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The Batman: Part II – Andy Serkis Is Set To Return As Alfred

It sounds like Andy Serkis is set to return as Alfred in The Batman: Part II, but because of his busy schedule, he won't start filming until later in the year.

We learned pretty recently from star Robert Pattinson that production on The Batman: Part II was going to start very soon, like the end of this month, which makes sense given the film's timeline. Pattinson has a very busy year ahead of him with two more major press tours on the way, one for The Odyssey and the other for Dune: Part Two, both of which will occur before the end of the year. Somewhere in there, they are going to film this movie as well, and it sounds like that production timeline might be all over the place, at least for one of the stars. Andy Serkis has been doing the rounds for his upcoming adaptation of Animal Farm and providing updates for The Hunt for Gollum. He revealed to Collider, when asked about whether or not Serkis would be returning as Alfred, "I'm pretty certain it's all going to work out. Yeah, we're working on it, but I think it's all looking good."

However, in an interview with ScreenRant, Serkis did remind everyone that he is busy, so he "won't be joining them immediately," but "by the end of the year, I will be" filming. That would be a very long production cycle if that is the case, but given how long The Batman: Part II has been in development, maybe that's not that surprising. There is also the chance that Serkis, as Alfred, doesn't have many scenes, and they could essentially knock them out during reshoots.

The Batman: Part II Is Taking Its Sweet Time, And That's Fine

The Batman Part II was officially announced at CinemaCon in April 2022, and things have been all over the place ever since. Fans have been seeing smoke everywhere, and while timelines change, Warner Bros. kept delaying the film instead of just pulling it from the schedule and giving it a more solid release date when everyone involved knew things were ready to go. The constant delays have led to all sorts of rumors about this movie to the point that James Gunn has had to make multiple public statements assuring everyone that the film is happening and they were just waiting for the script from director Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin.

At the end of June 2025, we had some movement that would finally make people calm down. Reeves took to social media with Tomlin and shared a picture of a piece of paper with a Batman logo on it. It appears the first draft of the script for The Batman: Part II is probably done. Now, this is only a first draft since Gunn has been pretty upfront that they hadn't received any drafts yet, so there is still more work to be done, but any creative writer will tell you that you can't edit or improve what doesn't exist, so a first draft that needs a lot of improvement is better than no draft at all. At the time of writing, The Batman: Part II has a release date of October 7, 2027.

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