The report of The Batman’s plot details come to us from Daniel Richtman on YouTube, and the Ali as Gordon casting rumor was first reported at The Sneider Cut at Collider.
We won’t be seeing The Batman from director Matt Reeves until 2021, but rumors about its possible plot details are now hitting the web.
Also reported by Collider journalist Jeff Sneider is the rumored “first choice” to play Commissioner Jim Gordon was Moonlight and Green Book star Mahershala Ali.
If true, this would also explain why so many different villains are rumored to appear in The Batman.