I actually like the Margaret Qualley suggestion, but Fanning wouldn't be bad.

Samara Weaving.

Honestly Renate Reinsve from Backrooms would be interesting too.

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I actually like the Margaret Qualley suggestion, but Fanning wouldn't be bad.

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I think Qualley would be great.

No clue how legit this is, but my interest is certainly piqued (while it would also potentially explain the Poison Ivy series news)…

GENTE! #TheBatmanPart2

Segundo um moderador do DCULeaks, o usuário que publicou está informação enviou provas à equipe de moderação antes de postar, o que adiciona credibilidade ao rumor 👀

Segundo ele, Scarlett Johansson é a principal vilã - uma assassina em série obcecada por… pic.twitter.com/C3KKQbyilB

— DCVerso (@DCVers0) July 12, 2026

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GUYS! #TheBatmanPart2

According to a DCULeaks moderator, the user who posted this information sent proof to the moderation team before posting, which adds credibility to the rumor

According to him, Scarlett Johansson is the main villain - a serial killer obsessed with plants. She uses toxins (a realistic version of Poison Ivy). Stan plays Victor Zsasz. She's after the character of Charles Dance, who leads a secret organization made up of the city's most powerful figures (Court of Owls)

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TCTTS said:

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No clue how legit this is, but my interest is certainly piqued (while it would also potentially explain the Poison Ivy series news)…

GENTE! #TheBatmanPart2

Segundo um moderador do DCULeaks, o usuário que publicou está informação enviou provas à equipe de moderação antes de postar, o que adiciona credibilidade ao rumor 👀

Segundo ele, Scarlett Johansson é a principal vilã - uma assassina em série obcecada por… pic.twitter.com/C3KKQbyilB

— DCVerso (@DCVers0) July 12, 2026

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GUYS! #TheBatmanPart2

According to a DCULeaks moderator, the user who posted this information sent proof to the moderation team before posting, which adds credibility to the rumor

According to him, Scarlett Johansson is the main villain - a serial killer obsessed with plants. She uses toxins (a realistic version of Poison Ivy). Stan plays Victor Zsasz. She's after the character of Charles Dance, who leads a secret organization made up of the city's most powerful figures (Court of Owls)

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I was thinking that the Poison Ivy tv show meant that she would be at least making an appearance in Batman 2.

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Sounds like the Poison Ivy character from the 90's cartoon which was an incredible version of Batman.

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If they made a live action version of that series it would be incredible.

Big fan of how there are 15 different versions of this movie and none of us know which is true or not lol. https://t.co/NRTigJcy66

— Do we know who's cast as Dr. Arkham yet?🇵🇸 (@Rohanjirale) July 12, 2026

Batman The Animated Series is the absolute GOAT.

This is exactly like I was saying. They should introduce her in this movie first, to generate interest in the show. Just like The Penguin.

Going to be a 12 hour long movie if all of these scoopers are correct.

First teaser for ‘THE BATMAN: PART 2’.

In theaters on February 18, 2028. pic.twitter.com/qEQ8aqNzGR

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 15, 2026

So we've gone from October 3, 2025
to October 2, 2026
to October 1, 2027
to February 18, 2028

Booooo. This is getting absurd.

we got the entire TDK trilogy in 7 years. The 4 Burton/Schumacher movies were done in 8 years. The MCU went from Avengers 1 to Infinity War in 6 years.

Dues this guarantee there with be a third? Hurt the performance of the second?

This is ****ing ridiculous, and definitely sucks, but it at least sounds like it's not Reeves' fault this time, as The Batman Part II is on schedule and has been filming for a month now. Rather, JJ Abams' next blockbuster, which has long since wrapped and was originally scheduled to come out this November, has been pushed an entire year, taking The Batman Part II's old October 1, 2027 date, thus forcing The Batman Part II to move (seeing as both are Warner Bros movies). So blame Abrams for not having his **** together, and his movie needing another year in post-production. That said, one would think WB could have found another 2027 for The Batman Part II, but I guess not.

J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi fantasy movie 'The Great Beyond' starring Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega won’t be opening on Nov. 13, rather it’s moving to Oct. 1, 2027, setting off a chain reaction for Warner Bros and sending Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated 'The Batman Part II,' which was on… pic.twitter.com/8fbzuLZefu

— Deadline (@DEADLINE) July 15, 2026

You are not crazy. 😊🦇 https://t.co/gIuj5bf50h

— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) July 15, 2026

I think it definitely will impact the BO performance. But....it could actually make it bigger? When sequels come out too fast, there isn't a chance to grow the # of fans. But 6 years is a long time to add fans, and have fans get old enough to see the movie who weren't when it came out, etc.

I definitely agree.

The Batman Part II should have stayed in October 2027, and Abram's movie should have been the one to move to February 2028.

That said, considering Abrams' movie has long-since wrapped filming, and The Batman Part II is just beginning, I do kind of sort of understand placing the former first on the schedule.

Still, I don't see why Abrams movie could have released in, say August/September 2027, and The Batman Part II could have released in, say, October/November 2027.

Either way, yeah, it's obvious the Abrams movie isn't going to be remotely the draw Batman will be.

…so they're just planning to adapt Batman Beyond with an elderly Bruce Wayne to wrap up this trilogy, right?

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I definitely agree.

The Batman Part II should have stayed in October 2027, and Abram's movie should have been the one to move to February 2028.

That said, considering Abrams' movie has long-since wrapped filming, and The Batman Part II is just beginning, I do kind of sort of understand placing the former first on the schedule.

Still, I don't see why Abrams movie could have released in, say August/September 2027, and The Batman Part II could have released in, say, October/November 2027.

Either way, yeah, it's obvious the Abrams movie isn't going to be remotely the draw Batman will be.

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A whole year for post production seems excessive, or is that normal for a JJ Abrams type movie?

Also, not sure what Jenna Ortega is doing, but it's not working. Not as attractive as she used to be.

It's not at all normal. The movie even screened recently, so it was well on its way to being "done." I'm guessing it's fundamentally flawed, though, in some way, and now needs reshoots or something.

Puts on tinfoil hat:

Gunn is finished after Supergirl flop. They are punting this because it's the only quality DC content they have and they are pushing this out because they are going to fire Gunn, create some buffer and time away from product, and then reboot with Reeves Batman.

I'm not saying that won't happen, but the Paramount/WB deal hasn't closed yet, and if anyone fires Gunn it'll be Paramount, not WB. I just can't see WB, on their own, having plans to fire Gunn while also having him simultaneously shooting their biggest movie of 2027 (Man of Tomorrow).

Can Gunn survive on streaming content? The shows on HBO are decent and I can't wait for Lanterns

I agree. I actually think DC should scrap their extended universe entirely. It worked for Marvel, but has failed for pretty much everyone else. Since End Game, it's pretty much been a failure for Marvel, too. Just focus on making the best Batman, best Superman, best Wonder Woman, etc. Don't worry about the extended universe.