Colin Farrell has confirmed he will be weeks away from flying to London to start filming. The Batman Part II, and his enthusiasm for the project is difficult to contain.
Talk to Colliderthe Irish actor revealed he will be heading to the UK in four or five weeks to reprise his role as Oz Cobb, also known as The Penguinin director Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated sequel to the 2022 film.
His involvement, he admitted, is relatively contained.
“I’ll be flying to London in four or five weeks. I don’t have much to do on that, but I’m going there for four or five weeks. I’ll be there for a few weeks. I’m so excited to see him as a fan.”
That last line says it all.
Farrell’s praise for the storyline has been consistent and positive across several interviews.
“It’s extraordinary,” he said. Collideradding that Reeves “cares so much about the stories he tells.”
On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he went even further, calling the script “a masterpiece, sort of a masterpiece of the contemporary genre. It’s so brilliant, and Robert has such a beautiful journey to go on and take the audience through.”
He described the script as “dense”, “really, really clever” and “so deep and detailed”, before catching up.
“I’m saying too much. I think he’s going to make an extraordinary film.”
Farrell also shed light on the story’s connection to his standalone HBO series. The Penguintelling Comic that the sequel picks up a few weeks after the end of the series.
“Death at the end of The Batman and the devastation in Gotham opened a power vacuum that Oz could then try to capitalize on. It was perfect for the eight parallel hours we had. And then The Batman Part II I’ll pick it up again, whatever, a few weeks after the show ends. »
The Batman Part IIwhich also stars Robert Pattinson, Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan, is scheduled for release on October 1, 2027.
