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As the DCEU remain to expand , Batman and the Bat - family ’s office in the universe seems to be shrinking . At least , that ’s what the Cathy Yan - directedBirds of Preyseems to signal . The Margot Robbie - fronted filmwill introduce Cassandra Cain , who many fans will screw as the Batgirl successor to originator Barbara Gordon .
bird of Preyis one of many Harley Quinn - centric films in exploitation and appears to have taken precedent overSuicide Squad 2,Gotham City Sirensand a Joker love tale . This convey with it a server of other female DC theatrical role from both side of the gangway , some of them with bigger DCEU implications . At one point , Batman - relate movies await to be the universe ’s future . Now , considerably less so .
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Cain wo n’t be dawn any Bat - symbolization , instead appearing as the assassin she ’s trained as in her stemma , but her role suggests some interesting developments in the timeline . Between this and the lack of material developments on both the solo Batman picture andNightwing , as well as what ’s already been established as canyon in this universe , the Dark Knight seem to be get hold of a backseat for the immediate future .
Has Cassandra Cain Replaced Barbara Gordon As Batgirl?
Introduced in 1999 by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott , Cassandra Cain is an Asian girl raised by assassin David Cain to be the ultimate sea wolf and thoroughgoing bodyguard for Ra ’s Al - Ghul . ineffective to read or write , the only affair Cassandra can infer is eubstance language , which she can read on a superhuman horizontal surface , being capable to foretell people ’s movements to an incredible degree . After performing her first putting to death under David ’s watch , she gets an intimation that what she ’s doing is wrong and flees , eventually re - come on afterward as one of Oracle ’s agent in Gotham City .
Cassandra ’s presence inBirds of Preyis interesting . It places the timeline of Barbara Gordon in an odd locating . Cassandra was first wreak in as an agent of Oracle , the moniker Barbara operated under post - paralysis in the Killing Joke . As a tech guru and selective information wiz , Oracle would be an incredible asset to Batman and the city of Gotham in their struggles against evil . Cain would finally earn Batman ’s reliance as an asset to the team and become the next Batgirl under Gordon ’s guidance .
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The Assumption of Mary ( and current word ) is thatBarbara Gordon already be in the DCEU , and that she has already been paralyzed and become Oracle ( and the Batgirl cowl has been idle for a period of time ) . That ’s a lot of classic comics history to color over in a movie , especially given that it include at least one of Batman ’s most beloved history . And if they go a different path and re - compose Cain ’s account , that ’s a very healthy band of alterations since so much of it is tied to Oracle – the two even lived together for a not undistinguished amount of fourth dimension . Either way , there ’s a lot of questions to be respond .
Justice League Already Cut A Reference To The Bat-Family
The behind - the - scenes drama besiege the DCEU betweenBatman v Superman : Dawn of JusticeandJustice Leaguehas totally remold the DCEU ; after the controversy surroundingBatman v Superman , Warner Bros. effectively scrap director Zack Snyder ’s plan to set - up forJustice League2 , and reshot and re - edited monolithic chunks of the moving picture as a tonal DCEU line correction . The film released in theater was n’t well - received and did n’t make a muckle of money , but the dance orchestra - aid was rip off .
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One of the alterations some keen - eyed fans noticed was a line from Commissioner Gordon that was change seemingly to countermine plans for an established canon . During the fit where the Commissioner assemble the Bat and the rest of his League friend on the rooftop , in trailer he allege “ it ’s beneficial to see you roleplay well with others again ” , meanwhile the final edition cut out the word “ again . ” One plays on the implication thatBatman at one point had a teamor Robin by his side , the other does n’t , take out a subtle nod to the cosmos of the Bat family .
We know Batman does have a past tense with sidekicks due to the Robin costume inBvS , which planted the theme that this Batman had worked withJason Todd as Robin , who was presumably killed by The Joker as in theA Death in the Familycomics plot line . Zack Snyder and Ben Affleck ’s Dark Knight was intend to be an old , more weathered take on the character , hold with him all this baggage from years of horror and calamity in look on over Gotham . In move away from Snyder ’s plans , Warner Bros. probably also desire to wipe the slating clean of hints to other prominent characters so they could introduce them with as little over - hanging history as possible , though that still bring into motion other creative decision .
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Matt Reeves' Batman Could Be Younger, Or Not In The DCEU
As long as Affleck has been cast as Batman , fans have been clamoring for a solo Batman picture . There will always be an audience for the Bat and the Oscar - winner brings an extra degree of grandness to the whole idea . But aside from Matt Reeves directing , there ’s been almost nothing definitive on what kind of level it will tell , or what interpretation of Bruce Wayne we ’ll be determine .
The current rumor is thatReeves seem to cast a Bruce that ’s 15 - 20 years youngerthan the one Affleck depicts , to do a loose adaptation of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’sBatman : Year One , the Graeco-Roman intensity that chronicles the Dark Knight ’s first year on the rough street of Gotham . Affleck ’s view on the matter has flip - flopped , the latest being that he ’s interested in fall into place the cowl some more . DoingYear Onewould be a smart move , open up up an opportunity for recast that is n’t just replacing Affleck and hoping for a seamless changeover , and telling a story that inherently create a easygoing reboot of the timeline .
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But there ’s been all sorts of rumors and rumor aboutwhetherThe Batmanwill be in the DCEU . Now , literally , everything could have convert in the interim given that there is n’t even a book yet , but if it is standalone , that would be problematic for the canon of the DCEU . It ’d effectively makeBirds of Preythe sole arbiter of whatever ’s live on on with Gotham , using two characters , Cassandra Cain and Harley Quinn , that have a close propinquity to the Batman . This is n’t interrogate that film ’s ability to function without the Big Bad Bat , but the first question many fans are go to have go in is “ what ’s Batman up to ? ” and to not address that elephant would , at the very least , be a leave out chance for a great tease .
Where Is The Bat-Family?
Summer last year , Geoff Johns seemed all inon bring the wider Bat - cast of characters to the large silver screen . At the clip he championed the now - defunct Joss WhedonBatgirlfilm , and made it very clear they want to build out Batman ’s world like the comics . Since then , a lot has happened , namelyJustice Leaguefailed and Warner Bros. seemed to settle to change focusing more than a couple of times . plainly , Whedon’sBatgirlis aside , the undertaking presumably hold off for a newfangled team to have a look when the time ’s right , but theNightwingfilm from Bill Dubuque and Chris McKay also seems to have quietly died , chewed up in the machine of studio development .
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Even look at what we do have a go at it , it does n’t seem like this version of Batman was ever made to be the mall of his own wider Gotham . Robin ’s dead and the costume retired inBatman v Superman , and there ’s no sign of other hero operate in the metropolis ; Batman is see dealing with both Deadshot and Harley Quinn alone in their backstory pre - Suicide Squad .
Which is probably the question facing Reeves , Yan and whomever else is in - line for a Bat - task at Warner Bros. - how do they navigate what Snyder ’s pic build ? What do they keep and what do they retcon , and how do they do that with as little damage as potential ? The last matter anyone wants is another X - Men situation alike to Fox where the timeline is literally all over the place . As it stands , the best way is to sidestep and , like the rest of the DCEU , focus on the individual stories - stories that go beyond the classic Bat Family .
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