinoffs, there is always the chance that Keoghans’ Joker return will perhaps indicate more about what Reeves’ plans are for him in the long run.<\/p>\n

The Batman – Part II opens in theaters on October 1, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Batman – Part II is starting to expand its cast as the DC sequel gets into production…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-224000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}