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HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s new broadcast service, announced Friday its commitment to a series about the Gotham City Police Department set in the world of the upcoming film “The Batman,” which will be released in theaters next year.
This is the latest high-level DC assignment in preparation for Max. Others come with a Justice League Dark series as a J.J. component. Abrams’ production contract with WarnerMedia and the highly anticipated “Justice League” “Snyder Cut”.
Meanwhile, the WarnerMedia fan-centric streamer, DC Universe, has few original titles and little has recently been announced about its future. People close to DCU told Business Insider earlier this year that they felt DCU was not a priority for WarnerMedia, but that there were no immediate plans to remove it.
“Stargirl”, which premiered in May on DC Universe and CW, will be exclusively for The CW for its season at the moment. And DCU already has “Doom Patrol” in stock, which was created last year as a DCU exclusive, but is now broadcast on DCU and Max.
Apart from these, DCU has some titles left:
DC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
HBO Max content chief Kevin Reilly told Business Insider in May that “there have been lengthy discussions about DCU DC as such a valuable entity to us and the intensity of fandom is so important.”
But HBO Max seems to be the driving force behind WarnerMedia’s new DC content right now, and Reilly said it “expects the highest point of movie production values on those shows.”
Below are all the DCs announced in preparation for HBO Max:
HBO Max announced friday that it has embarked on a spin-off series of director Matt Reeves’ upcoming film “The Batman”, which is scheduled to premiere in theaters in October 2021 and stars Robert Pattinson as the Knight of the Night.
The series will be positioned in the world of “The Batman,” especially the Gotham City Police Department, and “will be based on the examination of the film’s anatomy of corruption in Gotham City, launching a new Batman universe on various platforms.”
Fans had accumulated for the release of “Snyder Cut” since the theatrical edition of “Justice League” failed in 2017. The film charged $300 million to produce it, disappointed with the box’s workplace and criticized by critics.
Snyder left the film behind in production after a circle of family tragedies and “Avengers” director Joss Whedon arrived for many events that, according to enthusiasts, had drastically altered Snyder’s original vision.
Snyder shared the first official clip of his Justice League Cup last month, in which he mocked Darkseid, a villain who did not appear in the theatrical court.
The director of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” J.J. Abrams and his production company Bad Robot signed an exclusive agreement with WarnerMedia in September that will expand through 2024 to expand and produce original videos and theater content on WarnerMedia platforms, adding HBO Max.
Max announced in April that Bad Robot would produce a one-hour drama series about DC Characters Justice League Dark, but did not disclose additional details.
A film “The Dark Justice League” had been in progression for several years but had never begun, and went through directors, from director Guillermo del Toro to director “Al filo del mañana” Doug Liman.
Berlanti, known for creating DC series for The CW such as “Arrow” and “The Flash,” is preparing a series about Green Lantern for HBO Max.
Speaking on a panel of the Television Critics Association in January, Berlanti said the series would “span decades and build on the original story of two giant green lanterns on Earth.”
The last attempt at real-world action opposed to the character was the 2011 film “Green Lantern” starring Ryan Reynolds, which collapsed in the box’s workplace with $220 million with a $200 million production budget.
Few main points have been released about the “Strange Adventures” series being prepared on HBO Max, but Variety reported in October that it would be an hour-long drama exploring “closed stories about the cross-lives of humans and superhumans. Array Variety described it as a “DC superhero anthology featuring characters from the entire DC canon.”
“Doom Patrol” was released last year as a DC Universe exclusive, but the second season premiered last month as the original DCU and Max. Both seasons are broadcast on either platform.
HBO Max content chief Kevin Reilly told Business Insider last month that this is a series “that seemed, from a budget standpoint, that we could better manage from a business style and bring and serve this fan band.”
“There have been intense discussions about DCU because DC is such a valuable entity to us and the intensity of fandom is so important,” Reilly said. “So we have to see how we stick to this line for enthusiasts where we have a deep commitment from enthusiasts, that’s why DCU was designed, and a broader commitment from enthusiasts.”
A max representative told Business Insider at the time that “there were no existing plans for the DCU show” to move on to Max.