The Batman Director Indicates Gotham PD & Arkham Asylum Are the Same Show
The previously announced Gotham PD and rumored Arkham Asylum series might be the same thing according to the director of The Batman. The Batman has finally hit theaters and it appears to have successfully kick-started a new Batman franchise by bringing in $125 million in its opening weekend making it the second-biggest opening weekend since theaters shut in March 2020 behind only Spider-Man: No Way Home. Before the film hit theaters, Warner Bros. and HBO Max had already announced spin-off series for The Penguin and more.
First announced in July 2020, a series centered around The Gotham PD was in development at HBO Max and would take place in «Year One» of Robert Pattinson's Batman story, making it a prequel to the film and likely establishing how Gordan and Batman's formed a partnership. Recently, Reeves let it slip out they were developing something related to Arkham Asylum, with many people thinking it would be a third spin-off series to continue this planned expansion of the Batman franchise. While the Penguin series seems to be picking up steam, not much has been reported about Gotham PD, but it appears the series may have evolved past its original intent.
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In an interview with The Cyber Nerds, via The Direct, Reeves talked about the various plans for the Batman spin-off series and talked about how the Gotham PD series has evolved more into a series about Arkham. It appears the project has shifted away from a prequel and more with an immediate follow-up to The Batman. Reeves dropped that tonally, the series will have more in common with a horror project than anything else. Reeves's statement can be read below:
“The GCPD thing, that story has
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