In 2022, it was announced that The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, will have its own cinematic universe. Following this claim, The Penguin series, following Colin Farrell's Oswald Cobbleplot, was announced to expand into the Batman world. Another bit of news came when he talked about how Matt Reeves, the director behind The Batman (2022) and the upcoming Batman 2 is also working on an Arkham Asylum series. There wasn't much information about this spinoff at the time. But now James Gunn has confirmed that Matt Reeves' Arkham Asylum spinoff series will take place in the new DCU. James Gunn says Matt Reeve's #ArkhamAsylum series is now set in the DCU pic.twitter.com/yjLkWGaqXg — Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) December 17, 2023
WHAT?! Matt Reeves' The ARKHAM series joins James Gunn's DCU Explained..
James Gunn says Matt Reeve's #ArkhamAsylum series is now set in the DCU pic.twitter.com/yjLkWGaqXg — Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) December 17, 2023
Previously, speculation for this series assumed that it could revolve around the inmates of Arkham Asylum along with The Riddler seen in The Batman and could have a possible appearance by Barry Keoghan's Joker.
Recently some DC fans took some questions to James Gunn via threads. Gunn answered these questions and confirmed that the Arkham Asylum Series will be part of the DCU along with Superman: Legacy and Creature Commandos. Source: Threads/James Gunn
