{"id":54446,"date":"2022-08-24T01:36:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T01:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-batman-2-survives-warner-bros-discoverys-purge\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T01:36:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T01:36:58","slug":"the-batman-2-survives-warner-bros-discoverys-purge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-batman-2-survives-warner-bros-discoverys-purge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Batman 2 Survives Warner Bros.  Discovery&#8217;s Purge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Work on The Batman 2 appears to be moving ahead, putting seemingly to rest concerns that the film wouldn&#8217;t be greenlit amid huge changes at Warner Bros.  discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Buried in a Deadline article about Reeves getting a multi-year first look movie deal was the news that the director is back at work on the sequel alongside co-writer Mattson Tomlin.  Robert Pattinson is also reportedly returning as the title character.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>Every DC Movie and Series Affected by the Warner Bros.  Discovery Merger<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-862123036 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-child\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p>Think The Batman 2 is too big to be canceled after racking up a global gross of more than $770 million?  Consider that Warner Bros.  is set on finding its own version of Kevin Feige and rebooting the DCEU, which might not have room for Reeves&#8217; version of The Batman.  Either way, The Batman 2 is said to be &#8220;years away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/>\n<p>We loved The Batman when it released earlier this year, awarding it a perfect score and writing that &#8220;Matt Reeves&#8217; violent, thrilling, darkly beautiful take on The Batman more than justifies its place in the franchise&#8217;s canon.&#8221;  Other Bat movies have been less fortunate, with Batgirl being unexpectedly canceled<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux has been formally confirmed, with Lady Gaga playing a starring role.  It will premiere on October 4, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"article-video-container\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat.  Have a type?  Send her a DM at @the_katbot.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work on The Batman 2 appears to be moving ahead, putting seemingly to rest concerns that the film wouldn&#8217;t be greenlit amid huge changes at Warner Bros. discovery. Buried in a Deadline article about Reeves getting a multi-year first look movie deal was the news that the director is back at work on the sequel &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-batman-2-survives-warner-bros-discoverys-purge\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Batman 2 Survives Warner Bros.  Discovery&#8217;s Purge<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54701,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hbo-max-is-out-here-canceling-everything-but-for-different-reasons\/","url_meta":{"origin":54446,"position":0},"title":"HBO Max Is Out Here Canceling Everything \u2014 but for Different Reasons","date":"August 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Batman: Caped Crusader\" is not another \"Batgirl,\" but it's another financially motivated decision at a company that desperately needs to make a lot of good ones. 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