More news about one ofThe Batmanspin-offs has been revealed. According to certain sources, theArkham Asylumspin-off, set in the same universe as Matt Reeves’The Batman,has found its writer, showrunner, and executive producer following the departure of Terence Winter from a project that eventually morphed into the show.
The Batmanhas a few spin-offs planned. OneThe Batmanspin-off, a series centered on the Penguin as portrayed by Colin Farrell, is set to debut on HBO Max. The universe has several other stories to tell, it seems. Though it is not officially part of the DCEU, and can be considered an alternate universe, it looks like DC is moving ahead with more projects in the same continuity.
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According to a report byVariety, Antonio Campos has been brought on to helm theArkham Asylumspin-off series as an executive producer, a writer, and showrunner. The project morphed out of aGCPDproject which would have explored the inner workings of the Gotham City Police Department. Terance Winter was originally set to helm that show, but he left, and it eventually morphed into two projects:GCPDandArkham Asylum.
The project is the third knownThe Batmanspin-off. Though it has no official logline, according to Variety, Reeves has described the show as “like a horror movie or a haunted house that is Arkham.”Arkham Asylum has played a pivotal role in Batman’s mythos before. In recent years, the negative aspects of such an asylum have been extensively explored as part of the post-modern deconstruction of superheroes and their mythos.
OtherThe Batmanspin-offs from Matt Reeves are set to focus on the villains. Batman’s rogues gallery is one of the most colorful and iconic in comics' history. It has a lot of material to mine, and anArkham Asylumseries could serve as a hub for many of those series to crossover. Many of Batman’s villains have served time in Arkham Asylum and serve as the opposite side of Batman’s coin: deeply damaged individuals who choose to take justice into their own hands.
Perhapsone ofThe Batman’s most underrated characters could appear inArkham Asylum -Officer Martinez(Gil Perez-Abraham). He could serve as a liaison to theGCPDshow. It’s also possible that Barry Keoghan’s Joker could appear in the series, or Paul Dano’s Riddler could pop up. Both were last seen in the asylum, after all.
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