In the meantime, fans can look forward to two spinoff shows on HBO Max, The Penguin (starring Colin Farrell), and a series about Arkham Asylum.ġ. There is currently no release date for The Batman 2, but it’s unlikely to be before 2024. Another possible addition for the sequel could be Bruce Wayne’s circus acrobat orphan and ward, Robin, whose introduction may have been hinted at by an Alfred line in The Batman. As for the villain (or villains) to be featured in the sequel, there has been a lot of speculation online in the last two months, including Mister Freeze ( from Reeves himself), Egghead ( from Nicolas Cage), Calendar Man and the Court of Owls ( from Robert Pattinson), Clayface, and many more, including the Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Professor Pyg, and that old chestnut, The Joker (cameo played by Barry Keoghan in The Batman). We can probably expect that a number of actors and characters from the first film will also return (Andy Serkis and Jeffrey Wright as Alfred and Jim Gordon seem likely), but Pattinson was the only one officially announced at CinemaCon. Nothing is known about the premise or the cast just yet, except that Robert Pattinson will return as the title superhero and that it will be directed again by Matt Reeves. has officially started development on a sequel to The Batman. That being true, one of the biggest announcements out of several from CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week may have also been the least surprising, which is that Warner Bros. We may only be a third of the way into 2022 (and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness may change the math), but the current box office champ of the year is The Batman (Certified Fresh at 86%) with $368 million domestically and $759 million worldwide. Of course, if The Mister performs badly in book form, then the movie version may never arrive, and fans of James' work may only have the 50 Shades trilogy to fall back on.This WEEK’S TOP STORY THE BATMAN SEQUEL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AT CINEMACON

This time around, it could well be that studios are already in negotiations, and provided the book performs well, as most predict it will, then The Mister movie could start moving ahead fairly quickly.Īs a result, we could potentially see The Mister movie playing in theaters as soon as late 2021 or early 2022. Its success resulted in a scrambled bidding war for the movie rights, which weren't secured by Universal until 2013, and it took a further two years for the movie to make it to our screens. Back in 2011, no one was expecting the 50 Shades series, which started out as a self-published work, to take off like it did. This is different to how the 50 Shades of Grey movie came about. If it all goes as most people expect, then studios will be keen to nab the rights as soon as possible. If, or when, The Mister movie is made, there's also the question of when it might arrive.

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