If you weren’t born yet when Batman Beyond was on the air back in 1999 on KidsWB, the elevator pitch is that Batman (voiced back then by Kevin Conroy) retired and punk teenager Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle) took the mantle. The show gained a cult following back then, thanks in part to its connection to the DC Animated Universe, but its status as a part of Batman history since then has been…kinda complicated. Terry and his supporting cast were integrated into the main DC Comics canon, but that didn’t really mean anything until the aftermath of the New 52’s “Futures End” event, and he’s headlined his own comic in the years since. He’s still Bruce’s eventual son, but now the specialness of that is diminished by the existence of Damian Wayne and DC not really doing any time shenanigans to bring Terry in the relative DC present day.
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With how beloved Batman Beyond is, and how much DC loves pulling that Batman trigger, a movie feels like a no-brainer. Maybe it’ll still happen after Gunn and Safran’s pitch, but keep in mind that Gunn himself said that the duo would potentially make some moves that would piss folks off. It could just as well be that a Batman Beyond film is something we don’t ever get to see.
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