James Gunn has shot down rumours that Robin will seem in The Batman 2, telling followers to “cease believing this nonsense”.
The sequel to 2022’s The Batman is in pre-production now, with the script having been accomplished by Matt Reeves, who will return as director, and Matson Tomlin. Manufacturing is anticipated to start within the spring, with a launch date set for October 1, 2027.
Regardless of the movie being at its early phases, it has not stopped rumours from spreading all through the web in current weeks concerning the contents of the script, with some satisfied that Batman’s longtime sidekick Robin, aka Dick Grayson, can be part of the movie.
Gunn, who’s the co-chairman and CEO of DC Studios, took to Threads on Friday (August 8), to dispel the rumours immediately.
“Guys please cease believing this nonsense,” he wrote. “I feel six of us have learn the script. Nobody is aware of something concerning the Batman 2.”
James Gunn on Robin in The Batman 2!
Not debunked it although 👀 pic.twitter.com/NrB6z8XKyp
— Everything_DCU (@EverythingDCU_) August 8, 2025
In one other submit, he stated: “Something you’ve heard about that film is made up or a guess. Nobody on the earth is aware of something concerning the idea for the story besides 4 individuals.”
Gunn has beforehand defended the “gradual” progress of The Batman 2, arguing that followers “don’t must be entitled about it”.
The primary movie, starring Robert Pattinson, Paul Dano and Colin Farrell, was a field workplace and demanding success in 2022. In a four-star overview, NME wrote: “There’s no drained retreading of Bruce Wayne’s origin story in The Batman. As a substitute, it finds him post-induction – beaten-down, lonely and remoted.”
The Batman and its sequel exist on a separate timeline from the brand new DC Universe that launched this summer time with Gunn’s Superman, starring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan.
Nonetheless, final month, Gunn mentioned the opportunity of Corenswet’s Superman and Pattinson’s Batman coming collectively in a future movie. “We’ve talked about it earlier than,” he stated. “However it’s not what’s taking place proper now. The whole lot is in flux, so we’ll determine what we’re doing subsequent.”
In a three-star overview of Superman, NME wrote: “To offer Gunn his due, he crafts a world that’s as near the DC Comics Superman that we’ve ever seen, with characters just like the shapeshifting Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan) including actual texture. It’s a promising start-point to his plans for the DC Universe.”
“And whereas the good-versus-evil plot does little to push the envelope, the thought of Superman being an alien peacekeeper is definitely going to fire up political controversies again in Gunn’s MAGA-homeland. Primarily, although, simply give us extra Krypto – this canine actually is tremendous.”
