James Gunn, the co-chief of DC Studios, is defending the delay of The Batman sequel to 2027. Warner Bros. announced on Friday that the release date for Matt Reeves' follow-up to 2022's The Batman would be pushed to Oct.

To be fair, a 5 year gap or more is fairly common in sequels. 7 years between Alien and Aliens. 14 years between Incredibles. 7 years between the first two Terminators. 13 years between Avatars. 36 years between Top Guns. And, of course, 6 years between Guardians Vol 2 and Vol 3.

DC Studios’ head James Gunn is defending the delay of “The Batman 2” to 2027. It was announced Friday that Matt Revees’ follow-up to 2022’s “The Batman” was postponed from Oct. 2, 2026, to Oct. 1, 2027,