Robert Pattinson Breaks Silence on The Batman 2 Script—Here’s What He Really Thinks
With fans desperate for updates, Robert Pattinson finally reveals his honest reaction to The Batman 2 script—and his answer might surprise you.
The Batman Part II is quietly chugging along, and Matt Reeves just dropped the kind of update that actually moves the needle: Robert Pattinson read the script, and he did not shrug.
Pattinson read it. His reaction? Not subtle.
On the 2025 Emmys red carpet, Reeves told Variety that he and co-writer Mattson Tomlin have started sharing the finished script with their Batman. The response was exactly what you want to hear at this stage — and yes, he said the quiet part out loud:
'Rob was super excited.'
Reeves also said he is proud of what he and Tomlin wrote and feels like they can push further and do more than the first movie, which is a confident way of saying Part II is aiming bigger. He sounds genuinely eager to get the band back together.
They delivered the script like it was the nuclear codes
This is some entertaining inside baseball: the screenplay got to Pattinson in a sealed pouch with an actual lock and code. He was in New York at the time, and Reeves called the whole thing high security. Did Pattinson send it back afterward? Nope. Reeves says they trust him — which tracks, considering he is the guy wearing the cowl.
Where this sits in DC land
The Batman and its spin-offs live under the Batman Epic Crime Saga umbrella and the DC Elseworlds label — Reeves-world, essentially, running parallel to the mainline DCU.
What to know right now
- Script status: Finished in June 2025 by Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin.
- When Reeves said all this: On the Emmys 2025 red carpet, speaking to Variety.
- Filming start: Spring 2026, targeting late April or early May.
- Cast locked: Robert Pattinson (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Jeffrey Wright (James Gordon), Andy Serkis (Alfred Pennyworth), Colin Farrell (Oswald 'Oz' Cobb/The Penguin).
- Release date: October 1, 2027 in U.S. theaters.
The vibe
The security-pouch detail is both hilarious and very 2025-studio-paranoia, but the bigger takeaway is Reeves sounding energized and intent on leveling up without losing the first film's crime-saga backbone. If Pattinson is already all-in after draft one, that is a good sign.