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Pre-production on the highly anticipated sequel to The Batman\u00a0finally ramps up with the first bit of casting news. Sources tell Nexus Point News that Scarlett Johansson is in talks to join The Batman – Part II. Details on who Johansson would potentially portray are being kept under wraps, but the role may be a new love interest to Bruce Wayne.<\/p>\n
Like the first film, Matt Reeves returns to direct with a script co-written by him and Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, Terminator Zero). Reeves will produce through his 6th & Idaho production company alongside producing partner Lynn Harris. Dylan Clark, who produced the first film, will produce the sequel as well. With the film now being under DC Studios, co-heads, James Gunn and Peter Safran, will serve as producers on the project as well. Confirmed cast returning for the sequel are Robert Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell as Bruce Wayne \/ Batman, Jim Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, and Oswald \u201cOz\u201d Cobb \/ The Penguin. At the moment, Zoe Kravitz is not expected to return as Selina Kyle \/ Catwoman. Production is expected to begin in late April 2026 and continue into Fall at Warner Bros.\u2019 Leavesden studio.<\/p>\n
Potential characters that Johannson could be portraying are Andrea Beaumont \/ The Phantasm, Pamela Isley \/ Poison Ivy, Vicki Vale, or Julie Madison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Beaumont made her debut in the animated film, Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm in 1993 and was created by Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, and Bruce Timm. Beaumont was a past love interest to Bruce who later breaks off her engagement to him to go into hiding with her father to escape Gotham\u2019s mobs. Years later, she reappears in Bruce\u2019s life alongside the mysterious vigilante, the Phantasm who is revealed to be Beaumont, who is now on a mission to hunt down her father\u2019s enemies. Beaumont would later debut in the comics in Tom King\u2019s Batman\/Catwoman series.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Poison Ivy debuted in Batman #181<\/a> in 1966 and was created by Robert Kanigher, Carmine Infantino, and Sheldon Moldoff. Ivy is a former botanist turned super-powered ecoterrorist. Over the years she\u2019s been portrayed by a variety of actresses in several forms of media.<\/p>\n Vicki Vale debuted in Batman\u00a0#49<\/a> in 1948 and was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Lew Schwartz. Vicki is a reporter for the Gotham Gazette and an occasional love interest to Bruce. Vale has been portrayed by Jane Adams and Kim Bassinger in Batman and Robin\u00a0(1949) and Batman (1989), respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n