On Friday, WB revealed it was shuffling round a few of its films, primarily The Batman’s sequel. Matt Reeves’ sequel was initially meant to hit on October 2, 2026 is now arriving October 1, 2027. And followers are taking it…not properly.
Since information of The Batman Half II’s delay, social media’s been stuffed with jokes and issues about what the heck is happening. Why’s it taking 5 years to do a film, is the entire TBECS enterprise washed—people simply need some solutions. On Threads, James Gunn defined the movie’s script hadn’t been accomplished, and that director/co-writer Matt Reeves was “dedicated to creating the most effective movie he presumably can.” He additional argued it’s “pretty widespread” for a franchise to have 5 or extra years between installments, and cited a number of as proof: Incredibles (14 years), the primary two Alien movies (7 years), Avatar (13 years), and even his personal Guardians of the Galaxy (6 years, albeit not by choice).
It didn’t take lengthy for commenters to hone in on that and argue there’ve been different franchises with much less time between installments: your Marvel films, your Star Wars (not less than, initially), and so forth. Nonetheless, Gunn’s total level is principally, “yeah, there’s a delay, simply loosen up.” It’s simpler requested than completed, particularly given some further context: Reeves’ first Batman was initially meant to hit in June 2021, and acquired pushed again twice attributable to COVID. This information additionally comes not lengthy after Sony introduced the directors for Spider-Man: Past the Spider-Verse, which would’ve been out this yr, and is coming in…TBD. What’s extra, Andy Muschietti, director of the opposite main Batman film, the previously-announced Brave & the Bold, lately indicated that was placed on the backburner for undisclosed causes. For followers able to gobble up any data on these films, not realizing something about Spider-Verse or both Batflick—and never realizing when they’ll know—pisses them off.
Sadly for them, they’ll simply should deal. The Batman Half II‘s not the one superhero film to get delayed, and several other blockbusters have used that lengthy wait between sequels to their benefit. (Living proof: the best way the web lit up for the trailer to the first Superman movie in over a decade.) Corny as it’s to say “let Reeves cook dinner,” that’s actually all we will do. There’ll be different films out between now and October 2027. And in the event you want your repair of Robert Pattinson being a weirdo, you’ve acquired Mickey 17 hitting in March.
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