The director shared a photo of the presumably completed script with the Bat Signal logo on it while seated next to co-writer Mattson Tomlin.

When it comes to the passage of time between a movie and its sequel, two or three years has arguably become the norm in Hollywood. Not so with The Batman, because it’s been well over three years since Matt Reeves delivered his take on the iconic DC Comics superhero,

It’s been a long wait for an update on “The Batman Part II,” which was originally announced in April 2022, a month after the original Robert Pattinson blockbuster soared into theaters. After several delays, the sequel is now scheduled for Oct. 1, 2027 — five and a half years after the original made more than $772 million at the global box office.