Now The Batman is set in a separate reality from the DCEU, with Robert Pattinson’s Bruce only in his second year of crimefighting.
When The Batman first entered development, it was supposed to be a movie following Ben Affleck’s Bruce Wayne battling Joe Manganiello’s Slade Wilson, a.k.a.
There’s also an HBO Max series in development exploring the Gotham City Police Department in Batman’s first year on the scene.
But all that changed when Affleck stepped down and Matt Reeves, who helmed the latter two Planet of the Apes reboot movies, was hired to write and direct a brand-new story.