A deliberate sequence in DC’s Batman universe centered on Arkham Asylum is just not shifting ahead at Max for now, Deadline has confirmed.
The potential Arkham sequence was being overseen by The Staircase creator Antonio Campos, who was showrunner-executive producer and likewise a director.
We hear that the challenge is just not essentially lifeless. Campos had signed onto the sequence underneath the earlier DC regime, earlier than James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Movies.
In an identical approach, as Deadline revealed solely final month, Blue Beetle is about to proceed through an animated sequence constructing on the film, which was developed underneath DC Studios’ earlier regime, however will divert from telling the identical story. As a substitute, the present will create its personal story which, in success, may probably result in a return to the massive display screen for the large blue bug portrayed by Xolo Maridueña.
Gunn had confirmed late final 12 months that The Batman director Matt Reeves was serving to develop the potential sequence, which might be set within the new DC Universe referred to as Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.
The Arkham sequence was set to have joined that new DCU that to this point consists of Reeves’ The Batman II, the sequel to the 2022 hit that starred Robert Pattinson and the Caped Crusader, and The Penguin, the Max sequence spinning off from the film with Colin Ferrell again as the long-lasting Batman villain. The latter eight-episode sequence, a Max Authentic, is gearing up for a September premiere.
Gunn mentioned in December that the Arkham sequence “was one of many first pitches we purchased when Peter and I got here onboard.” It facilities on Gotham Metropolis’s Arkham, the psychiatric hospital/jail the place a few of Batman’s most infamous foes are housed.
The Arkham sequence was being produced by Reeves’ sixth & Idaho in affiliation with Warner Bros Tv. Reeves, Joe Barton and The Batman producer Dylan Clark are government producers, alongside sixth & Idaho’s Daniel Pipski and Adam Kassan. sixth & Idaho’s Rafi Crohn is a co-executive producer.
It’s based mostly on the Batman characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Invoice Finger.
Selection was first to report on the Arkham Asylum sequence information right now.
