The Batman 2 Released Date Delayed Until 2026

The Batman: Part II release date has been delayed by a year. Instead of opening on October 3, 2025, The Batman 2 will now open on October 2, 2026, according to an updated release date schedule from Warner Bros. Pictures. 

This is somewhat unsurprising given how the 2023 Writers' and Actors' Strikes set so many movie and TV productions back. It will now move The Batman 2 (and its self-contained continuity) to over a year after James Gunn releases his new Superman (2025) movie and launches the new DC Universe franchise. That will raise a lot of continuity questions for casual DC movie fans – not to mention big question on when we will get The Brave and the Bold, the already-announced 'Batman and Son' movie that will be pat of the DCU continuity. 

Last year, The Batman director Matt Reeves indicated to ComicBook.com that the timetable on getting the sequel done was indeed going to be longer than expected: 

"I mean, I can't give an update on [The Batman 2] in terms of specifics, except to tell you that we are hard at work on the script," Reeves said. "My partner and I are deep in it and I'm excited about what we're going to do."

DC Studios co-head James Gunn has also voiced his enthusiasm for The Batman 2, after seeing the ideas that Reeves and his team are hatching for the sequel: 

"Matt is working on [The] Batman 2, which he thinks of as a Batman crime saga, which also includes The Penguin TV series," Gunn said when asked about the project. "And it is its own thing, and he's hard at work on that. He came in and pitched us some amazing, really cool stuff the other day. Our plan is for that to continue."

What Is The Batman Part 2 About? 

There are no confirmed story details for The Batman: Part II yet. What we have heard is that the sequel will begin sometime after the events of the first film, with Gotham City struggling to recover from The Riddler's terrorist attack, which left much of Gotham flooded and/or ruined. 

Before that, we'll see Colin Farrell's Oswal Cobblepot step out into his spinoff TV series, The Penguin. That eight-episode event series will be set just a week after the events of The Batman, as Penguin uses the fall of Carmine Falcone and the complete chaos in the wake of Riddler's attack to seize control of Gotham's criminal underworld. Standing in his way will be remnants of Gotham's mob families, including Carmine's daughter Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) and his rival Salvatore Maroni (Clancy Brown). If nothing else, fans expect that Penguin will help The Batman Universe transition from a dark mob Noir framework, into the more traditional comic book Gotham City, with its insane lineup of colorful Batman villains (Joker, Two-Face, Clayface, Scarecrow, etc.). 

As of now, there's been no confirmation on which Batman villain(s) will appear in The Batman 2. The sequel's new release date is October 2, 2026.