Via an interview with COLLIDER.COM, Matt Reeves was asked if a trilogy of THE BATMAN films was still happening. Here’s what Mr. Reeves had to say…
Yes, that is still the plan. I mean, it’s sticking very closely to the path we envisioned.
Mr. Reeves also explained why the original path “shifted” just a bit…
Things kind of shifted. So, when we came up with the idea to do The Penguin , that was something where I had always intended to continue Penguin’s story, and wanted to tell this story of his beginning of rise to power. Because we know that he’s introduced in The Batman as a kind of mid-level, sort of overlooked, mocked figure, who’s not yet in anyone’s eyes the kingpin we come to know him as in the lore. And so, that was deliberate because I wanted— whereas it wasn’t Batman’s origin story, I wanted the origin stories of these other characters, of the Rogues Gallery and that story was originally going to be the entrée into the next movie.
I 100% get why fans of what Reeves and company are doing with THE BATMAN SAGA (and I am one of them) are a bit worried about them being able to complete their Batman on film story (like Team Christopher Nolan did previously) with WBD very badly wanting their version of the MCU/”Infinity Saga”…though they’ve already failed at it spectacularly.
*sigh*
Here’s hoping that WBD’s ill-fated attempt at a shared DC on film universe (again) doesn’t lead to them pulling the rug out of Mr. Reeves and THE BATMAN SAGA just because this new DCU needs Batman.
Of course, with the way things are going and could be heading, THE BATMAN SAGA just might outlive Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Studios. – Bill “Jett” Ramey
(Thanks to BOF contributor Trey Jackson for the heads up!)
