The Batman director Matt Reeves can be creating initiatives inside each DC Universe and DC Elseworlds. Responding to a fan on Threads, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn confirmed that the filmmaker is making an Arkham collection primarily based inside the DCU, the new timeline he is crafting with co-chair Peter Safran. Originally, the collection was meant to deal with the inside workings of the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD), as a prequel to The Batman movie and bearing on the corruption and the metropolis’s infestation with risky criminals. However, the challenge later developed into the thought of a horror present set inside the confines of Arkham Asylum, the psychiatric facility housing the most deranged villains from the Dark Knight’s rogues gallery.
“Right now, Matt is producing Arkham as a DCU series, so there’s just the two for now,” Gunn mentioned, referring to director Reeves’ The Batman: Part II and The Penguin collection for Max (previously HBO Max) — each of which is a component of DC Elseworlds, the alternate universe which doesn’t tie into the mainline DCU canon. This can also be the place initiatives like Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux and Teen Titans GO! will thrive, charting new tales of our favorite superheroes and villains, with out hindering the continuity for followers. Interestingly, Gunn additionally added that the Arkham collection was one of the first pitches he introduced to Warner Bros. Discovery as a DC Universe challenge and that he had no information of the adjustments it went by beforehand.
A day earlier than his and Safran’s takeover as co-heads of DC Studios, the firm introduced in filmmaker Antonio Campos — finest identified for psychological thrillers like Simon Killer and The Devil All the Time — to function a showrunner and potential director on the Arkham Asylum present. Of course, being half of the DC Universe additionally implies that Batman/ Bruce Wayne can be performed by a completely new actor, presumably the identical one who can be starring in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. That movie can be directed by Andy Muschietti (The Flash), with the added accountability of introducing Bruce’s organic son Damian Wayne as Robin, who was educated by the League of Assassins for years. Robert Pattinson, who performed the billionaire playboy vigilante in 2022’s The Batman will not be reprising the position for DC Universe, as a result of that is how director Reeves needs to assemble his BatVerse. It was deliberate as a standalone affair lengthy earlier than Gunn and Safran got here on board, with plans to develop the universe through spin-off TV reveals primarily based on villains like Professor Pyg, Clayface, and Scarecrow.
Back in January, Gunn and Safran unveiled long-term plans for the upcoming chapter of DC Universe, which might join storylines throughout movies, TV, gaming, and animation initiatives. Dubbed ‘Gods and Monsters,’ the saga will platform new beginnings for well-established DC characters, beginning with Superman: Legacy starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane — slated to launch July 11, 2025. Then there is a Creature Commandos animated present, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Booster Gold, a restricted collection primarily based on Amanda Waller, and extra.
Currently, there is no such thing as a launch window for the Arkham TV collection.
