The Batman: Part II Set in Winter as Matt Reeves Teases Snow-Bound Gotham

Looks similar The Batman: Part II volition instrumentality place, astatine slightest successful part, during wintertime.

Director/co-writer Matt Reeves posted behind-the-scenes images to X connected Thursday with the hashtag #SnowTires and a bat emoji adjacent to it.

The station (seen below) reveals the Batmobile driving during a snowstorm. Reeves confirmed successful a consequent effect to a instrumentality that these shots are from camera tests for The Batman: Part II.

Reeves besides sparked instrumentality speculation astir the sequel by sharing a fan’s station of a comic publication representation of Batman successful the snow, an representation that comes from the screen of Batman (Vol. 3) #57 that was published successful 2018. The screen was illustrated by Tony S. Daniel and Tomeu Morey.

Written by Tom King, Batman #57 featured the Dark Knight battling the Russian assassin known arsenic the KGBeast. But a Bat-film acceptable during the wintertime evidently makes fans wonderment if Mister Freeze volition beryllium successful The Batman: Part II.

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Mister Freeze has been rumored for The Batman: Part II for a mates of years now, with gossip that the sequel is acceptable successful wintertime archetypal surfacing past year.

Reeves himself addressed the anticipation of a “grounded” mentation of Mister Freeze successful his Batman beingness backmost successful 2022.

“Mr. Freeze, that's specified a large story, right?" helium said. "I deliberation there's really a grounded mentation of that story, which could beryllium truly almighty and could beryllium truly great… I conscionable consciousness drawn to uncovering the grounded mentation of everything. So, to maine it would beryllium a situation successful an absorbing mode to effort and fig retired however that could happen."

While the rumor mill claims Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansson are playing Harvey Dent and his woman Gilda successful The Batman: Part II, possibly they’re really playing cryogenic idiosyncratic Victor Fries and his ailing woman Nora instead.

The communicative of Mister Freeze and Nora was antecedently told successful the Batman: The Animated Series occurrence “Heart of Ice” and successful the 1997 movie Batman & Robin, wherever Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed the icy supervillain. Freeze besides appeared successful the TV bid Gotham.

Tha Batman: Part II starts filming aboriginal this twelvemonth for an October 1, 2027 release.