{"id":742156,"date":"2026-08-18T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/742156\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:24:09","slug":"glasgow-gets-gotham-makeover-for-the-batman-part-ii-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/742156\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow gets Gotham makeover for The Batman: Part II filming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Photos taken in Glasgow city centre<\/a> on Tuesday showed bus timetables changed to listings for services in Gotham City, and New York-style awnings being put up on the front of buildings.\n<\/p>\n

\n Gotham Police Swat vehicles were also photographed in preparation for filming, alongside an American-style Gotham Police car and large lorries.\n<\/p>\n

\n Final preparations are made ahead of the filming of The Batman: Part Two in Glasgow (PA)\n<\/p>\n

\n The Herald exclusively revealed in July<\/a> that production crews would be descending on Glasgow to shoot scenes for the official sequel to Matt Reeves’ 2022 film The Batman.\n<\/p>\n

\n Robert Pattinson returns as Bruce Wayne\/Batman in the sequel alongside Jeffrey Wright as Lieutenant Jim Gordon, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, Colin Farrell as the Penguin, and Jayme Lawson as Mayor Bella Re\u00e1l.\n<\/p>\n

\n Joining the cast are Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Brian Tyree Henry and Charles Dance, with Barry Keoghan also expected to reprise his role as supervillain The Joker.\n<\/p>\n

\n The Batman Part II is officially scheduled to be released in cinemas on February 18, 2028.\n<\/p>\n

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\n The Batmobile arrives in Glasgow ahead of The Batman: Part II filming<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Gotham City vehicles spotted in Glasgow ahead of The Batman: Part II filming<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Glasgow street transformed into Gotham ahead of Batgirl moving filming<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Scenes for The Batman – which made over \u00a3650 million at the worldwide box office – were filmed in Glasgow in February of 2020<\/a> , with the Necropolis and Glasgow Cathedral prominently featured in the movie’s final scenes.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Glasgow has become a frequent stand-in for the fictional Gotham City in major DC films, including The Batman (2022), The Flash (2023) and the cancelled Batgirl movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos taken in Glasgow city centre on Tuesday showed bus timetables changed to listings for services in Gotham…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-742156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}