Conglomerate leadership AT&Twho controls the company WarnerMedia, is considering the possibility of launching into production on a streaming service HBO Max TV series about Batmaninspired by games from the studio Rocksteady… This was reported by the sources of the editor-in-chief Geekosity Mikey Sutton…
This is a project, the creation of which is planned to involve an actor. Ben Affleck… The latter originally planned to make a solo film about Batman, which would become part of SnyderVerse… However, in 2017 Affleck leaves the project, which is associated with his personal problems, pressure from Warner Bros., resignation Zach Snyder from the post of “architect” of the DC Cinematic Universe, as well as the intrigues of the producer Jeff Joneswho wanted to do Dark knight younger.
But something is still known about Affleck’s film. The main villain was planned to be a mercenary Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) performed by an actor Joe Manganiello, which at the end “Justice league“(Justice league) Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) reveals the secret of personality The dark knight. According to Manganiello, his character was supposed to destroy the empire brick by brick. Bruce Wayne, gradually driving the “victim” into a trap, and great emphasis was placed on the main character’s immersion in madness and abyss of fear.
The cult graphic novel was named among the sources of inspiration. Grant Morrison and Dave McKean “Batman. Arkham Asylum. House of Sorrow in Sorrowful Land“(Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth) and a video game Batman: Arkham Asylum from Rocksteady studio. Ben Affleck himself and Jeff Jones worked on the plot, but in the end the latter lobbied for the launch of a film about a young Batman with Robert Pattinson… As the operator added Robert Richardson, the script was ready, but Affleck didn’t like everything about it.
But a lot has changed over the past few years. So, Ben Affleck got out of his alcoholic depression and began to take an interest in Batman again. In particular, he will return to the role of the Dark Knight in the film “Flash“(The flash) Andres Muschietti… Bruce Wayne was originally supposed to sacrifice himself at the end of the film, but several insiders have reported rewriting the script and changing the role. “BetAffleck“.
As noted by Mikey Sutton, despite the fact that Warner Bros. refuses to cooperate with Zach Snyder, AT&T management was satisfied with the results “Justice League Zach Snyder“(Zack Snyder’s Justice League) and now wants more. It is allegedly a series about “Bat Affleck” for HBO Max with an R rating and a “reasonable budget”.
Presumably, negotiations with the actor should begin in the summer of 2023, Zach Snyder is not planned to be invited to the project. Apparently, the script will be based on the script elements from the game. Batman: Arkham Knight and work from the canceled Affleck film.
IN SnyderVerse Bruce Wayne was crushed by death Jason Toddwho dealt with Joker performed by Jared Leto… In the cave he has a stand with a Robin costume, on which the “Clown-Prince of the Underworld” left mocking inscriptions. This is because the image of the morally broken Batman is inspired by the comic. “Return of the Dark Knight“(Batman: the dark knight) Frank Miller…
According to preliminary data, in the series the main villain will be Deathstroke, who sets the mysterious on Bruce Wayne Arkham Knight / Red Hoodwho surpasses Batman in everything. We are talking about Jason Todd, who all this time was in the Arkham Asylum. The mercenary rescues the patient, after which he begins to train, inciting hatred of the Dark Knight.
The emphasis can allegedly be made on the emotional experiences of Bruce Wayne, who could not save his protégé and now suffers from remorse, gradually sliding into the abyss of madness.
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