{"id":614988,"date":"2026-09-13T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/614988\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:58:09","slug":"sebastian-stan-talks-joining-the-batman-part-ii-and-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/614988\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Stan Talks Joining ‘The Batman Part II’ and DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many delays later, The Batman Part II\u00a0finally started production<\/a> earlier this summer. After Robert Pattinson<\/a> got the ball rolling on talking up the sequel\u2019s greatness, it\u2019s Sebastian Stan\u2019s turn to whet some fans\u2019 whistles.<\/p>\n

As part of a larger conversation about his upcoming film Fjord,\u00a0he\u00a0told Variety<\/a> how excited he is to enter the DC universe. Though his career has boosted thanks to Marvel, the actor called Batman the \u201cmost recognizable\u201d superhero he saw growing up in Europe. Since he\u2019s been Bucky Barnes for over a decade, he never thought DC movies were in the cards for him. Then, as he told it, two things happened: director Matt Reeves sought him out after watching and loving 2024\u2019s The Apprentice,\u00a0and Stan had separately cold-called James Gunn to say he was \u201cready to rock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just off the latter, it sure seemed Stan could\u2019ve wound up in a DC movie sooner or later. Doing The Batman Part II, he admitted to feeling like he\u2019s done a team switch, a feeling canceled out by using his time as Bucky to inform this new role. \u201cThese worlds keep going parallel, and they weirdly help each other,\u201d he said of the relationship between Marvel and DC\u2019s respective films.<\/p>\n

As for who Stan\u2019s playing\u2026rumors have pegged him for Harvey \u201cTwo-Face\u201d Dent<\/a>, but he\u2019s staying tight-lipped. To those rumors, all he\u2019d say was that audiences will \u201cfully grasp\u201d the film until they get to watching it. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of speculation about what this is, but I think it\u2019ll be a really good payoff,\u201d he teased. \u201cIt\u2019s really grounded and real, and that\u2019s what I loved about it. I go to set sometimes and I look around and I\u2019m like, I think we\u2019re making fucking The Godfather Part II.\u201d<\/p>\n

Count us curious as we wait for\u00a0The Batman Part II\u00a0to hit theaters on February 18, 2028<\/a>. (Hopefully.)<\/p>\n

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