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Incredible but true: Batman overtook Superman when it came to debuting in the new DC Studios cinematic (and television) universe. We had to wait for the penultimate episode of Creature Commandos to see it and what it lasted on screen was barely a moment, but we can now draw very interesting readings from its appearance. The most important of all: the Dark Knight of Gotham has been fighting crime for approximately ten years now. James Gunn's new chronology.
Maybe you don't care about the spoilers or you already know what I mean, but it doesn't hurt to recap the facts: in each episode of Creature Commandos The viewer is offered a flashback that presents the background of one of the titular antiheroes and the most recent one starred Doctor Phosphorus. Or, rather, for who he was originally: the scientist Alex Sartorius.
Skipping many details, Sartorius' search for a cure for cancer led him to associate with criminals who ended up forcibly turning him into a metahuman capable of incinerating his enemies. Later, as Doctor Phosphorus He will claim his empire and businesses until a certain guy dressed as a bat puts him on the spot.
Batman already exists at DC Studios, and this is what we learn from his appearance
What has been shown of Batman? To begin with, the Flashback takes place sometime in the 2010s and the rise of Doctor Phosphorus to boss of a small crime empire gives us our first look at Gotham. Or, at least, to the Ice Lounge which – for all intents and purposes – is the Club that the Penguin uses as a cover. One that the defender of Gotham tends to close without warning when things get out of control and Gunn's new DC universe was no exception.
From here it's time to make clarifications: we have seen Batman, but for all intents and purposes what has been shown is his silhouette. Well, and the bat-suit he's been wearing for a decade or so (Creature Commandos takes place in the present day). And, to be fair, what's shown doesn't look too similar to the aesthetic of the hero of The Batman neither because of his corpulence, nor because of the ears of his mask.
Does that mean DC Studios has found its Batman? Not quite. In fact, at the time of writing these words we know that the role remains unallocated. Gunn himself, producer and screenwriter of Creature Commandos and current architect of the Warner Bros. superhero mega-project, is the person most responsible for this incursion of the masked crusader, but he is also fully aware that there is still a lot left until we have news of the promised Batman movie called The Brave and The Bold.
From here it is time to remember that, unlike the way in which Marvel Studios has been assembled and how it will happen with SupermanBatman himself and many other superheroes They will have been around for a long time (and coexisting) in the new DC universe. So projects led by less popular characters like Creature Commandos serve not only to present them, but to gradually establish the great shared context.
Batman was going to have more of a presence in the episode, but James Gunn wasn't prepared. So much so that even though the Dark Knight of Gotham originally had much more footage in the series, Gunn asked to be more ambiguous when it comes to showing it.
When they first showed me the episode, there was a lot more of Batman. And I said, “I'm not ready to commit to that…let there be more silhouette!”
All in all, and remembering that we are already fully into spoiler territory, we were previously able to see in Creature Commandos the same Clayface who will lead his own film within the reconstructed DC Studios universe, which will have the same appearance and actor that we saw on the small screen. Because everything that happens in the series It's part of the new canon.
What we know about The Brave and The Bold
Announced during the presentation of the plans for Gods and Monsters, the inaugural chapter of DC's new shared universe in film, television and video games; the movie The Brave and the Bold is in the hands of director Andy Muschietti and will focus on a new Batman and Gunn's favorite Robin: Damian Wayne.
A complex dynamic given that Damian is much more than the Dark Knight's protégé: he is literally his son. A restless little boy and especially difficult to deal with, given that on his mother's side he is a descendant of Ra's al Ghul. And although Gunn has detailed that there is no finished script, we know that the plot will focus on Grant Morrison's work for DC and, from there, we will be able to see new characters from the Bat-Family.
“Damian Wayne is my favorite Robin, he's a little assassin that Batman tries to put in order, so this is the story of the two of them and the beginning of a kind of Bat-Family in the DC Universe.”
The Brave and the Bold It does not have a release date and the role of Batman has not been awarded yet, although seeing what we have seen it is likely that in a phased manner we will see more about the DC icon before leading his own film. What's more, James Gunn is right when it comes to distributing the weight of his major projects into initiatives with which he has more margins to operate and greater creative freedom.
In other words: the way in which DC Studios is assembled for viewers and fans always involves placing small pieces of the puzzle it is trying to put together. The not so good? It is expected that the “phase” of Gods and Monstersthe first chapter, is a project that will take 10 years to complete. We will have to find actors capable of committing themselves for much longer and we will not see each other in ten years without Batman or Superman.
In any case, the new DC Universe will start full steam ahead: As Gunn already announced, no origin stories for the big guys, so they are focusing on giving a lot of room to the lesser-known heroes and villains to play with those parts. Still, the last question asks itself. Does the Joker also exist?
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