news culture A hulking DC supervillain could star in Sam Raimi’s next Batman movie
Recently, Sam Raimi (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) continued to express his desire to leave Marvel to work on the next Batman. Today we know which super villain inspires him!
Sam Raimi in a Batman movie?
It was in 2022, shortly after Dark Rooms aired Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, that Sam Raimi expressed his desire to leave the Marvel team to work with DC Films. Actually The director of the Spider-Man and The Evil Dead saga has recently had a keen desire to work on a Batman film.
I’ve always loved Batman. If I saw the Batsignal light up the sky, I would come running. If I heard the shadow’s deep laughter rising from the shadows, I would dare too. Sam Raimi
Today at the Texas Frightmare Weekend event, Twitter user Jason Carvey Watcher had a chance to chat with Sam Raimi for a while, a chance for us to find out what a Batman movie would look like in his hands.
Which super villain for Sam Raimi?
Jason Carvey Watcher asked Sam Raimi which supervillain would likely appear in his hypothetical Batman movie.
Joined Sam Raimi #TexasFrightmareWeekend today and asked him for his comments on his interest in directing a Batman film in Gunn’s DCU.
The villain he would most like to use?
Ra’s al Ghul.
— Jason Carvey Watcher 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 (@freefromkenan) May 28, 2023
I met Sam Raimi today at Texas Frightmare Weekend and asked him about his interest in directing a Batman movie in James Gunn’s DCU.
The villain he would most like to use?
Ra’s al Ghul.
You understand, If Sam Raimi were directing a Batman film for James Gunn, the director would be tempted to revisit Ra’s al Ghul. a supervillain we’ve already seen in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. An idea that would fit perfectly with Sam Raimi’s particularly dark and strange universe, as the antagonist is terrifying.
A surprising anecdote to say the least, since we already know that The Brave and the Bold, the next Batman movie (which, as a reminder, hasn’t announced its director yet), will feature Damian Wayne. For those who don’t know, Damian Wayne is not only Batman’s son, he is also Ra’s al Ghul’s grandson. It remains to be seen whether this is a simple coincidence or, on the contrary, a hint.
