It was recently announced that The Batman Part II was being delayed another year (Oct. 2026 to Oct. 2027). And Warner Bros.' DCU headmaster James Gunn took to Threads to defend the sequel's delay.
“To be fair, a 5 year gap or more is fairly common in sequels,” Gunn wrote on Threads. “7 years between ‘Alien’ and ‘Aliens.’ 14 years between ‘Incredibles.’ 7 years between the first two ‘Terminators.’ 13 years between ‘Avatars.’ 36 years between ‘Top Guns.’ And, of course, 6 years between ‘Guardians Vol 2’ and ‘Vol 3.'”
Gunn elaborated just a tad:
“Matt [Reeves] is committed to making the best film he possibly can, and no one can accurately guess exactly how long a script will take to write,” Gunn wrote. “Once there is a finished script, there is around two years for pre-production, shooting and post-production on big films.”
Personally, it feels like they're grasping at straws and trying to find a way to connect Reeve's Batman series with Gunn's new Superman. We'll see.