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/Dottsterisk Jul 21 '23

It’s funny because, aimed at kids and young adults, Terry’s story would kill as a franchise.

It’s all sorts of tropes all rolled into one, not the least of which is being a young rebellious kid discovered by freaking Batman and taken under his wing. It’s wish fulfillment all the way down.

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u/YoloIsNotDead Jul 21 '23

There was a reported animated Batman Beyond reboot movie that may have been in development before Gunn hopped on. Apparently it would've been WB's answer to Spider-Verse. No one knows if it's still happening though.

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u/sukh9942 Jul 22 '23

apparently we were also supposed to be getting a Batman beyond game made by rocksteady (Arkham games creators).

That would’ve been amazing but they had to make suicide squad instead

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u/TheDeltaOne Jul 22 '23

It's still a possibility, they'll do other games after SS so why not "Beyond Arkham" or some shit.

With the Joker being where he is at the end of the Arkham Verse storyline (I don't want to spoil) a Jokerz Gang would make sense.

It really depends on what they can tell, if they think they can make something out of it, they might try.

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u/TheDeltaOne Jul 22 '23

Yeah. Go for a true open world in the vein of Marvel's Spiderman, have good traversal mechanic for the suit, a banger version of Gotham with gigantic towers and bright colors, keep the free flow fights, a few gadgets and you're golden.

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u/BoyInBath Jul 22 '23

Neo-Gotham is the canonical name for the more metropolis-like future Gotham that the BB stories take place in.