Barry Keoghan is teasing the return of the Joker in Matt Reeves’ The Batman – Part II.
Speaking with Etalk in a video posted to Twitter, Keoghan was asked if fans can expect to see him reprise his role as the Clown Prince of Crime in the upcoming sequel to 2022’s The Batman.
Keoghan answered, “I can’t really say anything about that my man, but, um, it would be exciting, wouldn’t it? To see The Joker come to life again? My smile says all, you know what I mean?”
Keoghan appeared as the Joker at the end of The Batman in a short but memorable cameo. Following the film’s release, a deleted scene surfaced online further showing Keoghan’s character interacting with Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight.
What do we know about The Batman – Part II?
At this time, Pattinson is the only actor that Warner Bros. has announced will return for The Batman – Part II. Reeves is returning to direct the movie, while he’s also co-writing the script with Mattson Tomlin.
“I’ve had so many wonderful collaborators to work with,” Reeves previously said of the sequel during an appearance on the Team Deakins podcast in July 2023. “And when you find someone who you love working with, you just wanna … ‘Come on, please, let’s keep working together … How much farther can we push it?’ Like, I’ve been talking to [The Batman cinematographer Greig Fraser] about — I’m trying to write the next movie now with my partner, and we’re doing this thing — and he’s, like, going, ‘Let’s just push it farther.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, that would be really exciting to do.”
The Batman – Part II is currently scheduled to release in the United States on October 3, 2025.
Meanwhile, a Batman spin-off starring Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot, The Penguin, will air on Max in 2024. Along with Farrell, the eight-episode limited series will star Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, and Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone.
