The world of Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s The Batman finally has a name, and it could very well be the name of one of your old mates. Maybe. Sort of.
Right now, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn is building out the new DC cinematic universe, with Superman set to kick things off next year. But, there were a couple of films based on DC properties that were popular enough to warrant their own sequels, despite not being connected to the old or new DCU. These films are set in DC’s Elseworlds, projects that won’t be connected to the DCU in anyway, but still adapt something from DC’s library, with Joker 2 is coming up later this year, set in its own little chaotic corner of Gotham, and of course a sequel to The Batman is on the way. Before either of those releases, though, The Batman is getting a TV-show spinoff in the form of The Penguin, due out this September. And now, director Matt Reeves has slapped a name on his take on Gotham: BECS.
You remember Becs right? Rebecca, from your science class, you were super close before the incident? OK, much like Becs is short for Rebecca, BECS is short for “Batman Epic Crime Saga” a title that Reeves shared in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. With a name like that, you’d possibly assume that Reeves and his producing partner Dylan Clark would want to launch a whole universe of projects – and you’d be exactly right. As mentioned, that universe-expansion kicks off with The Penguin.
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