Batman Part II’s release date has been pushed back to early 2028 – and its latest delay is going to have a major impact on James Gunn’s DC Universe.

The Batman Part II has been postponed to February 2028
Its director has shared new images of Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader
James Gunn’s DC Universe Could Be Seriously Affected by This Development

It will be another 18 months before we can finally see The Batman Part II.

The long-in-development comic book movie, whose release date has already been pushed back twice, is now not expected to land in theaters until February 18, 2028. Anyone who had hoped to see The Batman Part two on its previously revised release date of October 1, 2027, is therefore going to be seriously disappointed.

News from The Batman The latest release date for the sequel came via a new video that director Matt Reeves shared on his social media. The footage, which gives us our first look at Robert Pattinson’s return as the titular vigilante in Reeves’ upcoming Batman film, ends with the reveal of the adjusted release date.

Why Batman Part II’s delayed release is bad news for James Gunn’s DC Universe

Robert Pattinson's mud-covered Caped Crusader looks up in The Batman

Batman fans everywhere when they hear about this latest launch date delay… (Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)

It would be remiss of me not to say that delays in movies happen all the time, so The Batman Part II‘s latest launch setback, especially for a film that took a long time to get off the ground for myriad reasons, is predictable.

Nonetheless, it will have a huge impact on James Gunn and Peter Safran’s nascent DC Universe (DCU), which is already reeling from its first major misfire in Supergirl.

Indeed, Gunn has repeatedly said that the DCU’s Batman – and, by proxy, his solo film DCU Chapter One in The brave and the bold – will not see the light of day before The Batman Part II was created.

The reason? While Gunn says audiences are smart enough to understand that Reeves’ Bat-Verse and the DCU are separate entities, he doesn’t want two Batmans rampaging through theaters at the same time. Now that The Batman 2 won’t be released until early 2028, however, we likely won’t see the DCU’s Dark Knight until 2029 at the earliest.

That’s not to say Gunn, Safran and company won’t be working on The brave and the bold waiting for. What is this do What does mean, however, is that the wait for one of DC Comics’ so-called Holy Trinity will not only drag on, but DC Studios co-heads will have to continue to answer questions about the timing of the Caped Crusader’s unveiling in their film franchise. In that regard, I can’t say I envy them.

Either way, feel free to check out everything we know so far about The Batman Part II while you are there. You can also vote in the poll above to let me know what you think of the latest film delay.

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