Fans have been clamoring for an update on The Batman Part II, so much so that James Gunn had to tell everyone to stop nagging writer/director Matt Reeves. Well, the wait is finally over, kiddos. Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin have turned in their script, and now we’re learning a bit about what’s in store for Bruce Wayne and Gotham City.
Speaking with SFX Magazine [via Comingsoon], Reeves talked about The Batman Part II and how he intends for the film to be a “grounded” exploration of the “deeper corruption” within Gotham City…
“It’s going to dig into the epic story about deeper corruption, and it goes into places he couldn’t even anticipate in the first one,” Reeves said.
As for villains? While some are hoping to see some of the wilder foes like Mr. Freeze or Killer Croc, would that really fit with Reeves’ vision seen in the first movie? Not really, and he explains that there’s no intention to go “full fantastical”…
“What was important to me was to find a way to take these pop icons, these mythic characters that everybody knows, and translate it so that Gotham feels like a place in our world…It’s meant to feel quite grounded.”
Reeves managed to make The Penguin, who is sorta silly in the comics and earlier iterations, feel like a real, complex human being which is why that spinoff series earned multiple Emmy nominations. There’s every reason to believe that Reeves can do the same with other characters in Batman’s Rogue’s Gallery. It would be interesting to see what he does with Barry Keoghan’s version of Joker, assuming that character returns.
