‘The Batman’ will have a spin-off series on HBO Max with Matt Reeves and Terence Winter as producers. The content will focus on the Gotham City Police Department.
Warner Bros. knows very well that The Batman is one of the most anticipated movies of today. Although it is still too early to talk about a sequel, the producer has already defined how they will continue to take advantage of the Matt Reeves film in the future. To everyone’s surprise, The Batman will have a spin-off series on HBO Max. Recall that the streaming video platform belongs to the same media conglomerate: WarnerMedia.
According to the company’s statement (via THR ), the Batman series will be a drama centered on the Gotham City Police Department. Production will be the responsibility of Matt Reeves, Terence Winter, Dylan Clark and Warner Bros. Television. The content will explore the corruption situations that are constantly lived in the mentioned city. The plan, of course, is to create a universe around The Batman with productions on different platforms.
“This is an incredible opportunity. Not only to expand the worldview that I am creating in the film but also to explore it at a level of depth and detail that only a series can afford. Working with the talented Terence Winter, who has written so insightful and powerfully about worlds of crime and corruption, it is an absolute dream, “said Matt Reeves. The series will also allow them to delve into the Gotham City narrative of “complex characters .”
Involving Terence Winter is a success for the Batman series. In the history of successes of the aforementioned, his work as executive producer and screenwriter of The Sopranos stands out; He was also responsible for the script for The Wolf of Wall Street, the Martin Scorsese film that received several Oscar nominations. Winter has participated in other series such as Vinyl and Boardwalk Empire and in the films Get Rich or Die Tryin and Brooklyn Rules.
At the moment, yes, HBO Max did not reveal the release date of the series. The feature film starring Robert Patinson, meanwhile, is slated for October 1, 2021. Warner intended to release it on June 5 of the same year, but the coronavirus pandemic ruined the plans of the entire film industry. In addition to Pattinson (Bruce Wayne), the cast The Batman is made up of Paul Dano (Riddle), Colin Farrell (Penguin), Zoë Kravitz (Catwoman), Jeffrey Wright (Commissioner Gordon), Andy Serkis (Alfred) and John Turturro (Carmine Falcone). Will some of them reprise their role in the series? We will find out in the future.