Marvel lost her.
DC might gain her.
And Gotham has no idea what's coming.
Scarlett Johansson — the woman who turned Marvel’s Black Widow into a global icon — is now in final talks to join Matt Reeves’ The Batman – Part II.
If she signs on, this will be one of the biggest cross-universe casting coups in modern comic-book movie history.
And the best part?
Her role is completely under wraps, fueling an internet wildfire of theories, predictions, and full-blown fan chaos.
🔥 1. THE NEWS: FROM MCU ROYALTY TO GOTHAM’S NEXT NIGHTMARE?
THR has now confirmed that Johansson is in final negotiations to join the sequel.
Originally reported by Nexus Point News, her casting has already created shockwaves because:
ScarJo has rarely shown interest in returning to superhero franchises
She closed out natasha Romanoff’s arc in Endgame
Her MCU exit was final, emotional, and definitive
And now she's about to walk into Gotham, the darkest sandbox in Hollywood.
This is seismic.
🔥 2. HERO, love INTEREST, OR VILLAIN? THE ROLE THAT HAS FANDOMS LOSING THEIR MINDS
Two early pieces of intel have set the fandom ablaze:
🟣 1. NPN claims she might play Bruce Wayne’s new love interest
🟢 2. Grace Randolph claims she might play a villain
Those two claims collide into one nuclear possibility:
🌿 POISON IVY
The internet is already screaming it.
And honestly?
Scarlett Johansson as a seductive, eco-terrorist femme fatale with lethal charm is so perfect it feels illegal.
But other fan theories are equally wild:
Andrea Beaumont / The Phantasm
Jessica Dent
A gender-flipped Hush accomplice
A brand-new villain created for Reeves’ universe
Reeves has built a grounded Gotham — so whoever she plays, expect complexity, psychology, and moral ambiguity.
🔥 3. THE REEVES FACTOR: A BATMAN STORY UNLIKE ANYTHING EVER DONE
Matt Reeves didn’t just tease a new villain.
He promised a villain that:
“has never really been done in a movie before.”
This is huge.
Batman has nearly 85 years of comic villains — and hollywood has barely explored 15% of them.
Reeves’ Gotham is:
grounded
noir-inspired
detective-driven
psychologically brutal
So expect someone obscure, twisted, layered — and absolutely perfect for a performer like Johansson.
🔥 4. PATTERSON HAS SEEN THE SCRIPT — AND HIS REACTION SAYS EVERYTHING
The script was so secret that it arrived:
in a secure envelope
with a separate unlocking code
with isolated reading access
Pattinson read it.
And he loved it.
Reeves’ brutal honesty says it all:
“He’s Batman — if he doesn’t like it, not good.”
But Pattinson was reportedly thrilled, especially because:
The story takes Batman into unexplored emotional territory
Bruce Wayne’s psyche is pushed harder than ever
The villain dynamic is unlike anything previously attempted
This isn’t just another Batman sequel.
This is a recalibration of the character’s cinematic identity.
🔥 5. THE PENGUIN, THE MYSTERY VILLAIN & GOTHAM'S NEW CHESSBOARD
Colin Farrell returns as The Penguin — now fresh off his HBO Max series and more powerful in Gotham’s crime ecosystem than ever.
Meanwhile:
Reeves refuses to leak plot details
Warner Bros. is locking everything down
Casting is happening behind closed doors
Fans are reverse-engineering leaks like detectives
The secrecy only confirms one thing:
This is a detective story with major twists — and Johansson's role might be a plot bombshell.
🔥 6. WHY THIS CASTING IS A MASSIVE WIN FOR DC
Scarlett Johansson isn’t just a movie star.
She’s an event.
Her joining DC signals:
a new era of prestige casting
hollywood A-listers are once again trusting DC
Reeves’ franchise pulling MCU-level star power
a hard, gritty, prestige-driven direction
This is the kind of casting that brings credibility, awards-season attention, and global hype.
🔥THE BATMAN 2 JUST WENT FROM “HIGHLY ANTICIPATED” TO “FULL-BLOWN event CINEMA.”
Scarlett Johansson potentially stepping into Gotham is bigger than a casting update — it’s a genre crossover event, a pop-culture detonation, and a statement from DC Studios.
Fans wanted surprises.
Matt Reeves delivered one without even trying.
If Johansson signs as a villain?
Gotham is in trouble.
If she signs as a love interest?
Bruce is in danger.
Either way — The Batman – Part II just became the most unpredictable comic-book movie in development.
October 1, 2027, cannot come fast enough.
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