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DC Studios faces shifting momentum as key projects pause or evolve. The Batman Part II halts filming after Matt Reeves steps away, while new creative directions emerge in series and films like Clayface and Lanterns.
Matt Reeves has stepped away from The Batman Part II production due to a personal family matter. Filming paused in London. Release still set for February 18, 2028. Robert Pattinson, Scarlett Johansson, and Colin Farrell return.
Production on The Batman Part II has been temporarily halted after director Matt Reeves stepped away for personal reasons. DC Studios confirmed the pause, citing a 'family matter'. Filming, underway in London, is now suspended with no new start date announced. The sequel, starring Robert Pattinson, is still scheduled for a February 18, 2028 release — but that may not hold.
Lanterns closes out its eight-episode first season Sunday without an official HBO renewal, though showrunner Chris Mundy says a Season 2 writers' room has been running for six weeks and James Gunn has confirmed it was a season, not series, finale.
Mike Flanagan says he has not seen Clayface and calls it James Watkins' film, even though he wrote the original script. The DC horror movie releases October 23.
Gunn and Safran stay at DC Studios after Paramount's WBD takeover — but the clock is ticking on their legacy.
Clayface has received an R-rating from the MPA for bloody violence, gore, language, nudity and brief drug use, cementing DC Studios' bet on a horror-first superhero film out October 23.