Back in 2022, Zach Cregger, who’d just made his horror filmmaking debut with Barbarian, shared that he’d written a DC movie that he described as a “Batman-adjacent thing.” Cut to just a few weeks ago, it was rumored that this feature focuses on The Joker and Harley Quinn, and that Cregger intends to pitch it to DC Studios co-head James Gunn as a potential upcoming DC movie. Now, as the writer/director’s new movie Weapons opens on the 2025 movies schedule, the alleged premise of his DC idea has been revealed, and it sounds like inspired by one of the best Batman: The Animated Series episodes.
According to THR, Zach Cregger’s DC movie is called Henchmen, and it would follow “a low-level henchman in the Gotham crime world who gains notoriety after managing to incapacitate Batman through a stroke of luck.” The outlet has learned from sources that Joker and Harley Quinn would indeed be present in the story, and Batman himself could briefly appear. While Cregger hasn’t officially pitched Henchmen to DC Studios yet, the company is reportedly “aware of his interest.”
