Filming The Batman: Part II Has Robert Pattinson “feeling his age”

Batman star Robert Pattinson has shared an update on his experience filming Matt Reeves’s The Batman: Part II, the heavily anticipated sequel to 2022’s critical hit, The Batman.

Based on original comics including The Long Halloween, Batman: Year One and Ego, the latest live-action update on one of DC Comics’ most recognised faces following Ben Affleck’s portrayal for the DCEU stars Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Serkis, and Colin Farrell in a Se7en-inspired story charting The Dark Knight’s early days fighting crime and trying to solve the disturbing puzzle curated by the bitter political-philosophical interpretation of The Riddler.

The film grossed $772.3 million from its budget of $185 million-$200 million and earned critical acclaim for its style, performances and thematic exploration of class conflict and systemic corruption within the superhero genre.

A sequel was confirmed in April 2022, as part of an isolated Batman Epic Crime Saga and shared universe, also including HBO’s series The Penquin, which is now running against a new DCU film world with takes on Superman, Supergirl and Clayface. Filming began recently with the film’s leading man starting to feel the toll of intense fight scenes.

“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,” the star explained. “It’s got a really, really fun cast, but it’s a marathon.”

Pattinson has been a central figure in 2026 film, with central appearances already made in Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama, Christopher Nolan’s The Oydessey, and upcoming ones in Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime and Dennis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three to end the year.

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Reeves’s The Batman: Part II is set to star newcomers Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansson. Bryan Tyree Henry and Sebastian Koch, alongside Pattinson, Serkis, Farrell and Wright reprising their roles from the first Gotham-based superhero thriller.

Last July saw James Gunn share the exciting news that the script had been completed, with the following month revealing filming would start in the spring to reach a release date of 18th February, 2028. This comes as the sequel’s fourth release date, with the film originally slated to hit theatres on 3rd October 2025, followed by a pushback to 2nd October of this year, and then 1st October 2027.

A third film is also in development.

The Batman: Part II hits cinemas 18th February, 2028.

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