Jeffrey Wright Teases Jim Gordon’s Role in “The Batman Part II”

Things were quiet in Gotham when it came to news about Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel for quite some time. Sure, we had the sensational spinoff series The Penguin to sink our beaks into, giving us a deep dive into Gotham’s criminal underworld via Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb and his equally standout screen partner, Cristin Milioti, whose Sofia Falcone was as cunning and ruthless as Oz. But when it came to news about when Robert Pattinson would be donning the cape and cowl again in The Batman Part II, we waited quite a while for confirmation, despite DC Studios co-chief (and Superman writer/director) James Gunn promising us Reeves was onto something good.

Then last week, we got that confirmation—The Batman Part II would be hitting screens in 2027, with Reeves having completed his script this past June. Now, Jeffrey Wright has offered even more news to Den of Geek about the script, shedding specific light on how his Gotham PD detective Jim Gordon’s role will expand in the sequel.

Wright was speaking to Den of Geek about his upcoming part in Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, starring Lee’s longtime collaborator Denzel Washington. When asked about where things stood with The Batman Part II, Wright admitted that he hasn’t read Reeves’ script yet himself. But, he said, “I’ve heard some things.”

What we already knew about Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin’s script was that James Gunn read it and said, “It’s great,” and that production had been approved to begin in early 2026. Yet Wright did offer this morsel:

“I’m liking what I’m hearing,” he told Den of Geek. “And I have huge respect for Matt’s Gotham-building skills. So I’m excited to jump in there and read what he has, which I’m sure will be rich and satisfying to play, and ideally for audiences to take in as well.”

Wright’s version of Gordon was a proper detective (as Gary Oldman’s Jim Gordon was at the start of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy—he’s promoted to Commissioner after the Joker kills the former holder of the office in The Dark Knight), working alongside Pattinson’s Batman to try to unpuzzle the Riddler’s (Paul Dano) sadistic game. Reeves was adamant that in his Gotham, Batman is a vigilante detective of sorts, and in Gordon, he’s got his unofficial partner.

While there’s no word on what the script’s actually about, it seems likely that a few stars from The Batman will return alongside Pattinson’s Batman and Wright’s Gordon, including Farrell’s Oz Cobb, Zoë Kravitz’s Selina Kyle, and Andy Serkis’s Alfred. One question on fans’ minds is whether a certain Arkham prisoner who had a very small role in the film will have a larger one in Part II…that would be Barry Keoghan’s laughing lunatic. Perhaps you could guess who he was supposed to be?

Featured image: Caption: (L-r) ROBERT PATTINSON as Batman and JEFFREY WRIGHT as Lt. James Gordon in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “THE BATMAN,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jonathan Olley/™ & © DC Comics