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Take a deep breath, bat-fans… Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin have finally delivered the script forThe Batman: Part II. Now, do we think they’ll actually manage to finish the thing before its 2027 release date?

There has beena quiet fervor building up on the internetover the last little while surrounding the fate ofThe Batman: Part II. After all, sinceThe Batman’s 2022 release—which truly feels like eons ago at this point—a lot has changed for DC and Warner Bros. When that film began filming, the COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t even begun, which gives you a sense of how much the filmmaking landscape has changed over the past five years. WhenThe Batmanwas released after a few COVID-related delays,Black Adamhadn’t even come out yet, and the DCEU was still chugging along, trying to keep people invested despite middling box office returns. Now, the DCEU is a thing of the past,Supermanis about to kickstart the new DCU into full gear, and where does that leave Matt Reeves and his standaloneBatmanfilm series? Some fans have been convinced for a while now thatThe Batman: Part IIsimply will never happen, as new DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran surely want a Batman who will beinterspersed with the rest of the DCU, right?

AfterThe Batman: Part IIdirector/co-writer Matt Reeves shared a photo of a supposedly finished script on social media yesterday,Varietyconfirmed that the script for the highly anticipated superhero sequel is, in fact, completed.One of the things James Gunn has been hammering home over the past few months is that he wants to give the creatives working on DC Studios films time to work. Marvel Studios has a bit of a nasty habit of starting production on projects that don’t have locked screenplays, and Gunn doesn’t want to do that.In a recentEWinterview, Gunn stated, “…let the guy write the screenplay in the amount of time he needs to write it. That’s just the way it is.” Now, it seems like the script is finally and truly done.

After Years Of Waiting, Fans Can Rejoice At Matt Reeves Finally Finishing The Script ForThe Batman: Part II

Now They Simply Have To Wait Some More

Now the waiting game for the release date begins. At the time of writing,The Batman: Part IIis scheduled to be released in the United States on July 04, 2025. Given thatPart IIwas first announced back in April 2022, a 5+ year wait is quite a long time in the current age of Hollywood blockbuster sequels. Robert Pattinson himself has joked that he’ll “be f***ing old Batman by the sequel.” And it’s somewhat true, as Pattinson will be older inThe Batman: Part IIthan Christian Bale was whenThe Dark Knight Risescame out in 2012.

It’s not all doom and gloom anymore, though. Gunn clearly trusts Matt Reeves' vision forThe Batman: Part II,and given how the first film was received by both fans and critics, that can only be a good thing. There is no need to rush a product out the door simply becausepeople online are complaining about it. Besides,The Batmanfans were given the gift ofThe Penguinseries on HBO just last year, which brought back Colin Farrell to critical acclaim.

It seems likeThe Batman: Part IIis back on track, and how does that old saying go? Oh yeah, good things come to people who wait.