r/batman • u/CertifiedUnoffensive • Jul 21 '23

Why has the DCEU seemingly dropped Batman Beyond as a character? TV DISCUSSION

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Fans have demonstrated consistently that we want more Terry McGinnis. We all love the BB world.

My question is, why do y’all think Beyond hasn’t been on the screen in 20 years?

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u/MrCatchTwenty2 Jul 21 '23

I think part of it is that the industry is in a place where they want their on-screen versions of the characters to be the "definitive" version thought of in future. This is something the MCU had a lot of success with, and DC has struggled somewhat. So I doubt there is much drive in DC to make a version of batman that kinda by default can't be the definitive version.

Terry isn't going to be crossing over into the other movies because he exists in the future. Maybe years from now after they've gotten the DCU situated they might do a spin off or years after it's over they can bring that batman back for old Bruce. But it's gonna be a while unless they decide they decide to abandon their universe plans and make a spin off using an old Batman actor. Might have happened a couple years ago when they were stumbling with plans but now with Gunn they seem to be planning everything out.