{"id":2418449,"date":"2026-05-15T17:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2418449"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:58:39","slug":"scarlett-johansson-to-star-in-the-batman-part-ii-alongside-robert-pattinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/scarlett-johansson-to-star-in-the-batman-part-ii-alongside-robert-pattinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson to Star in &#8216;The Batman Part II&#8217; Alongside Robert Pattinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"styles_container__87Nfz styles_wrapper__7ffG2\" aria-label=\"AI Summaries\" style=\"--color-border:var(--color-pairing-1-background)\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_title__dHix3\">Key Points<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"styles_list__HaxrQ\">\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">The Batman Part II confirms a cast with both returning and new notable actors.<\/li>\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">Sebastian Stan will play Harvey Dent; Scarlett Johansson and Charles Dance join the ensemble.<\/li>\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">Director Matt Reeves and actor Stan promise an ambitious, surprising movie for fans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">As if the anticipation for the upcoming <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1121135\/samuelmurrian\/batman-quotes\/\">Batman<\/a> Part II couldn\u2019t be any higher, the sequel\u2019s director has recently confirmed the cast list for the new film.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/scarlett-johansson-sebastian-stan-confirmed-batman-part-ii-robert-pattinson-11975308\">People<\/a> magazine, the cast list for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/movies\/the-batman-part-2\">The Batman<\/a> Part II includes a healthy mix of new and returning faces from the original film, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1342918\/jessicasager\/robert-pattinson-net-worth\/\">Robert Pattinson<\/a>, Andy Serkis and Jeffrey Wright.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Along with these returning actors are a variety of new stars making their formal introduction to the DC comic book universe, including Marvel stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/culture\/sebastian-stan-dating-history\">Sebastian Stan<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1233325\/jessicasager\/scarlett-johansson-net-worth\/\">Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, among quite a few others.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">While details about the new movie are predictably scarce, certain information has been relayed by director Matt Reeves in a recent series of gifs shared on his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattreevesLA\">X account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Through said posts, Reeves confirmed the participation of Johansson, Stan,\u00a0Charles Dance\u00a0and Sebastian Koch in the upcoming movie. Thus far, in terms of the specific characters they\u2019re set to portray, the only thing we know for certain is that Stan will portray the chisel-chinned Gotham district attorney, Harvey Dent.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">However, many fans have speculated that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/279744\/parade\/game-of-thrones-quotes\/\">Game of Thrones<\/a>\u2019 Dance will play Dent\u2019s father, while Johansson will portray his wife, Gilda.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cI feel like it\u2019s a really ambitious movie and I think if we do it all right \u2014 and obviously I\u2019m so excited about Matt Reeves [directing] because he\u2019s been one of my favorites for a long, long time \u2014 I really think it\u2019s going to blow people away,\u201d Stan previously said of the movie. \u201cIt\u2019s going to surprise a lot of people, I think, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">In terms of the returning cast, Pattinson will again reprise his role as Gotham City\u2019s Dark Knight; Serkis will portray his faithful butler Alfred; Wright will play Gotham PD leader Jim Gordon; and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/colin-farrell-net-worth\">Colin Farrell<\/a> will portray opportunistic gangster Oz Cobb, also known by his nickname, the Penguin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_contributors__dp6kk contributors\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_contributorsTitle__f34Pu\">About the author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"styles_contributorsList__FCS2w\">\n<div class=\"styles_contributorBio__vbMqA\">\n<div class=\"styles_avatar__M_SvZ styles_contributorBioAvatar___AUl4 styles_medium__VUJo5\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"styles_avatarImage__7mnVX\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAwNTg1Njcz\/richard-chachowski.jpeg?profile=w256&amp;ar=1-1 1x, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAwNTg1Njcz\/richard-chachowski.jpeg?profile=w256&amp;ar=1-1 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAwNTg1Njcz\/richard-chachowski.jpeg?profile=w256&amp;ar=1-1\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Richard Chachowski is an entertainment, travel and lifestyle writer with a dedicated background in journalism. A lifelong fan of classic and contemporary film and television history, his main focus is remaining up-to-date on new and exciting stories in the field of entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source parade.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points The Batman Part II confirms a cast with both returning and new notable actors. Sebastian Stan will play Harvey Dent; Scarlett Johansson and Charles Dance join the ensemble. Director Matt Reeves and actor Stan promise an ambitious, surprising movie for fans. As if the anticipation for the upcoming Batman Part II couldn\u2019t be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2418450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[319407,21751,345639,21741,21912,21738,22056,305526],"class_list":["post-2418449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-batman","tag-celebrities","tag-celebs","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-pop-culture","tag-scarlett-johansson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scarlett-Johansson-to-Star-in-The-Batman-Part-II-Alongside.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418451,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418449\/revisions\/2418451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}