MOVIE NEWS – Matt Reeves has been filming The Batman: Part II under intense secrecy for months, but shooting on public streets in London has made it increasingly difficult to hide what is happening in Gotham’s next chapter. The latest set photos have not only reignited speculation about the Court of Owls but also revealed a masked figure whom some fans have immediately connected to Anarky.

Matt Reeves has spent months filming The Batman: Part II under extraordinary secrecy, but once production moved into broad daylight on the streets of London, members of the public quickly complicated those efforts. Recent weeks had already produced footage of a police chase involving the Batmobile, and now new photos and videos have emerged from scenes filmed on September 12 and 13. This time, the material reveals more than vehicles and glimpses of Bruce Wayne, with several details potentially pointing toward important characters and conflicts. The footage also suggests that Gotham’s political and social tensions may once again play a central role in the story.

Spoiler warning: the following information could potentially reveal the presence of a new antagonist in The Batman: Part II. Neither Matt Reeves nor Warner Bros. has confirmed the conclusions being drawn from the material filmed on location. The identity of the mysterious character therefore remains speculation, even if several details have given fans plenty to discuss.

A protester with an A symbol on their jacket wearing a white face mask was spotted on the set of ‘THE BATMAN: PART 2’.

Anarky?

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Will We Finally See the Court of Owls?

St. Paul’s Cathedral is standing in for the Gotham Bar Association during filming, with location information posted by residents indicating that its courtroom and meeting hall are also being recreated there. Just a few streets away, Freemasons’ Hall, home of the United Grand Lodge of England, also appeared ready for production; the same building previously appeared in 2015’s Spectre. Someone even photographed a Christmas tree being carried into the cathedral, fitting neatly with the snowy, wintry Gotham already glimpsed during filming in Glasgow. Bruce Wayne, meanwhile, was spotted behind the wheel of a customized 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, suggesting his elegant billionaire persona remains very much intact.

What truly set social media buzzing, however, was a protest sign. In footage filmed last Sunday, Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne is escorted by police through an angry crowd, and one demonstrator can be seen holding a sign featuring an unmistakable play on the Court of Owls name: “Court of Fowls.” A sign held by an extra obviously does not prove that the secret society will actually appear in the movie. Hush was similarly the subject of persistent fan theories before the first film, only for the character never to materialize.

With the Court of Owls, however, the fact that Gotham citizens might already be talking about the group could itself be significant. In the comics, a crucial part of the organization’s power and mythology is that much of Gotham does not even believe it exists, despite the group secretly influencing the city from the shadows for generations. If protesters in Reeves’ version of Gotham are openly invoking the Court, that may suggest ordinary citizens are beginning to suspect the existence of a hidden elite manipulating the city. That idea would fit naturally with the corruption and abuse of power already established in the first movie.

A Masked Protester Has Sparked Another Theory

New photos and videos circulating from the set have also generated another, potentially even more intriguing theory. Among the protesters surrounding Bruce Wayne is a man whose face is completely concealed and whose jacket bears a recognizable anarchy symbol. Some fans immediately connected the figure to Anarky, one of Batman’s less widely known but particularly interesting comic-book adversaries. For now, the connection is purely speculative: the image could be an intentional clue, a minor visual reference, or simply a coincidence.

An appearance by Anarky would nevertheless fit remarkably well within Matt Reeves’ version of Gotham. The leaked scenes suggest that the city’s population is becoming increasingly hostile toward its elite, while the Court of Owls may potentially be operating in the background. A character who violently challenges corrupt institutions and social inequality could easily fit into that environment. Reeves already placed considerable emphasis in the first film on the way wealth, political corruption, and organized crime intertwine throughout Gotham.

Anarky was created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, with Lonnie Machin serving as the character behind the identity. He is one of Batman’s most explicitly political adversaries: an exceptionally intelligent and radical young man who fights corruption and the institutions he believes are responsible for social inequality. His methods frequently involve violence, however, and his ideology carries considerably more moral ambiguity than that of a conventional villain. That mixture of activism, radicalism, and uncertain morality is precisely what could make him such an intriguing fit for Reeves’ world.

Matt Reeves Is Still Keeping the Main Villain Secret

Very little is still known for certain about the plot of The Batman: Part II, and Matt Reeves has been particularly careful to keep the identity of the movie’s principal antagonist under wraps. Robert Pattinson is joined by Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Charles Dance, Jayme Lawson, Brian Tyree Henry, and Sebastian Koch. The roles played by several of the newcomers have yet to be officially disclosed, naturally fueling even more fan theories. Reeves co-wrote the screenplay with Mattson Tomlin.

The sequel is currently scheduled for February 2028 after Warner Bros. moved it away from its previous October 2027 slot. Robert Pattinson has already suggested that the story takes a radical new approach to the character, adding further intrigue to the question of what kind of Gotham audiences will encounter this time. The Court of Owls alone would represent a major development, while the introduction of Anarky could push Reeves’ story even further into political and social territory. For now, however, both possibilities should remain theories until the studio or director confirms otherwise.

Source: 3DJuegos