{"id":872067,"date":"2026-10-05T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872067\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:12:09","slug":"the-batman-part-ii-paused-as-filmmaker-matt-reeves-steps-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872067\/","title":{"rendered":"The Batman Part II Paused as Filmmaker Matt Reeves Steps Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-batman-part-ii\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-batman-part-ii_1\" data-tag=\"the-batman-part-ii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Batman: Part II<\/a> is on pause while filmmaker Matt Reeves deals with a personal matter, sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cProduction on The Batman Part II has been temporarily paused while Matt Reeves focuses on a family matter,\u201d said a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/dc-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dc-studios_1\" data-tag=\"dc-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DC Studios<\/a> spokesperson in a statement provided to Deadline, which first broke the news. \u201cMatt has the full support of DC Studios and we look forward to continuing the journey soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Batman Part II began filming in London in June after a winding development process that saw its start date pushed multiple times while Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin wrote the script. The film currently has a release date of Feb. 18, 2028, and is considered a crown jewel of DC Studios\u2019 slate, as Batman is DC\u2019s most bankable character at the box office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRobert Pattinson stars in the feature as Bruce Wayne\/Batman, with new additions to the franchise including Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tReeves is behind 2022\u2019s The Batman, which grossed $770.3 million globally, and launched the spinoff TV series The Penguin starring Colin Farrell. The filmmaker also produced DC\u2019s upcoming Clayface movie, centering on the Batman villain. It bows Oct. 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Batman move comes as Skydance will complete its takeover of DC Studios home Warner Bros. on Tuesday. DC chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran are among the executives making staying on under the new ownership, while Warner Bros. film bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy are among those leaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Batman: Part II is on pause while filmmaker Matt Reeves deals with a personal matter, sources confirmed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1038,88,49433],"class_list":["post-872067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dc-studios","tag-entertainment","tag-the-batman-part-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872067","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=872067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}