Behold, a Script for ‘The Batman Part II’

It feels like the only thing we’ve heard about The Batman Part II for years now is that various people are waiting on a script to be delivered. Now, with all the energy of a schoolboy rushing to file homework that was due earlier in the week, Reeves has provided evidence: some words that will potentially be in The Batman Part II exist.

Reeves took to social media this afternoon to seemingly confirm that the latest version of his sequel to the 2022 DC film was finally ready to be sent off to James Gunn, with a blurry black and white photo of himself and co-writer Mattson Tomlin sitting before a copy of the script.

Partners in Crime (Fighters) ⁦@mattsontomlin⁩ pic.twitter.com/smItoTOdEQ

— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) June 27, 2025

Of course, don’t expect any secrets to be revealed out of this blurry first look beyond “Oh hey, the script exists!” Squint hard enough and you can just about make out that the movie is at least still currently called The Batman Part II, but that’s about it. But still, the very fact that this required a teasing social media post speaks to the overlong back-and-forth between interviews as fans clamor for any kind of update on the film. Which, at this point, has mostly been James Gunn telling people that the script was expected soon and people should get off Reeves’ back for the delays.

“I’ll also say Batman Part II is not canceled. That’s the other thing I hear all the time—that Batman Part II is canceled. It’s not canceled,” Gunn recently lamented to Rolling Stone about fan impatience. “We don’t have a script. Matt’s slow. Let him take his time. Let him do what he’s doing. God, people are mean. Let him do his thing, man.”

It would appear then, that Reeves has finally done his thing. Now he just has to prepare for those same fans crying “Script when?” to immediately pivot to “Filming when?” followed shortly after by “Trailer when??“.

The Batman Part II is currently slated to hit theaters October 1, 2027.

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