The Batman: 10 Ways DC Can Make A New PERFECT Shared Universe
3. Batman Gets Over His Parents
If you're going to have multiple Batman movies back to back from each other in this day and age, then you need some kind of multi-film arc that can be seamlessly split up into three semi-standalone movies that would still work as a continuous narrative. And there's really only one arc for Batman that would fit that bill, isn't there?
The death of Batman's parents defines much of his life. Seeing as how he's never really dealt with it as well as most people who went through what he did, Bruce has - in many cases - allowed his trauma to dictate a lot of his life. But of course, it's kinda hard to keep spinning that wheel for three or more movies in a row with the same version of Batman and NOT have him make some sort of progress.
The only Batman movies to understand this completely have been - ironically - the Joel Schumacher movies, particularly Batman Forever, in which Batman finally comes to terms with his parents' deaths and puts them to rest, but decides to be Batman anyway.
So if this new Batman universe wants to stand out from the crowd, maybe it could benefit from taking a page from Schumacher's book.