Yuhki Demers tweeted that he and Patrick Harpin of “My Dad the Bounty Hunter” fame had approached Warner Bros. and DC Comics about a “Batman Beyond” feature five months ago, complete with seriously stellar concept art. “Before we pitched, they warned us, ‘There is absolutely no way we can do a “Beyond” movie,’ but they loved our enthusiasm,” Demers wrote. “We pitched the outline for the entire film, and what started as a ‘never’ turned into a ‘maybe.'” The team has been apparently pitching the project up the corporate ladder in the hopes of getting the attention of DC Studios CEO James Gunn, with today’s social media blast more than proving there’s an audience for a “Batman Beyond” feature.
Considering “Batman Beyond” took place in 2019 while released in 1999, it’s likely that this new film could/would/should take place 20 years ahead of our current timeline, putting the film somewhere around 2045. Or, based on the concept art, the same range as “Blade Runner 2049,” as the original “Blade Runner” was also set in 2019. The vibrant colors of the cyberpunk, neo-futuristic Gotham would be a feast for the eyes, and the concept art indicating that the big baddie villain would be the shapeshifter Inque all but guarantees a home run from a story perspective. DC has been the head driver of the superhero struggle bus for a while now, and while Gunn’s plans for an imminent reset of the cinematic all sound promising, there’s no denying that the “Spider-Verse” films are the best superhero films being made today, period. If DC wants to be competitive, they’re going to need to step it up in the animation field, and “Batman Beyond” would be a license to print money.