It’s been out for a week now and making good coin. Suppose now as is good as time as any to start a Pre-Release thread for The Batman follow-up.
No telling when Warner Bros. will officially announce it and for when. Have to assume we’re looking at the typical three-year gap. At least enough time to let Matt Reeves unwind and zin out for the remainder of this year.
Plenty to go off of for where they could take this. Barry Keoghan’s Joker already exists and the seeds were planted for No Man’s Land as possible source material. TBD.
I would only ask to buck the trend and not have him become Two Face. For any installment in this iteration. Mix it up. In fact, whoever they would cast (and I certainly have an idea or five), I’d use Michael Moriarty on Law & Order as the influence.
But who the Hell knows. I have no reason to doubt Reeves. Just want them to avoid the obvious choices like yes using the Joker.
Yeah, IF they’re gonna do the Joker, give him some build up. I’d really rather they didn’t, but it seems inevitable.
As I said on the podcast, Black Mask seems like a good villain for this version of Batman, but I’d like to see Penguin get weirder and more prominent. I don’t know if you could do a satisfying Killer Croc in this world but I feel like Reeves would do a great job with him.
But the question is really: what’s next thematically/character arc-wise? Because Reeves isn’t going to want to do a static Batman, much as many of ya’ll want a Bondian Batman onscreen.
Jon Taffer: “You’ve got dropheads in the bar, corrupt city officials in the VIP lounge, and this kitchen is fucking filthy! When was the last time you cleaned the Fryolater?!”