The Batman Saga is a series of films and TV series adapting DC Comics' Batman stories. Together, they comprise a shared continuity, beginning in 2022 with Matt Reeves' The Batman.
History
Early crime in Gotham
All known events in this universe occur in or around Gotham City, a crime-infested, corrupt city in New Jersey that was allegedly founded by the wealthy Arkham and Wayne families. By the late 20th century, the city had become the home of several powerful crime families, most prominently the Maronis and Falcones. Smaller crime lords like Rex Calabrese did more to help Gotham's less fortunate than most politicians, and this led many in the area to turn to crime themselves.[4][5]
The Renewal scandal
In 2001, Thomas Wayne founded the charitable Gotham Renewal Corporation as part of his mayoral campaign, intending to rebuild the city's institutions. After Thomas was killed alongside his wife a year later, the Renewal fund was taken over by Gotham's crime families, who used it to finance their illegal operations. Ultimately, none of the promises the Waynes had made regarding Renewal would come to pass.
Salvatore Maroni held prominent control over the streets through his drops trade, until Carmine Falcone orchestrated a sting operation with the GCPD and politicians, which got Salvatore arrested. The Falcones took over the drops trade, and Carmine helped appoint the city officials he worked with on the bust into major positions of power in the city. Through these officials, Carmine controlled the city from the inside for many years.[4]
Emergence of masks
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Points of Interest
Residents
Media
Films
Released films
- The Batman (2022)
Upcoming films
- The Batman – Part II (2027)
Television series
- The Penguin (2024)
Ancillary material
Comics
- The Riddler: Year One (2022–2023)
Books
- Before The Batman: An Original Movie Novel (2022)
- The Batman: The Official Script Book (2022)
Shorts
Augmented reality games
- rataalada.com (launched 2022)
Notes
- Every film and series in The Batman Saga is produced by DC Studios.
- The Batman was originally meant to be the solo movie for the Batman of the DC Extended Universe, starring and directed by Ben Affleck,[11] but when Affleck stepped down,[12] Matt Reeves reworked the movie to be in its own world, creating The Batman Saga.[13]
- Reeves and his collaborators internally refer to the franchise as "The Batman Epic Crime Saga",[1] though official advertising only refers to it as "The Batman Saga".[14]
- A TV series was in development for some time as a part of The Batman Saga, first being based around the Gotham City Police Department under the title GCPD and later around Arkham State Hospital under the title Arkham.[15] It was later reworked into a part of the DC Universe during its development,[16] but it was ultimately cancelled.[17] Elements of the series' GCPD form were later used in The Penguin.[1]
Trivia
- There is no evidence that metahumans exist in The Batman Saga, given that the franchise is meant to be more realistic than the comics' reality. However, it has been said that it's not impossible for metahumans to exist, though that would be a large and significant event.
- Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy also tried to ground Batman in a more realistic reality, though with fewer stylized and heightened elements.
- The Riddler's website in The Batman, rataalada.com, is a real website that sometimes challenges visitors with riddles for the reward of promotional material that is sometimes canon to The Batman Saga. These have included pictures the Riddler had used to incriminate Carmine Falcone in the film, the announcement of The Riddler: Year One, a deleted scene from The Batman featuring the Joker, and a news article about Alberto Falcone.[18]
- The Cartoon Network series The Batman is set in its own universe and holds no connection to The Batman Saga.
See Also
- Characters from The Batman Saga
- Other things related to The Batman Saga
- The Batman Saga's Comic Appearances
- Reality Gallery: The Batman Saga
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Penguin will bridge the gap between The Batman and the upcoming sequel (exclusive) – Entertainment Weekly
- ↑ The Batman: Matt Reeves Teases "Big Bat-Verse Plan" – Comicbook.com
- ↑ The Batman Universe Explained – ScreenRant
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 The Batman (2022)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 The Penguin: "After Hours"
- ↑ The Penguin: "A Great Or Little Thing"
- ↑ The Penguin: "Cent'anni"
- ↑ The Penguin: "Bliss"
- ↑ The Penguin: "Gold Summit"
- ↑ The Riddler: Year One #4
- ↑ Warner Bros. Chief Confirms Ben Affleck's Stand-Alone Batman Movie – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Ben Affleck Won't Direct The Batman – Variety
- ↑ The Batman: Director Matt Reeves reveals how he got his dream film made – Esquire
- ↑ The Penguin Official Trailer – YouTube
- ↑ Matt Reeves: The Batman TV Series Changed From Gotham PD to Arkham After Creative Differences – Variety
- ↑ DC Studios Co-Head James Gunn Says Matt Reeves' Batman Arkham Series In Development Is Set In New DCU – Deadline
- ↑ Batman: Arkham Asylum TV series has been abandoned – NME
- ↑ www.rataalada.com