We are finally getting a Black Batman...sort of. Batman Unburied, upcoming Spotify podcast executive produced by The Dark Knight screenwriter David S. Goyer, will be centered on a Batman voiced by Black Panther star Winston Duke.
Duke will star as the billionaire masked vigilante in a Batman story that sounds more Saw than The Dark Knight. Batman Unburied will have Bruce Wayne facing his own "mental demons" as he attempts to save the citizens of Gotham from a rampaging serial killer named The Harvester. That's just the tip of the bat ear. This cerebral journey down Wayne's psyche will start with him being a forensic pathologist working at Gotham Hospital and examining victims of The Harvester. And the project's logline describes Wayne's superhero secret identity as "his alter-ego Batman."
