{"id":347973,"date":"2025-12-14T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/347973\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:30:08","slug":"scarlett-johanssons-the-batman-part-ii-role-huge-new-character-reveal-revealed-by-dc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/347973\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson’s The Batman Part II Role & Huge New Character Reveal Revealed By DC Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a time when it felt like The Batman Part II<\/a> was never going to come together. Despite Warner Bros. giving the sequel the green light a month after the first film\u2019s release, it took Matt Reeves and Co. quite a while to get the ball rolling. The film was hit with a couple of delays, and the script took some time to get in tip-top shape. However, earlier this year, the stars aligned, with Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav announcing that The Batman Part II would begin filming in spring 2026 in order to hit its October 2027 release date.<\/p>\n

Most of the big names are expected to return, including Colin Farrell, who spent some time away from his castmates to film The Penguin spinoff<\/a>. But Oz Cobb can\u2019t be the only one looking to take control of Gotham City\u2019s underworld; he has to have some competition. According to insider Jeff Sneider<\/a>, competition will come in the form of Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, who\u2019s expected to have a major role in the follow-up.<\/p>\n

The only new actor to attach their name to the project thus far, of course, is Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, best known for playing Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sneider explains that she\u2019s not going to play a female version of Dent but his wife, Gilda Gold.<\/p>\n

In the comics, Gold and Dent are one of Gotham\u2019s power couples until work gets in the way. The only way she sees forward is turning to a life of crime, committing the murders that kick off Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale\u2019s Batman: The Long Halloween storyline. It remains to be seen whether Reeves\u2019 upcoming film will take inspiration from that story, but it\u2019s as good a guess as any. Unfortunately, the director has been unable to make every dream come true as his filming start date draws closer.<\/p>\n

A Big Name Already Passed on a Role in The Batman Part II<\/p>\n

\"Two-Face<\/p>\n

With Gold in the picture, it\u2019s fair to assume that Reeves is looking to lock down his Dent next. Brad Pitt\u2019s name came up recently, and the Internet was quick to connect the dots between him and Gotham\u2019s district attorney. Sneider has poured water on that theory, though, revealing that Reeves was interested in Pitt playing Dent\u2019s abusive father, Christoper. The F1 star ultimately passed on the role<\/a>, meaning there are two big fish for The Batman Part II to catch.<\/p>\n

The speculation game isn\u2019t going to move the needle, but the fact that Reeves went after someone as notable as Pitt speaks volumes. He\u2019s aware that not just anyone can go blow-for-blow with Robert Pattinson, so he\u2019s shooting for the stars. Where that leads him is anyone\u2019s guess. However, all this positive momentum is good news for a movie that has had trouble getting off the ground.<\/p>\n

The Batman Part II hits theaters on October 1, 2027.<\/p>\n

Are you excited about Scarlett Johansson playing Gilda Gold in The Batman Part II? Leave a comment below and\u00a0join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was a time when it felt like The Batman Part II was never going to come together.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[149493,88,206,21999,4114,173656],"class_list":{"0":"post-347973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dcu-franchise","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-regular-news","12":"tag-scarlett-johansson","13":"tag-the-batman-sequel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}