{"id":53934,"date":"2025-08-08T22:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53934\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T22:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:20:06","slug":"zach-creggers-dream-dc-movie-would-take-after-a-great-batman-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53934\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Cregger’s Dream DC Movie Would Take After a Great ‘Batman’ Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zach Cregger\u2019s got\u00a0Weapons<\/a>\u00a0out this weekend, but the man apparently never stops working. Not only is he working on a\u00a0new\u00a0Resident Evil\u00a0movie<\/a>, but he\u2019s also cooked up an idea for DC Studios<\/a> that we now know a little bit more about.<\/p>\n

According to the Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Heat Vision newsletter<\/a>, Cregger\u2019s DC movie is currently known as Henchman. The pitch? The trade\u2019s sources say a low-level goon in Gotham City manages to take down Batman thanks to \u201ca stroke of luck,\u201d after which he becomes the talk of the supervillain town. It\u2019s also said that Batman could \u201cbriefly\u201d show up in the movie, as would Harley Quinn and Joker.<\/p>\n

Although Cregger has vaguely talked about a \u201cBatman-adjacent\u201d project he\u2019s wanted to do for years<\/a> at this point, it should be clear that Henchman is not in the works in any capacity just yet. The project hasn\u2019t been formally pitched yet, according to THR, but James Gunn and Peter Safran reportedly know he\u2019s interested in working with them.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s go back to that premise. It\u2019ll sound familiar to some Bat-fans: it was the plot of \u201cThe Man Who Killed Batman,\u201d a Batman: The Animated Series episode about a small-time gang member, Sid, who becomes responsible for the Dark Knight\u2019s seeming death, propelling him to criminal stardom. Joker and Harley featured prominently in that episode, which further connects the episode to Henchman. The only real challenges are that right now, WB doesn\u2019t have a Batman\u00a0or\u00a0Joker cast yet, and while Harley could possibly be played again by Margot Robbie, it would remain to be seen if the project acted as an Elseworlds-style tale or would be considered as part of the DC Studios continuity. There may even be a limit to what villains Cregger can use, since some could pop up in The Batman Part II<\/a>\u00a0or its eventual sequel, and WB doesn\u2019t want to cause confusion by doubling up between its vision of Gotham and what the DCU has in store for\u00a0The Brave and the Bold.<\/p>\n

Should Cregger and DC Studios meet up, we could get another Batman-adjacent movie in the near future, joining the ranks of\u00a0Clayface<\/a>, Dynamic Duo<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0Teen Titans.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Cregger\u2019s got\u00a0Weapons\u00a0out this weekend, but the man apparently never stops working. Not only is he working on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,8861,6137,134,344,15466,31242],"class_list":["post-53934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-batman","tag-dc-studios","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-weapons","tag-zach-cregger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}