Casting Two-Face in The Batman — Part II could come down to the flip of a coin. Matt Reeves is returning to direct and write the Batman sequel, which will see Robert Pattinson don the cape and cowl of Gotham's Dark Knight a second time. Ahead of a scheduled early 2024 production start at Warner Bros. Leavesden Studios in England, Batman 2 is reportedly eyeing two actors for the role of Gotham District Attorney Harvey Dent: Josh Hartnett and Joel Edgerton. Insider John Rocha revealed the rumored shortlist on The Hot Mic podcast with Jeff Sneider.

According to Rocha, the producers are looking at Hartnett and Edgerton for the role of Gotham's new D.A., who "may become Two-Face by the end of the film." Gotham's corrupt district attorney Gil Colson (Peter Sarsgaard) was a victim of the Riddler's (Paul Dano) in The Batman.

Hartnett is known for film roles in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin, and 30 Days of Night. The 44-year-old actor once passed on playing the Man of Steel in 2006's Superman Returns and had talks to play Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight in 2005's Batman Begins, roles that went to Brandon Routh and Christian Bale, respectively.

Edgerton's credits include Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, Smokin' Aces, Warrior, Zero Dark Thirty, Loving, The Green Knight, and the TV series Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Australian actor and filmmaker previously collaborated with Pattinson on The Rover (2014), Life (2015), and The King (2019).

One of Batman's most infamous foes, Harvey Dent was a dedicated defender of justice before a criminal threw acid into his face, leaving half of it scarred — and splintering his psyche. Billy Dee Williams played Gotham D.A. Dent in 1989's Batman; the disfigured villain was later played by Tommy Lee Jones in Batman Forever in 1995 and Aaron Eckhart in Nolan's The Dark Knight in 2008.

Plot details remain under wraps, but it was reported in March that the Bat-villain called Clayface also plays a role in The Batman — Part II. In April, Reeves said that the script he's co-writing with Mattson Tomlin is "going to take these characters and put them in some kind of emotional jeopardy. There's a deep-dive that already happened at the beginning and now I'm gonna have to deep-dive again."

Reeves' Bat-Verse exists outside the DC Universe continuty that DC Studios co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran are establishing with their slate titled Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters. The rebooted Batman, which starred Pattinson as a younger Bruce Wayne in his second year as Gotham's caped crusader, grossed $770 million at the box office and introduced new takes on rogues Riddler (Dano), Penguin (Colin Farrell), and Catwoman (Zoe Kravitz).

The Batman — Part II is scheduled to open in theaters on October 3rd, 2025.

Didn't read the article but dude on the right has my vote.

Wasup with these folks. The Batman was already damn near a shot for shot remake of se7vn & Zodiac.
So they gon keep the same villains?
Challenge yourself with Clayface. Man Bat, HUSH, Mad Hatter

Edgerton would be great. One of my favourite actors

Edgerton is the obvious choice, but as we've seen before, if they went with the obvious choice all the time, we may not have gotten Keaton, Ledger or even Pattinson. I say give it to Hartnett.

Here is the thing. We (those informed) know edgerton is the better actor HOWEVER, Heath rules are in effect and I would love to see hartnett get a shot to delve deep into the acting bag and show out. n1gga been pigoeonholed as a heartthrob is whole career.

30 days of night, lucky number slevin, bro O. O!!

“I did what I did and that’s all you need to know. From here on out. I say nothing.”

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I hated how he HAD O’s whole character fuxking stuck. Harnett can act. Never had that role.

Joel is a better actor. Josh is a bit one dimensional with his acting ski1ls

I’m glad we can get a longer look at Harvey dent

I wonder if reeves even does the actual disfigurement and just build up the psyche more. He’s extremely bipolar and schizophrenic. The other two face portrayals didn’t tap into that at all

Shooting for Josh; would like to see more underdog actors get some shine

A black two face will be epic

He probably smoke that role

Mike T said 🔗 Wasup with these folks. The Batman was already damn near a shot for shot remake of se7vn. & Zodiac. So they gon keep the same villains. Challenge yourself with Clayface. Man Bat, HUSH, Mad Hatter

Always wanted the ventriloquist villain to get a sick storyline. Goin in detail of the dynamic of the multiple personalities and the submisive old servant to the overly aggressive sociopath scarface Puppet.. clayface and madhatter would be dope too.

Didn’t read but why won’t they get clay face? The mad hatter or some sh1t..

I’m sick of these same old villains

kamal1978 said 🔗 A black two face will be epic He probably smoke that role

Didn't mean to slap.

We did have a black Harvey Dent with Billy Dee Williams in Batman 89. He accepted the role because he thought he was gonna play two-face, but Burton decided to go with a different character in Returns.

So what you're saying is not far fetched at all.

Give me hush, clay face and a proper Cassandra Cain then I'll be happy, court of owls would be nice

Poloboy69 said 🔗 Shooting for Josh; would like to see more underdog actors get some shine

Same here.

Wished they let him be Harvey for one than one film.

btexpress7 said 🔗 Didn’t read but why won’t they get clay face? The mad hatter or some sh1t.. I’m sick of these same old villains

It makes perfect sense for Harvey dent to come in. Plus they are bringing in clay face

Mike T said 🔗 Wasup with these folks. The Batman was already damn near a shot for shot remake of se7vn. & Zodiac. So they gon keep the same villains. Challenge yourself with Clayface. Man Bat, HUSH, Mad Hatter

Clayface gonna be in it. Just let reeves work. Y’all don’t know wtf y’all be talking about

Mike T said 🔗 Wasup with these folks. The Batman was already damn near a shot for shot remake of se7vn. & Zodiac. So they gon keep the same villains. Challenge yourself with Clayface. Man Bat, HUSH, Mad Hatter

That's the problem with the whole grounded take on Batman there are only some many villains they can do an we gonna get the same ones over and over

Klasicktha1 said 🔗 That's the problem with the whole grounded take on Batman there are only some many villains they can do an we gonna get the same ones over and over

Gunn’s Batman will be more comic like so there you go

Docviticus said 🔗 Here is the thing. We (those informed) know edgerton is the better actor HOWEVER, Heath rules are in effect and I would love to see hartnett get a shot to delve deep into the acting bag and show out. n1gga been pigoeonholed as a heartthrob is whole career. 30 days of night, lucky number slevin, bro O. O!! “I did what I did and that’s all you need to know. From here on out. I say nothing.” ↪🔗 I hated how he HAD O’s whole character fuxking stuck. Harnett can act. Never had that role.

I don't know this movie. But looks good. I'll have to check it out.

They better not do Twoface again when you got Hush, Court of Owls, Hugo Strange, Mad Hatter, Zsasz, Ventriloquist, and Calendar Man still on the bench.

And thats only the characters if they wanna stay with a 'grounded detective drama' Batman movie.

NAKHI ALLAH said 🔗 Give me hush, clay face and a proper Cassandra Cain then I'll be happy, court of owls would be nice

Hush is perfect for Reeves’ Batman