There’s just no stopping Scarlett Johansson right about now. Star of this summer’s blockbuster behemoth Jurassic World: Rebirth, director of 2025 festival circuit darling Eleanor The Great, and soon-to-be lead of Mike Flanagan’s upcoming The Exorcist movie, the two-time Oscar nominee is on a hot streak as her career enters its fourth decade. And now, per Deadline‘s reporting, it looks like the time may have come for the former Avenger to answer the Bat signal’s call. Yes, ScarJo is in talks for Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II over at DC Studios.
According to Deadline, it’s unknown exactly where things are at dealmaking-wise between Johansson and DC Studios’ top brass at this stage, but it is understood that the star is in final negotiations to take on a new role opposite Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne/Batman in Reeves’ hotly anticipated movie. What exactly that role may be very much remains to be seen, but having starred in no less than eight MCU joints between Iron Man 2 and Black Widow, suffice it to say that ScarJo is more than comfortable in comic book movie territory at this point. And there’s no shortage of kick-ass women in Bats’ rogues’ gallery that Johansson could tackle either — from Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn to Huntress and Black Widow-worthy assassin extraordinaire Talia al Ghul. (It is worth noting that Variety reports one such kick-ass woman, namely Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman, is not currently expected to return in The Batman Part II.)
First announced just a month after Reeves’ The Batman hit cinemas in March 2022, The Batman Part II‘s road to reach this point has been a long one. Originally expected to hit cinemas in late 2025, R-Battz’s sophomore outing had been pushed back to 2026 — and then to October 2027 — before Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin finally completed the sequel’s script six months ago. Thankfully that screenplay clearly proved worth the wait for DC Studios head honcho James Gunn, as The Batman Part II is officially confirmed to shoot in Spring 2026. And now, with Scarlett Johansson primed to make her DC debut, it looks like we can finally look forward to learning more about what Reeves and Tomlin have been cooking all this time in the weeks and months ahead. *Alexa, play ‘Come As You Are’ and order us some fresh black eyeliner, please.*
