Rumors: The Batman Spinoff is about a Younger Batman in the DCEU; will Serve as a Reboot

The frustrating thing about Matt Reeves' The Batman is that we never get any official updates, but the film is constantly surrounded by rumors. Rumors came out last week that the movie will take place in the same universe as Martin Socrsese's Joker film, and now rumor has it that it's actually set in the DCEU, only with a younger Batman.

This comes from the El Fanboy Podcast (via ComicBookMovie):

"So essentially, they want to develop this Batman movie as if it is a reboot, as if it's all new. But they're not gonna make any overt statements about it, they're just gonna make a movie about a younger Batman, who - I believe it takes place in the past, which will create a backdoor for if they ever do want to cross-pollinate him with the other DC characters again. ... They're going to make Batman as his own standalone franchise, they're gonna basically start him over again to a degree, but they're going to leave a back door open so that, depending on how the next few DC movies do, from there, they can decide which continuity he's a part of and whether or not they're gonna push forward on the shared concept and do more crossover movies."

Recasting characters in comic book movies isn't a new thing. Marvel Studios did it with War Machine and Bruce Banner, but then again, both characters were not as high profile as Batman. Though I'm fine with watching a younger Batman in his prime, I would also like a continuation of Batfleck's story after Justice League.

If anything, I think it would be cool if we had a movie that was telling two stories—one about present day Batman and another about him in the past. It certainly has been done in the comics, but I can't recall anyone doing it with a Batman film. This way, Reeves gets to cast his young Batman, and Batfleck still gets something to do—everyone wins.

No official release date has been set for The Batman, but the way it looks, we could be getting the movie sometime in 2020.

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