After “The Batman” comes “The Batman 2”, which has already been confirmed. But the Fall 2025 sequel to Matt Reeves’ masterful 3-hour neo-noir superhero epic isn’t the only Dark Knight project Reeves is currently working on: alongside the spin-off series The Penguin, Oswald Cobblepot, played by Colin Farrell , preparations for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader are also in full swing.
Almost half a year ago it was announced that after the canceled movie “Batgirl” “Caped Crusader” also lost its original intended home HBO Max. However, the fact that the format isn’t coming to Warner’s in-house streaming platform doesn’t mean the project has been scrapped. It was already announced in August that the formula would – with success – be offered to other interested parties. Amazon has now secured “Batman: Caped Crusader” and is ordering not one, but two seasons of the animated series to begin with. This is now reported, among other things, by the usually very well-informed trade journal .
While Netflix, Apple and Hulu would have expressed interest, the transport giant among streaming providers was ultimately awarded the contract. And he also seems very convinced of the format, after all, he immediately orders two seasons from the start. One can only hope that that trust in the series and its creators, which includes “Star Wars” director JJ Abrams alongside Matt Reeves, will ultimately result in a final result worth watching…
“Batman: Caped Crusader”: Part of the new DC plan
The series is planned to become the animated series “Batman‘, with more than 80 episodes between 1992 and 1995 and is still considered the ultimate in animation by many fans of Gotham’s Avengers to this day. Partly because of this, Bruce Timm is back on board, who played a key role in the success of the cartoon TV classic.
The fact that “Caped Crusader” is not coming to HBO Max is a result of the new DC plan, the James Gunn And Peter Saffron to develop. The duo wants to create a universe of movies, TV series and video games over the next ten years and has a concrete roadmap to do so, which does not include “The Batman 2”, “The Penguin” and “Batman: Caped Crusader”. will be. While those projects are still in progress, they play no role within the new DC cosmos.
It is not yet known when “Caped Cruiser” will start. However, Reeves and Abrams have already promised in an official statement that the series will be “cinematic” and “exciting” and return to Batman’s “noir roots” – similar to “The Batman” with Robert Pattinson recently. It will also delve deeper into the psychology of Gotham City’s iconic characters.
To what extent should the new DC universe and the parallel universe called Batverse exist? Precisely about this, there has recently also been the first information: