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Since the release of Superman and in the wake of a whole lot of Emmy wins for The Penguin, there\u2019s been a lot of chatter about the finally-written The Batman Part 2, the sequel to the original \u201cReevesverse\u201d grounded DC world that arrived before the DCU started.<\/p>\n

Now, we\u2019re hearing some things about it, mainly that everyone who has read it thinks it\u2019s great, but now we\u2019re getting more information past that, namely about its villain. Namely about who its villain is not.<\/p>\n

Director Matt Reeves just said (via Happy Sad Confused<\/a>) that the villain of The Batman Part 2 has \u201cnever really been done in a movie before.\u201d Well, that rules out a whole lot of major villains that Reeves may have adapted, after previously doing high profile ones like The Riddler, Catwoman (well, sometimes-villain) and the all-time great Colin Farrell Penguin. But if he\u2019s saying the villain has never been done in a movie before, that rules out a long list. That would mean no:<\/p>\n

JokerHarley QuinnPoison IvyBaneMr. FreezeTwo-FaceScarecrowRa\u2019s al Ghul Talia al GhulDeathstrokeDeadshotKiller Croc Black MaskClayface (about to get his own DCU movie)<\/p>\n

Those are all heavy hitters and while Batman obviously has a long list of enemies, who would be left if those are ruled out? I\u2019d say the highest profile ones, if you can call some of them high profile, would be:<\/p>\n

HushHugo StrangeRed HoodMad HatterSolomon GrundyThe Court of OwlsMan-BatFireflyVictor Zsasz<\/p>\n

Which of those could probably be ruled out as well? If we\u2019re going with more \u201cgrounded\u201d heroes that align with at least the current tone of the Batverse, I\u2019d say no Man-Bat, Mad Hatter, Solomon Grundy or Firefly. I doubt you do Red Hood in a world that hasn\u2019t even come close to introducing a Robin. Of those, I think Hugo Strange, Hush or The Court of Owls would be the most likely. But it\u2019s true you can take a villain that is not grounded and adapt them in some way for this universe. The Penguin wasn\u2019t sailing around on umbrellas and The Riddler wasn\u2019t dancing around in a question mark spandex suit, for instance.<\/p>\n

There are, quite literally, dozens more villains in Batman history, but I would be surprised if 98% of potential The Batman Part 2 viewers would know them. Not to say they couldn\u2019t be used, but it\u2019s certainly a different direction that doing say, the teased Barry Keoghan Joker, which now seems to be cut entirely. I can see maybe skipping all the Nolan villains, but man, that is dismissing some heavy hitters. Curious to see where this all ends up.<\/p>\n

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