HBO Max’s companion series to The Batman will in fact be a “Year One” prequel to the highly anticipated costumed crimefighter drama from director Matt Reeves.
The series provides an unprecedented opportunity to extend the world established in the movie and further explore the myriad of compelling and complex characters of Gotham.”
“You start to see the story through the POV of these corrupt cops, and one in particular.
With “this myth” that will become Batman “building in the background” of the HBO Max series, Reeves said “you’re actually in a new place where you’ve never seen these characters before — some of them we’ll touch on that you may have seen in the comics, but others are totally new.”