James Gunn Wants You to Chill About The Batman Part II’s Delay

On Friday, WB revealed that it is initially changing some of its movies around Batman’s The sequel. The Matt Reeves sequel originally slated to hit on October 2, 2026 is now coming out on October 1, 2027. And fans are taking it…not well

Since the news of Batman Part II Of late, social media has been filled with jokes and concerns about what the heck is going on. Why does it take five years to make a movie? Complete TBECS Enterprise Wash-people just want some answers. on threadJames Gunn explained that the film’s script was not complete, and that director/co-writer Matt Reeves was “committed to making the best film possible.” He also argued It is “fairly common” for a franchise to have five or more years between installments, and a few cites as evidence: unbelievable (14 years), the first two the alien Movies (7 years), avatar (13 years), even his own Guardians of the Galaxy (6 years, though Not by choice)

It didn’t take long for commentators to pick up on it and argue other Franchises with less time between installments: Your Marvel movies, yours Star Wars (at least, basically), and so on. Still, the overall point of the song is basically, “Yeah, there’s a delay, just relax.” Easier asked than done, especially given some additional context: Reeves’ first batman Originally meant to hurt June 2021And has been pushed back twice due to covid. This news also comes after Sony announced director for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which would have been out This year, and coming…TBD. what else Andy MuschiettiThe director of the other major Batman movie, previously announced Bold and courageousRecently indicated that was put on the backburner for undisclosed reasons. Prepare to know nothing about this movie for fans Spider-Verse Or either Batflick—and not knowing when They’ll know—bother them.

Unfortunately for them, they just have to deal. Batman Part IISuperhero movies aren’t the only ones to be delayed, and several blockbusters have used long waits between sequels to their advantage. (To the point: how the internet enlightened For the trailer The first Superman movie In more than a decade.) As Corny says, “Let the Reeves cook,” is really all we can do. Other movies will be released between now and October 2027. And if you need Your fix for calling Robert Pattinson weird, you’ve got it Mickey is 17 March hit.

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