Although Matt Reeves already has dibs on future Batman films for at least the next decade, the DC Universe is severely lacking a solo outing. James Gunn and the rest of the new DC Studios management will want to address this in the future. After all, the next Man of Steel movie is reportedly already in development. But, if Gunn wants to try something different with the DCU, it could turn to the future and bring Terry McGinnis into the fold with the duo, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, spearheading the project. Adil & Bilall recently opened up to The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline about Batgirl, the canceled DC superhero film. After confirming that they’re still open to working again with DC Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery, with a meeting with Gunn already set up, El Arbi teased a very interesting proposition on Instagram. The since-expired Instagram story is of a fan art by artist, WeeArts, that shows Terry McGinnis’ Batman. El Arbi also had this to say in the same interview with THR:
So who knows? Maybe in the future one day if they ask us to do that, we wouldn’t say no. But you can dream, right? — Batgirl Film News 🦇 (@BatgirlFilm) December 3, 2022 Batman Beyond started as an animated series for the WB Network in 1999 by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett. It’s set in a future where Bruce Wayne’s age eventually caught up to him and forced him to hang up his cowl as Batman. Wayne later “happened” to come across a delinquent teenager, Terry McGinnis, who he later groomed as the next protector of Gotham. Batman Beyond was a critically-acclaimed series that ran for three seasons and was later expanded on with a movie, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. McGinnis’ story was explored in later media as it turned out that he was actually the biological son of Bruce Wayne, conceived via Project Batman Beyond by Amanda Waller to ensure that the world would always have a Batman. With Ben Affleck getting up there in age, it wouldn’t surprise us if Gunn is already thinking of retiring his Batman already, in order to pave the way for a proper successor. For now, DC fans can look forward to watching the next slate of superhero movies, starting with Shazam! Fury of the Gods on March 17.
