\n\t\u2018The Batman: Part 2\u2033 director Matt Reeves\u00a0has been rolling out posts on X introducing a number of additions confirmed to be joining Robert Pattinson in the cast of the upcoming sequel. <\/p>\n
\n\tAmong the now-confirmed new faces, Reeves announced that Scarlett Johansson<\/a> has joined the film, posting a photo of her in the 2013 film \u201cUnder the Skin\u201d and writing \u201cNext exit, Gotham\u2026 Welcome.\u201d Sebastian Stan<\/a> will also be on board, with Reeves writing \u201cIn a Gotham state of mind\u2026 Welcome\u201d for the \u201cThunderbolts*\u201d star. \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d actor Charles Dance has been cast in the superhero pic along with Bryan Tyree Henry, who appeared in \u201cJoker\u201d and \u201cEternals.\u201d Sebastian Koch, the German actor who appeared in \u201cHomeland\u201d and \u201cA Good Day to Die Hard,\u201d will also join the cast. <\/p>\n \n\tJohansson\u2019s involvement was first announced<\/a> in December. Stan was first reported to be in talks in January<\/a>, and is set to play Harvey Dent. Dance is believed to be playing Charles Dent, Harvey\u2019s father. Also joining the cast are Jayme Lawson as Mayor Bella Re\u00e1l and Gil Perez-Abraham as Officer Martinez.<\/p>\n \n\tReeves previously shared a teaser of the Batmobile<\/a> with the caption \u201cSnowTires\u201d possibly hinting that the part of the film will take place during winter.<\/p>\n \n\tFilming of the sequel is underway in the U.K. Pattinson<\/a>\u00a0is set to return as Bruce Wayne, joined by Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb (aka the Penguin), Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner James Gordon and Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile plot details are tightly under wraps, in addition to the winter setting, Reeves did say<\/a> the film will focus more on the character of Bruce Wayne since \u201cthe first is so focused on Batman.\u201d Reeves pointed out that in previous films, the origin story is often the meat of Wayne\u2019s background, but with \u201cThe Batman Part II,\u201d fans will see the man behind the mask in new ways.<\/p>\n \n\tHe revealed, \u201c[In] a lot of the other films, which I love, once you get past the origin tale, which we didn\u2019t quite do, but we did something that referred to his origins, then you start telling the Rogues Gallery story and that character\u2019s sort of arch,\u201d Reeves said. \u201cBut I never wanted to lose [Robert Pattinson<\/a>] at the center of these stories, and so that is really what we set our aim on.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe Batman: Part 2\u201d is set to open in theaters Oct. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018The Batman: Part 2\u2033 director Matt Reeves\u00a0has been rolling out posts on X introducing a number of additions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[212075,18,117,19,17,327,21008,69799,45526],"class_list":{"0":"post-485294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-brian-tyree-henry","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-scarlett-johansson","15":"tag-sebastian-stan","16":"tag-the-batman-2"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116576154032441117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}