Pusher

If I were Jeremy Latcham taking over DC Studios and needed to figure out what to do about Batman, I'd make one very controversial decision. I'd fire Matt Reeves. Yeah, I know that's harsh, and I don't say it lightly. Reeves made a fantastic Batman movie that was enormously successful. And whatever he's dealing with in his personal life deserves nothing but compassion and respect. But from a business perspective, the Batman Crime Saga has become a scheduling nightmare. THE BATMAN came out in 2022, PART II has been delayed repeatedly, and now Steven Soderbergh is helping finish production. How much longer is DC supposed to wait before moving forward with its biggest character? I've argued for years that Reeves' Batman should have been folded into the DCU, and I still believe there's a way to do it. Treat Pattinson's Batman as an earlier version of the character, operating in Gotham before metahumans became widely known. Then introduce an older, more experienced Batman into the present-day DCU. You could even retroactively position the JOKER films as an earlier chapter in Gotham's history. It would take some creative adjustments, sure, but I think audiences would accept it. And frankly, I think James Gunn gave Reeves so much creative independence that it complicated his own plans for the DCU. That was an honorable thing to do as a fellow filmmaker, but I'm not convinced it was the smartest business decision. Now, according to TheWrap, Latcham has to figure out Batman's future, and I suspect we're going to see a very different approach. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if THE BATMAN PART II ends up being the final film in Reeves' saga, with Skydance choosing to move forward without PART III. I like Matt Reeves. I love Robert Pattinson's Batman. But DC Studios cannot keep its most valuable character sitting on the sidelines while the rest of the universe struggles to find its footing.