The most reassuring thing about the DC Universe's future is the variety of wild directions it's heading in. Besides James Gunn putting the wind back in Superman's cape, and with season 2 of Peacemaker just around the corner, there's also the Mike Flanagan-penned Clayface movie that's getting quickly pieced together and set to squeeze some horror into the mix. One script that hasn't been added to the shelf and sounds like it absolutely should be, however, is writing and directing dynamo Zach Cregger's passion project that he's completed but has not actually pitched to DC Studios yet.
It was back in 2022 that the Weapons director revealed he'd put together what was described as a "Batman-adjacent" story while not spilling all the details on what it was about. Now, The Hollywood Reporter can confirm that the script, entitled Henchman, follows a low-level thug in Gotham City who becomes a name around town after managing to bring down the Bat through sheer luck. The story understandably contains appearances from the Dark Knight, as well as The Joker and Harley Quinn, who might be pretty peeved that some no-name criminal has managed to do what they never could.
