HBO Max’s The Batman spin-off series has lost its showrunner.
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter is no longer the showrunner of HBO Max’s The Batman spin-off series. According to the trade, Winter’s exit came as a result of “creative differences” with The Batman director Matt Reeves and other producers.
Terence Winter was hired to write and showrun a prequel series set in the world of The Batman back in June, with the HBO Max project focusing on the Gotham City police department a year before the events of the movie. A search is currently underway for a new showrunner.
Warner Bros. Television and The Batman producer Dylan Clark are also involved with the currently untitled HBO Max series. The project has been using the working title “Gotham Central,”a reference to the highly-acclaimed comic book series of the same name by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka.
The plot of The Batman is being kept a closely guarded secret, but we know the film will follow Robert Pattinson as a younger Bruce Wayne, chronicling Batman during his second year as Gotham City’s Dark Knight. The Batman will also show off the hero using his skills as a detective more than what we’ve seen before in previous versions of the character. It is also expected to be the first installment in a new trilogy of films starring Pattinson.
Directed by Matt Reeves from a script he co-wrote with Mattson Tomlin, Robert Pattinson stars as the Caped Crusader, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner James Gordon, John Turturro as Carmine Falcone, Peter Sarsgaard as Gil Colson, Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál, with Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, and Colin Farrell as the Penguin.
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Source: The Hollywood Reporter
