Most of the world has only seen one page of Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II script—the first one, since the director and co-writer shared a proof-of-life photo on social media last year. But that hasn’t stopped all kinds of speculation focused particularly on who any new cast additions might be playing, as a way to determine what Robert Pattinson’s Batman will be getting up to in his second outing.
Last month, Reeves again took to social media for an update, this time to confirm the faces we’ll be seeing in the sequel. That includes the returning Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Gil Perez-Abraham, and Jayme Lawson, though so far nothing regarding Barry Keoghan.
The new additions are Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Charles Dance, Brian Tyree Henry, and Sebastian Koch. Reeves didn’t share details for any of the new characters, so naturally that leaves room for rumors to thrive.
A new report from the InSneider says that Stan may not be playing Two-Face/Harvey Dent, as many had previously assumed. Instead, the outlet’s Jeff Sneider writes, Stan is believed to be portraying Victor Zsasz, “a serial killer … who sets out to ‘free’ people who no longer value their lives.”
However, Sneider added, that doesn’t mean Harvey Dent won’t be part of the story; according to his sources, Henry has been cast as the Gotham City district attorney who breaks bad. As Sneider writes, “He won’t be the first Black actor to play Dent in live-action, as Billy Dee Williams played the character in Tim Burton’s 1989 movie Batman.”
So far there’s no word on who Dance or Johansson might be playing, but as The Batman Part II heads into production, we can expect to learn more—or at least be privy to more rumors as that October 1, 2027, release date creeps closer. io9 has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment and will update this post if we hear back.
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