James Gunn Wants You to Enjoy the Delay of Batman Part II

On Friday, the WB revealed that it is playing its movies, mostly The Batman’s follow it. Matt Reeves’ sequel was originally scheduled to take place on October 2, 2026 and is now on October 1, 2027. And fans are taking it…not so well.

Since the issues of The Batman Part II Lately, social media has been filled with jokes and worries about what is happening. Why does it take five years to make a movie, then the entire business of TBECS I’m done—people just want answers. Get started ThreadJames Gunn explained that the film was still unfinished, and director/co-writer Matt Reeves was “committed to making the best film possible.” He additionally they argued “it’s unusual” for a franchise to have five years or more between episodes, and he cited several as evidence: Amazing (14 years), the first two A stranger movies (age 7), Avatar (13 years old), and even his Guardians of the Galaxy (6 years, even not by choice).

It didn’t take long for the respondents to be clear and to argue that there was other franchise with little time between installments: your Marvel movies, yours Star Wars (at least, initially), and so on. However, Gunn’s bottom line is, “yes, there is a delay, just relax.” Easier to ask than to do, especially when we consider one additional factor: Reeves’ first Batman at first he wanted to hit inside June 2021and was pushed back twice due to COVID. This news also comes not long after Sony’s announcement the directors about Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, who he would have gone out this year, and coming…TBD. What is it, Andy Muschiettithe director of another big Batman movie, which was announced earlier Brave & the Boldrecently revealed that it was put on the backburner for unknown reasons. For fans willing to spill any information on these movies, without knowing anything Spider-Verse or Batflick—and not knowing when he will know—he will make them angry.

Unfortunately, they just have to deal with it. Batman Part IIIt’s not the only blockbuster movie to be delayed, and several blockbusters have used the long wait between sequels to their advantage. (Case in point: Internet access to turn on for the trailer to the first Superman movie in more than ten years.) Corny like saying “let Mr. Reeves do the cooking,” that’s all we can do. There will be more videos from now until October 2027. And if you need Your fix of Robert Pattinson being amazing, you have Mickey 17 hit in March.

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