Sadly, for those hoping that The Batman would tie back into the franchise WB kickstarted with 2013's Man of Steel, it's looking pretty much nailed on at this point that the film will take place in a completely different continuity.
Even while the studio continues the DC Extended Universe with films like The Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey, they've proven increasingly willing to try something different. Joker was WB's first step towards divesting from the DCEU, and the film could yet prove pivotal if the studio are encouraged to return to more self-contained stories.
To paraphrase, Mark Hughes' Forbes article effectively states that Reeves is creating a whole new world for his version of Batman, and if the castings of Wright as Gordon and rumours of a new Alfred are anything to go by, that would effectively render his Batman incompatible with the DCEU, where the former role was occupied by J. K. Simmons, and the latter by Jeremy Irons.
Only time will tell how the approach pays off, but given Snyder's Batman proved divisive anyway, it's probably a good idea to distance Reeves' films away from his.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
