The continuation of the writer-director Matt Reeves of "Batman" (currently known as "Batman Part II") is scheduled to finally begin production next spring. Reeves and his writing partner Matson Tomlin finished the script in June, and some of the casts had to read it; Colin Farrell (Oz Cob/Penguin) called him "remarkable" in an interview with The deadline.

The actors are expected to return alongside Farrell are Robert Pattinson like Bruce Wayne/Batman, Andy Serkis as Alfred and Effeefrey Wright as Colonel Jimim Gordon. We thought Wright's Gordon is one of the MVP on the first movie As early as 2022. This Jimim Gordon is not a police commissioner (still), so He does a lot on the field researching with Batman as his partner. This "Buddy Police" placement in rainy urban hell is one of the many reasons that Batman compares to David Fincher's Se7en.

Wright has no patience, however, for any bats that had a problem with a black man like himself playing Jimim Gordon. In Interview with Colider For his latest film (the highest 2 lowest 2 of Spike Lee, where Wright Co-Starswells with Denzel Washington), Wright called this routine reaction that the black actors receive for playing white characters "so f *** ing racist and stupid". Blunt and correct. Wright has expanded:

"It is really a fascinating way in which there is such a conversation, and I think even more conversation now, about the black characters in these roles.

This is not the first time Wright talked about this. Back in January 2022, He personally called And he ridiculed someone Asking him on Twitter If he were "right" he would play white like Gordon. Like his character, Wright definitely has no patience for clowns.

One defense of Wright as Gordon is that no one should attack the casting based on his race because he is a great actor and the best man for the job. This is true, both from both points, but this well -intentioned defense is inserted in cooling color. "Hire the best person" is also a way of thinking that can and is inverted to deny marginalized people from positions, rather than elevating them.

Wright's words, that films should keep up with how society is changing, to look at the trees to see the forest. As he notes, Batman and Commissioner Gordon debuted in 1939. At that time, segregation was still legal at national level in the United States, it was not until the 1960s, after African Americans' rights were recorded in law, that black superheroes began to appear on funny pages.

Even so, there is still an imbalance of representation. Lucius Fox, the biggest black face in the comic books "Batman", did not debut until 1979, thanks to the writer Lan Wine and artist Johnon Kalenan. It was a correction of the absence of black characters in the comics, in the same way as the black Jimim Gordon makes Gotham City in "Batman" feel more like the real world. It is not a change for no consequence. Gordon, as a black, adds a new context to his characterization as an honest policeman in Gotham, who is working all corrupt police officers in the GCPD to undermine and direct.

For historical injustice against black Americans to repair, enough diversity in comics is not even a great priority - but it is important to fight racism in any space where it appears. This is what the hero would do as Batman, so his fans should follow the example.

"Batman Part II" is scheduled to publish theater on October 1, 2027.