Robert Pattinson teases 'ambitious' Batman sequel is a 'real left turn'

Robert Pattinson has teased The Batman Part II is a "real left turn" from the previous movie.

The 40-year-old actor first played the Caped Crusader and his alter ego Bruce Wayne in 2022's The Batman, and he's revealed the upcoming follow-up movie, which is scheduled for release in 2028, is "really ambitious" and a totally "different take" on the franchise from his first outing.

He told Collider: “It’s so ambitious. I mean, I sort of said the other day on something that the first one was a different take on a Batman movie, and this one is another.

"It’s a real left turn from the first one, but somehow it keeps elements of the kind of feel of it. But it just feels really ambitious, and I’m excited to see how it turns out.”

But the Odyssey actor recently admitted he's finding the action scenes harder to film now than he did a few years ago.

He told India's GQ magazine: "I’m in London here till the end of the year doing a Batman sequel.

"It’s good. I’m definitely feeling my age when fighting a lot. I’m literally like, 'Goddamn, this is significantly harder than it used to be.'

"But it’s really fun. And I think the movie’s going to be pretty great. It’s got a really, really fun cast, but it’s a marathon."

In July, it was revealed that Warner Bros. has pushed the sequel’s release to 18 February 2028, having previously scheduled it for October 2026 before moving it to October 2027.

Director Matt Reeves announced the latest release date alongside the first camera test footage of Robert reprising his role as Batman.

The sequel reunites the filmmaker with co-writer Mattson Tomlin and will feature a cast including Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Charles Dance, Brian Tyree Henry and Sebastian Koch, although plot details and their character roles remain under wraps.

When the film's previous delay was announced, DC Studios co-head James Gunn defended the lengthy gap between instalments.

He wrote on Threads: “To be fair, a 5-year gap or more is fairly common in sequels.

“7 years between ‘Alien’ and ‘Aliens.’ 14 years between ‘Incredibles.’ 7 years between the first two ‘Terminators.’ 13 years between ‘Avatars.’ 36 years between ‘Top Guns.’ And, of course, six years between ‘Guardians Vol 2’ and ‘Vol 3.’”