Robert Pattinson Says His Batman Won't Fit Into James Gunn's DCU
The actor describes the upcoming sequel as a 'left turn' while confirming his version of Bruce Wayne cannot exist in the new shared cinematic universe.
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 23 Sept 2026. Variety published first, on 23 September at 04:35 UTC; The Hollywood Reporter followed 15h 24m later. The most recent article, from The Hollywood Reporter, appeared on 27 September at 20:43 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyRobert Pattinson Says ‘The Batman 2’ Is ‘So Ambitious’ and a ‘Different Take’ on the Franchise: ‘It’s a Real Left Turn From the First’
- The Hollywood ReporterRobert Pattinson Says ‘The Batman: Part II’ Is “a Different Take on a Batman Movie”: “So Ambitious”
- DeadlineRobert Pattinson Thinks Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ Would Be “Tough” To Fit Into James Gunn’s DCU
- VarietyRobert Pattinson Says It Would Be ‘Tough’ for His Batman to Exist Within James Gunn’s DCU
- The Hollywood ReporterRobert Pattinson Says It Would Be “Tough” for His Batman to Interact With Other Characters in James Gunn’s DCU
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Robert Pattinson Says It Would Be “Tough” for His Batman to Interact With Other Characters in James Gunn’s DCU The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Robert Pattinson Says It Would Be ‘Tough’ for His Batman to Exist Within James Gunn’s DCU Variety ·
- Robert Pattinson Says ‘The Batman: Part II’ Is “a Different Take on a Batman Movie”: “So Ambitious” The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Robert Pattinson Says ‘The Batman 2’ Is ‘So Ambitious’ and a ‘Different Take’ on the Franchise: ‘It’s a Real Left Turn From the First’ Variety ·
- Robert Pattinson Thinks Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ Would Be “Tough” To Fit Into James Gunn’s DCU Deadline
In this story
- Robert Pattinson
- James Gunn
- Matt Reeves