There's been some new updates surrounding
The Batman 2 with Matt Reeves talking in a new interview about the focus of
the sequel, it's conenctions to an upcoming HBO Max spinoff and the
recent meetings that he's had with the new DC Studios CEO's James Gunn and Peter Safran. In
this video, I'm going to be discussing what was said, presenting my thoughts on the future of
reeves Batverse and the upcoming DCU Slate. Before I get into it though,
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into the new updates surrounding The Batman2 and the DCU.
So during an interview with Collider, Matt Reeves talked a bit more about his Batman sequel and
the upcoming slate of DC films, that's set to be revealed by James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Reeves has confirmed that the upcoming sequel would keep the focus on Robert Pattinson’s
Batman instead of shifting it's attention to the hero’s rogue gallery, which we have seen in the
past with many adaptations. Of course, The Batman 2022 was a unique take, because alongside it being
a detective driven noir, it was much more focused on building out the character's
Gotham universe, rather than setting up the interconnected spectacle of a larger DC universe.
While it did introduce iconic rogues into the plotline, seen with The Riddler, Catwoman,
Penguin and Joker, it never took the light away from Bruce Wayne. Matt Reeves said in his
interview, “to me, the thing that I really feel is that I also believe that Rob is so special in
the role. My goal has always been to do these point-of-view stories that allow the character
to always be the emotional center of the story. Because a lot of times what happens is, after
you do the first one, then suddenly other Rogues Gallery characters come in, and they kind of take
over, and then Batman takes a backseat sort of character-wise, or emotionally.” So I
really like that Reeves has said that this will be the focus, because I think the aspect that
most of us loved about the first film, was that Bruce felt like the driving cornerstone of
everything, from a performance perspective, a narrative one, character one and from an emotional
one too. And in the sequels, learning more about his family's history and seeing his time
as the caped crusader evolve, it's more integrally effective for the character of Batman. And like we
saw with the riddler and the other villains they all linked into this psychological
interogation of corruption in gotham that put the hero at the centre. So with The Batman 2 and
the films and shows that come after, based on what Reeves is saying, I can see that beeing
challenged even more, with villains that can connect to that sort of approach. For instance
by doing someone like Hush or The Court Of Owls in a sequel, you could keep the themes of
Gotham's corruption or the Wayne involvement heavily in the surroundings of the story and
character motivation. It will be interesting to see what Reeves does, but with him saying that
Batman's character will again be the forefront, it's something that really excites me.
Matt Reeves did further talk about how the Penguin HBO spin-off show will directly link
into the plot of The Batman 2. He said, "there's actually a whole little fabric of things we're
wanting to do, the way we're doing with The Penguin and how that comes back into how that
will lead into the sequel, and what that sequel is going to be. We are very, very soon going to
start shooting The Penguin with Colin. That is super exciting." So that pretty much confirms
that The Penguin is going to be coming before The Batman 2,and the events of it, are going to
lead directly into The Batman sequel. I would guess it would be something to do with the
state of Gotham or the Penguin himself, maybe becoming the villain we know, and starting an
excelled criminal uprising in the city, following the flooding events of the first film. Of course,
not only will the Penguin show set-up what's to come in The Batman 2, but other talked
about and confirmed projects could build out an interconnected Bat-verse even more so. We already
know about an Arkham Asylum project that's in the works, and Reeves has recently talked
about having an interest in producing solo spin-off films about the rogues gallery,
with Professor Pyg, Scarecrow, and Clayface being primary mentions. So
it's clear there's going to be no slowing down when it comes to
Matt Reeves Batman universe, with multiple projects interconnecting and
building out his world of Gotham, remaining seperate from the wider DC universe.
Speaking of that universe, we know that the DCU has been going through a major transition
period in the recent months, with new DC Studios CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran preparing to
reveal their slate to Warner Bros executives by the end of this month, with a plan in place for
the next 8-10 years. What we know so far, is that projects of the past slate have been
either cancelled or put on hold. Wonder Woman 3 has been canceled, Black Adam 2 won't be
happening anytime soon, and Henry Cavill won't be back as Superman. It's also unclear if Jason
Momoa will continue as Aquaman after the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, but there are talks
of him getting his dream role as Lobo in a film based on the characater. Matt Reeves
talked in the same interview about how his Batman universe will act alongside that of the new one,
and said that he has an upcoming meeting with new DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter
Safran to go over how they can make both work seperately. The goal is to ensure that both
universes don’t crash into each other in terms of storytelling. Reeves said, “we want to support
each other. Gunn and Safran have been great when it comes to supporting my BatVerse. We’re
actually supposed to meet in the next few weeks because they want to talk to me about the broad
plan, and then they want to hear the BatVerse plan. We’re just getting together to talk about
all of that. I’m excited to hear what they’re going to do. The BatVerse thing, as James has
said, and as Peter has said, is kind of its own thing they’re letting us do.” Reeves mentioned
that he has a goal for how his BatVerse will play out and he's going to be talking to them
about it in a few weeks time, with them also going to be detailing what they’re doing in their
10-year plan. He said, "we want to support each other. I’m super excited. I’m really excited
to hear about what they’re doing and to be working with them. It’s going to be cool.” So again this
is great to hear that Reeves is going to be getting to keep his universe seperate from
the wider DC universe, and all the projects will strictly be in that Gotham that he introduced in
the first film. Like with say Nolan's Batman trilogy, keeping that world seperate just
works better because of the unique take that the filmmaker brings, and in terms of storytelling, it
allows Reeves to purely focus on the development of his Bruce Wayne and stories around
his Gotham. Reeves did say the other day that he is halfway through the script to The
Batman 2 with co-writer Mattson Tomlin, so you'd think in early 2024, we may be saeing the film
finally go into production, with a potential 2025 release date window. So while we'll have
to wait a bit for the sequel, it's looking very promissing for the future of Reeves Universe and
the potential spinoffs that start with The Penguin spinoff series. When it comes to the
DCU side of things, I am excited to see what they do with that and how filmmakers will work under
James Gunn and Safran, but as I said a few months ago, I am getting quite drained out by the comic
book movie universes, so as I say, I'm just going to wait to see what they do before I
really show excitement for it. I'm guessing that in the upcoming slate announcement, they'll
have a mixture of projects we know and ones we don't expect, with Batman, Superman and Wonder
Woman included, but really, I'm looking to see what kinds of filmmakers make these films and
what the overall tone of it will be. I hope it isn't just the MCU all over agaian, and I hope
that with James Gunn being a creative lead that we can have a very unique and well made universe
in development. And by that I hope each film can allow unique filmmakers to express their
artistic voices and make films that do things we haven't seen in this genre before. That's what's
worked more recently with the more seperated comic book fair, but I guess you do have
to balance it with an overarcing story too. We'll just have to see, but hopefully
Gunn and Safran can do something that's both unique and successful in the longterm too.
But that was my video discussing the new updates on The Batman 2 and the upcoming DCU
slate. Overall, this is great news for Matt Reeves and his expanding Batman universe, and hearing
that it's going to be seperated like the Joker sequel, is something that I fully expected
and wanted to hear. Again, I will wait to see the first films in Gunn's DC universe before
judging his time as the new head, and hopefully, like we've seen with Reeves in the last year,
he can just produce and make some great films. It's the cure to everything whether it's
universe-based or not. I will be keeping you updated on any news that comes out so make sure
to stay tuned for more DC and Batman updates. But let me know down below in the comments
section what your thoughts are towards The Batman 2 news,
alongside your predictions on the upcoming DCU Slate.
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