Here’s The InSneider with a wild report for comic book movie fans. He is now refuting earlier assumptions about “The Batman Part II,” specifically the casting and story direction.
The report claims that newcomers Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, and Charles Dance are not playing the roles many fans had speculated. While some suggested the sequel might center on the Dent family—Harvey, Gilda, and Christopher—there was no official confirmation from director Matt Reeves or the studio, and the new information casts doubt on that theory entirely.
According to a second reliable source (backed up by additional corroboration), Sneider claims that Sebastian Stan is actually playing the serial killer Victor Zsasz, a character previously depicted in different forms across the Batman universe, including “Batman Begins,” “Birds of Prey,” and the TV series “Gotham.”
More curiously, the same reporting claims Brian Tyree Henry is actually set to play Harvey Dent/Two-Face. The sources also suggest Johansson and Dance are not portraying major comic mainstays, but rather more composite or reinterpreted figures. The villain choice is framed as fitting Reeves’ description of a “serial killer mystery,” with speculation that the film may involve the Court of Owls, a shadowy Gotham organization tied to powerful founding families and assassins known as Talons.
Obviously, the one bit of casting that’s bound to rile up some fanboys is Tyree Henry as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, but it would not be the first time a Black actor has portrayed the character in a major live-action film. Billy Dee Williams played Dent in Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989), but only briefly in a pre–Two-Face version of the character. He was originally intended to become Two-Face in a sequel, but that version of the story never materialized.
Matt Reeves is directing the sequel from a script co-written with Mattson Tomlin, with production underway. The ensemble includes Robert Pattinson as Batman alongside returning players such as Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Jayme Lawson, and Barry Keoghan as the Joker, with Colin Farrell reportedly appearing in only two scenes as The Penguin.
“The Batman: Part II” actually started its five-month production this week in London it’s set to hit theaters on October 1, 2027.
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