UPDATE: It turns out what we shared earlier was just a rehearsal for an atmospheric nighttime scene in Gotham City. You can now watch this sequence from The Batman Part II being shot in the X posts below.
The Batman Part II is currently being filmed in Liverpool, England, and we have a first look at Bruce Wayne suited up as "The Drifter." Fake snow was laid down on a bridge, with an ambulance then spotted heading across it as the incognito Batman followed (or chased it down).
As a reminder, unlike his Batsuit, his Drifter persona allowed Bruce to blend into large crowds and environments without detection in 2022's The Batman. Batman often deployed this identity when he wanted to enter a place subtly or perform surveillance without detection.
The Drifter returning in The Batman Part II isn't hugely surprising, and it seems the Caped Crusader will continue using this disguise to keep a low profile while stalking the snowy streets of Gotham City.
The movie's winter setting should make it very visually unique, and it will be interesting to see what, if any, impact that has on Batman's war on crime. Mr. Freeze remains a villain who fans are desperate to see on screen, but as of now, names like Two-Face, Poison Ivy, and Victor Zsasz are being thrown around in relation to this sequel.
There's still an awful lot we don't know about the sequel, which was recently pushed back to 2028. With over a year and a half to go before we sit down in theaters to check this one out, we'll have to rely on set leaks like these to keep us going until the marketing campaign ramps up next year.
"I think [director] Matt Reeves’ interpretation of the franchise is really fresh, and rich in terms of the narrative, but also rich cinematically," Jim Gordon actor Jeffrey Wright recently teased. "I don’t think he views this as frivolous comic book stuff, but he views it as an opportunity to explore contemporary themes through a really dynamic medium that is the Batman franchise."
"He’s also a massive fan of the franchise, hugely enthusiastic about it, and it’s deeply meaningful for him. These films, the first one and now working on this one, are films from an era that he and I, because we’re of a certain age, just revere."
Those are films of the American cinema of the ’70s – Sidney Lumet films and films that Dustin Hoffman would have been a part of, [Francis Ford] Coppola and [Martin] Scorsese," he continued. "He’s trying to use all of those as touchstones in these films that might, in other hands, not have anything to do, cinematically, with that type of filmmaking."
Directed by Matt Reeves from a script by him and Mattson Tomlin, The Batman Part II stars Robert Pattinson, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Charles Dance, Jayme Lawson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Sebastian Koch, and Brian Tyree Henry.
The Batman Part II is set to be released in theaters on October 1, 2027 February 18, 2028.