The Batman HBO Max Spinoff Is A Horror Series Now - IGN The Fix: Entertainment

Опубликовано 7 марта 2022, 23:36

The Batman director Matt Reeves is giving us new information on #TheBatman spin-off series based on the Gotham police department, which will seemingly now focus on Arkham Asylum and have a bit of a horror twist thrown into the mix. Speaking with the YouTube channel, The Cyber Nerds, The Batman’s director said, “"The GCDP thing, that story has kind of evolved. We’ve actually now [moved] more into the realm of exactly what would happen in the world of Arkham as it relates coming off of our movie, and some of the characters, again in their origins [...] It’s like a horror movie or a haunted house that is Arkham. "Again, the way that Gotham is a character in the movie, I really want Arkham to exist as a character, so that you go into this environment and encounter these characters in a way that feels really fresh. And so in our work on Gotham, that story started to evolve, and it started feeling like, ‘Wait, we should really lean into this.' And that’s kind of where that’s gone.” Now it’s not exactly clear if the entire premise of the show has shifted from policing in Gotham to focus more on Arkham and its inmates, or if it’ll be a combination of the two. They did, however, switch things up when original showrunner, Terence Winter—who was also a prominent producer and writer on The Sopranos— left The Batman spin-off due to reported creative differences. Now Joe Barton is stepping in to executive produce and showrun. With the Gotham police department spin-off series and the separate Penguin series, Warner Bros. is banking on this new iteration of The Batman for years to come. The Batman managed to pull in $134 million domestically, with strong pre-sale numbers throughout the weekend. And finally, The Batman ARG which seemingly teases a sequel storyline for the film.

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