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Photorealistic view of an office workspace with a large corkboard covered in Batman movie production notes, concept art, and a laptop.

Photorealistic view of an office workspace with a large corkboard covered in Batman movie production notes, concept art, and a laptop.

Warner Bros. Pictures intended for the standalone DC Comics–based film The Batman (2022) to start a new trilogy of Batman films by May 2019.[15] Some cast members were signed on for future installments by that November,[16] including Colin Farrell, who was attached to portray the Penguin in three Batman films.[17] By September 2021, The Batman co-writer and director Matt Reeves and his producing partner Dylan Clark had plans for that film to start its own shared universe focused on the character Batman,[18][19] which they referred to as the "Batman Epic Crime Saga".[20] This would remain separated from the concurrent DC Extended Universe (DCEU) franchise and its version of the character, portrayed by Ben Affleck.[19] Reeves had suggested to studio executives during production of The Batman that a sequel could further explore the Penguin, but they instead wanted to use that idea for a spin-off television series, The Penguin (2024),[21] which would set up a sequel.[20] Leading up to The Batman's release, Clark said it would establish what potential sequels could expand upon,[22] while Reeves and star Robert Pattinson expressed interest in a sequel introducing Batman's sidekick Robin and featuring supervillains such as the Court of Owls, Calendar Man, Mr. Freeze, or Hush.[23] In April 2022, Discovery, Inc. merged with WarnerMedia, the owner of DC and Warner Bros., to form Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), led by president and CEO David Zaslav. The new company was expected to Mehr sehen