Trusting the process is a tough ask when a massive movie franchise is in the mix. When it’s a franchise that’s been rebooted more than once — like the DC Universe — trust is all the harder to come by. There’s no doubt that director James Gunn doesn’t have an eye for superpowered storytelling, but the anticipation for an interconnected world that looks good and honors the source material has long reached a fever pitch. Fans want a strong foundation for the heroes and villains of the DC Universe. They want to see Batman; most crucially, they want to see what the DCU’s version of Gotham looks like as soon as humanly possible.
It may be some time before DC debuts its Dark Knight (in live-action, anyway), but it’ll soon give us the next best thing — and with a delicious horror twist. After Supergirl flies into theaters this summer, the DC Universe makes the move from the sunny Metropolis to Gotham City. Rather than focus on Batman and his crime-fighting antics, however, Clayface will focus on a more grounded corner of this seedy world, and the skin-tingling origins of an infamous Batman villain.
