The Batman: Part II could face yet another delay as director Matt Reeves steps away from production

The Batman: Part II has hit another speed bump as production has temporarily paused with director Matt Reeves stepping away for personal reasons.

Filming on Robert Pattinson's highly anticipated DC sequel had been underway in London, but Warner Bros has confirmed that work has now been halted while Reeves deals with unexpected family circumstances.

"Production on The Batman Part II has been temporarily paused while Matt Reeves focuses on a family matter," the studio said in a statement via Deadline.

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"Matt has the full support of DC Studios and we look forward to continuing the journey soon."

It is not yet known when filming will resume or whether the pause will have any impact on the movie's planned release date.

Digital Spy has contacted a representative for Matt Reeves for comment.

The superhero sequel has faced several release date delays, having originally been scheduled to arrive in cinemas in 2025. It was later pushed back to October 2026, before its release was delayed once again in July to 18 February 2028.

Pattinson will reprise his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in the sequel, with Andy Serkis returning as Alfred Pennyworth and Colin Farrell once again playing Oswald Cobb, aka the Penguin.

The film has also assembled a host of new cast members, including Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Brian Tyree Henry, Charles Dance and Sebastian Koch. Jayme Lawson and Gil Perez-Abraham are also among the cast.

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Pattinson previously teased that the movie's script is "so good", describing the sequel as "kind of crazy".

"The first one was like a little bit of a different type of Batman movie, and this is like really a different type of Batman movie," he told Filme Gitmeden Önce.

"I think hopefully people will be really pleasantly surprised by it. Yeah, I'm really excited."

Meanwhile, Reeves previously offered some clues about what fans can expect from the sequel while speaking to Digital Spy in 2024.

"There's a lot of unrest and there's a lot of clamouring because of the revelations of what we find out at the end of the [first] movie," he said.

"There's unrest in the streets to say, 'Well, how could this be?'. The idea that this corruption extends as deep as it extends."

The Batman: Part II is set to be released on 18 February 2028.

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