Just before the news broke that James Gunn and Peter Safran were taking over as DC Studios co-CEOs, the trades reported that Birds of Prey writer Christina Hodson had been working on a live-action Batman Beyond movie with Michael Keaton in mind to star as the older Bruce Wayne.
The project was said to have been dropped when the new DCU slate was put together, but we're now hearing that a separate BB adaptation was - and may still be - in development.
According to Jeff Sneider on the latest episode of the Hot Mic podcast, Fast 9 writer Daniel Casey penned a script for an animated Batman Beyond movie back when Walter Hamada was still in charge that was supposedly being developed as Warner Bros.' answer to Sony's Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse franchise.
"As of this minute, the project is in development at DC now," said Sneider. "These guys could get called in next week. This is the project that I've heard has never been reported, and there are multiple drafts of it."
It's unclear if the film will ultimately happen at DC Studios, but it doesn't sound like it's been shelved, which may bode well for it eventually moving forward.
Who knows - we may even get an official announcement during the second part of the DCU "Chapter 1" slate reveal.
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