{"id":621528,"date":"2026-10-05T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621528\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:34:10","slug":"the-batman-part-ii-pauses-production-for-matt-reeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621528\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Batman Part II&#8217; Pauses Production For Matt Reeves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Production is pausing on the Warner Bros and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dc-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dc-studios\" data-tag=\"dc-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DC Studios<\/a> pic <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-batman-part-ii\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-batman-part-ii\" data-tag=\"the-batman-part-ii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Batman Part II<\/a> due to director <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/matt-reeves\/\" id=\"auto-tag_matt-reeves\" data-tag=\"matt-reeves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Reeves<\/a> stepping away for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe studio on Monday released a statement on the matter. \u201cProduction on The Batman Part II has been temporarily paused while Matt Reeves focuses on a family matter,\u201d it said. \u201cMatt has the full support of DC Studios and we look forward to continuing the journey soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/the-batman-part-ii-casts-brian-tyree-henry-sebastian-koch-1236905402\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Batman-ii-2-shot.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Sebastian Stan; Brian Tyree Henry; Scarlett Johansson; Sebastian Koch\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/01\/batman-2-superman-legacy-release-dates-james-gunn-matt-reeves-dc-1235245138\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/batman-19-1-e1647100136844.jpeg\" alt=\"The Batman 2 release date\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPrior to the pause, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/matt-reeves-first-look-robert-pattinson-the-batman-sequel-1236983532\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236983532\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filming had been underway<\/a> in London. The film is set to bow on February 18, 2028. Sources say it is too early to say whether the stoppage will have an effect on the release date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe cast has Robert Pattinson, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell returning respectively as Batman, Alfred and Penguin, with new additions Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Brian Tyree Henry, Jayme Lawson, Charles Dance, Gil Perez-Abraham and Sebastian Koch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Production is pausing on the Warner Bros and DC Studios pic The Batman Part II due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4793,156,23548,409,111,139,69,24591],"class_list":["post-621528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dc-studios","tag-entertainment","tag-matt-reeves","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-batman-part-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}