“The Batman: Part II” will resume production soon with Steven Soderbergh stepping in to finish principal photography while director Matt Reeves continues to tend to a family matter, IndieWire has confirmed.
Production on DC’s Batman sequel starring Robert Pattinson was delayed by just over a week due to Reeves’ absence.
“As Matt Reeves continues to deal with an ongoing family matter, Steven Soderbergh, as an admirer of Matt’s work, has contacted Matt and will step in to help the writer-director complete the final weeks of filming on ‘The Batman Part 2.’ Matt and Steven will work closely with the cast and crew to realize Matt’s vision of the film,” the studio said in a statement to IndieWire.
Soderbergh himself also added a statement: “I found Matt Reeves’ work on ‘The Batman’ to be stunning; it was intentional, specific and rigorously consistent. The goal here is to work with Matt and his team to generate footage that will fit seamlessly into what has already been shot so that Matt can properly complete his film.”
“The Batman: Part II” is scheduled to release on February 18, 2028, and this date has not yet changed due to the delay. There will be a six-year gap between the original “The Batman” starring Pattinson and the sequel after the original grossed $772 million worldwide.
The new film sees Pattinson reprising his role as Bruce Wayne, alongside Colin Farrell returning as The Penguin and Andy Serkis returning as Alfred, as well as newcomers Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Brian Tyree Henry, Jayme Lawson, Charles Dance, Gil Perez-Abraham and Sebastian Koch. There are rumors that Stan will play Harvey Dent, aka Two Face, but it’s unclear. The only thing he had to say about the film to our Anne Thompson was that the film takes place “in a very deep winter.”
Soderbergh is a fascinating name to work as a stand-in, let alone on a tentpole superhero film. He obviously has a history with Warner Bros. on Ocean films and with HBO and HBO Max on films like “No Sudden Move.” He’s one of the fastest and most prolific directors working today, but this would represent his biggest film in a long time and his only studio film since 2023’s “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” And although he’s long lived in New York, he’s now based in London, where filming for “The Batman: Part II” is taking place.
His last narrative film was Neon’s “The Christophers,” and he also directed a documentary, “John Lennon: The Last Interview,” which premiered at Cannes but is currently without distribution.
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