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Published Oct 15, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
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2026 has been another banner year for Robert Pattinson, who is in line to earn the first Oscar nomination of his career. It’s just unclear at the time which role will be recognized. Pattinson began the year by starring opposite Zendaya in the A24-backed rom-com, The Drama, which is streaming on HBO Max. The duo reunited earlier in the summer for The Odyssey, the box office smash-hit historical epic from director Christopher Nolan, and they’ll reunite later this year in Dune: Part Three, which hails from director Denis Villeneuve. In between The Odyssey and Dune: Part Three, Pattinson can be seen in theaters taking on one of the most complicated roles of his career, Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC. He stars as the TV figure in the new movie, Primetime, which is now playing in theaters.
Pattinson had been around for years as an underrated actor, but many people just knew him as “the guy from Twilight.” It wasn’t until 2022 when he starred as Bruce Wayne in The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, that it became clear what a special talent he is. After years of delays and uncertainty, Warner Bros’ finally began production on The Batman Part II earlier this year, but the film was pushed from its October 2027 launch date to a new February 2028 release slot. Fans were devastated a few weeks ago when it was confirmed that production on The Batman Part II had come to a halt after director Matt Reeves had to leave the set to deal with a family matter, but there have been few updates about resuming filming since the announcement.
However, The Batman fans were dealt another shocking blow later this afternoon when news broke that whatever personal matter Reeves is dealing with is so severe that he is taking a step back as the lead director going forward, but he won't leave the film without a director. Reports indicate that Steven Soderbergh will take over on set in his stead for the final few weeks of production, and Reeves is expected to resume control for post-production when he's able to return. There was initial concern that the movie would be canceled, but with Soderbergh's help, it's expected to still hit its 2028 launch date.
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Superhero Team Should You Join? Avengers · X-Men · Teen Titans · The Boys
Every team is a personality test with a uniform. One saves the world and argues about it the whole way home. One has been fighting for the right to exist since the day it formed. One is still working out who it is while the fighting happens. And one has no powers at all, plus no intention of playing fair. Eight questions decide where you actually belong.
🛡️Avengers(Marvel Studios)
🧬X-Men(Marvel)
🐦Teen Titans(DC)
💊The Boys(Prime Video)
FIND YOUR TEAM →
01
What kind of power would you actually want? The power matters less than what you would be willing to do with it.
ASomething enormous and obvious. I would not hide it. BSomething I was born with, whether I wanted it or not. CSomething still growing that I cannot quite control. DNone at all. I would rather nobody sees me coming.
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02
Why join a team at all? Nobody puts on the suit for the reason they say out loud.
ABecause some threats are too big for anyone alone. BBecause people like me are safer together than apart. CBecause I did not want to do any of this alone. DBecause somebody has to hold these people accountable.
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03
How do you feel about the people in charge? Every team has a chain of command. Very few of them survive contact.
AI will follow a good leader and argue with a bad one. BThey have never protected people like me. I expect nothing. CI am still learning who to trust, and getting it wrong. DThey are the problem. That is the entire point.
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04
What is your role inside a group? Every roster needs the same handful of people to function.
AThe big personality. I take up room and I earn it. BThe one who protects whoever arrived most recently. CThe heart. I keep everybody talking to each other. DThe one who says the uncomfortable thing out loud.
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05
How do you win a fight you should lose? This is the scene the entire film gets built around.
AOverwhelming force, and a very good landing. BWorking together in a way nobody saw coming. CRefusing to give up long after I should have. DPreparation, leverage, and one extremely dirty trick.
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06
What is this work costing you? Nobody does this for free. The bill just arrives differently for everyone.
AMy private life. Everybody knows my face now. BMy safety. The world is frightened of me. CMy childhood. I grew up faster than I should have. DMy peace. I cannot stop now that I know.
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07
How should the world see your team? Half of this job is public relations, and everybody knows it.
AAs icons. The team everyone is relieved to see arrive. BAs people. Just people, which is all we ever asked. CAs proof the next generation is going to be fine. DThey should not see us at all until it is done.
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08
The offer arrives. What makes you say yes? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides your team.
AThe scale. If the world is ending, I want to be there. BThe promise that I would not have to hide anymore. CThe people. I would be joining friends, not an employer. DThe chance to take down somebody who deserves it.
REVEAL MY TEAM →
Recruitment Is Complete Your Team Is…
Four teams, four completely different reasons to put yourself in danger for strangers. This is the roster you actually belong on, what they would want from you, and what it would cost you to stay.
The Avengers
You belong where the stakes are largest and the personalities are loudest. This is a team of people who are all used to being the most important person in the room, which is exactly why it works and exactly why it keeps nearly falling apart.
- The Avengers are not friends who became a team. They are a team that slowly and reluctantly became friends, and you would recognise every stage of that process.
- You can hold your own among big egos without needing to win every exchange, which is the real entry requirement here.
- The arguing is part of the method. This group does its best thinking mid-disagreement, usually at volume, usually in a very expensive building.
- When the sky opens, they are who shows up. You would want to be standing in that line.
The X-Men
You have never had the luxury of being thanked for this. The X-Men protect a world that has never once been comfortable with them existing, and something in you understands exactly why they keep doing it anyway.
- This is the only team on the list whose central conflict is not a villain. It is being wanted gone by the same people they keep saving.
- You know what it is to be the outsider in a room and to decide, anyway, that you will not make yourself smaller so everyone else is comfortable.
- The X-Men are the most genuine found family in comics. People arrive with nowhere else to go and are never once asked to explain themselves.
- You would not be joining for the glory. There has never been any.
The Teen Titans
You do not want colleagues, you want your people. The Titans are the team where the friendship came first and the world-saving turned up afterwards as an inconvenient side effect.
- Every Titan is somebody's sidekick who decided to stop being one. That decision, not the villain of the week, is what the team is actually about.
- You would be joining people who are all working themselves out at the same time as you, which is far less lonely than being the only one.
- The Titans lose regularly. Then they eat together and come back better, which is a more honest model of growing up than any other team here manages.
- The tower would be loud, chaotic, and the first place that ever felt like yours.
The Boys
You are not asking who to trust. You worked out the answer a while ago and it was nobody in a cape. This is where you go once you have decided the people in charge need watching, and that nobody else is going to do it.
- The Boys have no powers, no mandate and no funding. What they have is leverage, patience, and a very high tolerance for consequences.
- You are the person in the room who notices the thing everybody else has quietly agreed not to mention.
- This is not a heroic team and it has never pretended otherwise. It is a group of damaged people doing necessary work in ways nobody would call clean.
- You would not sleep well. You would keep going anyway.
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Who Is in ‘The Batman Part II’ Cast?
Returning to star in The Batman Part II from the first film are Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne, Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, and Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál. Newcomers to the cast include Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan, who were rumored but not confirmed to play members of the Dent family. There has been rampant speculation that Sebastian Stan has been cast as Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face. Game of Thrones veteran Charles Dance is also confirmed to star in an undisclosed role in the film, along with Brian Tyree Henry and Sebastian Koch.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of The Batman Part II.
Release Date February 18, 2028
Director Matt Reeves
Writers Matt Reeves, Mattson Tomlin
