THE BATMAN - PART II: There Are Whispers That Hush Might Be Introduced As Sequel's Main Villain

THE BATMAN - PART II: There Are Whispers That Hush Might Be Introduced As Sequel's Main Villain

Though this is very much a rumor for now, we are hearing that The Batman director Matt Reeves might be planning to introduce Hush as the main villain of his upcoming sequel...

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 05, 2023 10:10 PM EST
Filed Under: The Batman

Last year, while discussing the characters he'd most like to introduce in a potential sequel (Part II hadn't been officially announced at this stage), The Batman director Matt Reeves mentioned Hush as one villain he would be very interested in exploring if he did get the opportunity to return to Gotham City.

"There are so many, and, I dunno... I think Hush is a really interesting one to do. I'll say Hush. But that doesn't mean that the next one will be Hush!"

Now, we're hearing that Reeves might be planning to debut Bruce Wayne's childhood friend, Dr. Tommy Elliot/Hush, after all.

Though we have very little to go on, Jeff Sneider revealed that he's heard "whispers" that Hush could be the main villain in The Batman - Part II during the latest episode of the Hot Mic podcast, but he stresses that it's very much a rumor.

If you've seen The Batman, you'll likely have noticed that the groundwork is actually laid for the introduction of Hush. At one point, The Riddler exposes some dark secrets, revealing that Thomas Wayne played a part in the death of a journalist named Edward Elliot. While this could just be a coincidence, the word "hush" even flashes up on the screen at one point.

This was probably just a little easter egg for fans at the time, but that doesn't mean Reeves couldn't have decided to go with Hush as the main antagonist of The Batman - Part II since.

When the new DCU slate was announced, James Gunn confirmed that Reeves' "BatVerse" will remain separate from the DCU, so this movie, along with Todd Phillips' Joker sequel, will be considered "Elseworlds" tales. A new actor will down the cape and cowl for Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which will also feature a different take on Robin - The Caped Crusader's son, Damian Wayne.

Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, and Colin Farrell are all expected to reprise their respective roles, and there are rumors that the sequel will also feature the debut of Dick Grayson, aka the original Robin, and possibly even Clayface.

Specific plot details are still under wraps, but we know the Max Penguin spin-off series will set up the story. As far as official info goes, Reeves has stated that his sequel will continue this "epic crime saga," but that's about all we have to go on.

The Batman - Part II is set to release in theaters on October 3, 2025.

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GarthRanzz
GarthRanzz - 10/5/2023, 10:05 PM
Perfect! I wanted Hush or the Owls. So happy if this is true.
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 10/5/2023, 10:08 PM
Wasn't the first one already a poor-man's version (in the best way possible) of Hush? Seems like been there, done that.

Also, rip to all those bozos who were on copium and thinking, ''Well, now with the first movie out of the way, even if it was more so realistic than any Nolan movie... Now Mr. Reeves will finally go for the fantasy setting and introduce fantastical villains like Clayface and Mr. Freeeze.'' L
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 10/6/2023, 9:51 AM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - The copium pipe lies disgarded, while we're high on another rumour.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/6/2023, 1:55 PM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - yes. If true he's got no vision for how this needs to continue.
dracula
dracula - 10/5/2023, 10:08 PM
realy the original hush story is overrated

heart of hush is much better

also under the red hood is a very similar idea done better
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 10/6/2023, 2:05 AM
@dracula - and I much rather see Under the Red Hood. Just don't see how they could make it work so early in the timeline.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 10/5/2023, 10:11 PM
Hush with the Court of Owls manipulating the Gotham Underworld would be awesome. He actually works with this more grounded take on Batman.
StSteven
StSteven - 10/5/2023, 10:48 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - You know, while I'm not exactly a Batman expert from the comics, I do have a working knowledge of the main players and I was thinking the same thing for the second movie as I was reading this article. Like, you want to raise the stakes, but not TOO much as to have it unrealistic. So they can have Hush as the main focus as the bad guy, but also start to reveal slowly throughout the movie that there's a shadowy organization behind him and what he's doing (i.e. the CoO). That would help differentiate this villain and this movie from the first one, where it was just basically the Riddler acting as a lone gun. So this time detective Batman has to figure out who is pulling the strings and expose the larger conspiracy. And in the meantime they can plant some seeds for the third movie, which could be more of an "Escape from Arkham" type of movie with the Joker finally taking center stage (no need to pull him now). And that movie could be how they pull in some of the more "out-there" villains like Mr. Freeze, Clayface, etc. Seems like a pretty natural progression to me.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 10/5/2023, 11:00 PM
@StSteven - Agreed. It boggles my mind that people think going from grounded Riddler to all of the sudden Clayface or Freeze for the first sequel is a good idea.
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 10/5/2023, 10:13 PM
I would love to see Reeves' take on Hush. It seems like it was expertly set up in Part One.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 10/6/2023, 2:04 AM
@BobGarlen - why? Because Alfred is gonna need a plastic surgeon and Dr. Elliot could fit that role? I'm just spitballing here
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 10/6/2023, 8:51 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Edward Elliot, the reporter who was murdered over the Wayne story, look to be a re-imagining of Thomas Elliot's father, I only think this because they literally flash the word "HUSH!" over Elliot's photo. Seems like a very clear set up to me.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 10/6/2023, 10:54 AM
@BobGarlen - I completely missed that, but that could indeed work as a set-up
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 10/5/2023, 10:25 PM

Two masters of disguise, one through surgery and the other one through Hollywood effects and makeup, trying to destroy Bruce Wayne's life by framing him while using his other identity to hunt them down at night sounds awesome for the sequel. I have full confidence in Reeves.
pitbull76
pitbull76 - 10/5/2023, 10:27 PM
Could see it that villain lends it self very well to the grounded world Reeves has laid out.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 10/5/2023, 10:28 PM
Only problem I see is that Riddler was already kind of similar.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 10/5/2023, 10:37 PM
Since when are "whispers" scoops?
My fault for clicking I guess.
Depressed Nolanite out.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 10/6/2023, 2:03 AM
@Nolanite - yeah, was thinking the same. Just put rumoured in the title so I know not to click
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 10/5/2023, 11:00 PM
I hope we can get more comicbooky with batman but I feel like hush works within this universe perfectly as a character. Not sure about the story or whether it's too early
PatientXero
PatientXero - 10/5/2023, 11:11 PM
Just don’t make him the riddled
modernbaseball
modernbaseball - 10/5/2023, 11:26 PM
God, hush is one of the most boring Batman villains ever
DanFlashesShirt
DanFlashesShirt - 10/5/2023, 11:34 PM
Ehhh i worry that would feel a little too similar to what they just did with Riddler..

Court of Owls though would be a great way to go in either the 2nd or 3rd film IMO

-hasn’t been done yet

-ties in perfectly to the corruption/powerful elites themes from the first movie

- grounded enough where they wouldn’t really have to change things to make it work in the Reevesverse


Also just here to say Matt Reeves rumoredly introducing Robin would be a terrible idea.. the DCU version using Robin was what was supposed to differentiate it from other adaptions
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 10/6/2023, 2:02 AM
@DanFlashesShirt - I'd say using Damian is what would set the DCU apart from the other. As for Robin, as long as it's two different versions I think it'll be fine
Thing94
Thing94 - 10/5/2023, 11:46 PM
Riddler was basically Hush
Forthas
Forthas - 10/5/2023, 11:50 PM
I used to be on board with Hush but I think there are some other priorities....Court of Owls, Deathstroke (Yeah, I know he is not a traditional Batman villain), Black Mask, and grounded versions of Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivey. Those would be my preferences.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 10/6/2023, 12:01 AM
Hush is a threequel villain
ThouBear8
ThouBear8 - 10/6/2023, 1:31 AM
Hush feels likely for this trilogy, but might it make more sense for part 3? If for no other reason, it might feel a little too similar as an immediate follow up to the first one.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 10/6/2023, 1:36 AM
As much as I loved the Batman, if it’s sticking with the ‘grounded’ thing I hope they avoid court of owls and we get that story in the more comicbook version we’re getting in the DCU
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 10/6/2023, 2:00 AM
Whispers? Really? Just say rumoured next time so I know what to expect and who the source is.

Anyway, Hush would be cool. Although not as main villain. Rather see him as a secondary villain in with an arc spread over II and III, and Freeze and the Court of Owls as main villains respectively instead.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 10/6/2023, 2:33 AM
He's one of my favourite villains from Batman's rogue gallery and it has to do with the Hush story arc being one of the very first Batman comics I started to collect.

But I will keep my expectations down just in case the scoops about Clayface being the real antagonist turn out to be real.
Canon108
Canon108 - 10/6/2023, 4:41 AM
Best Batman movie to hit the silver screens, can't wait for Part II...
Repian
Repian - 10/6/2023, 4:56 AM
I would also like to see Mad Hatter in a movie.

A macabre discovery sheds new clues on one of Jim Gordon's first cases. The disappearance of a girl named Alice.

As Batman and Jim follow the clues, they enter a world of depraved fantasies and the dark web.

They follow the trail to the mysterious Mad Hatter as this perverse stalker stalks his next victim. Alice's replacement.
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