Wednesday, 02 October 2024 00:00

Batman: The DCU Needs to Embrace Batman's Monstrous Villains

Written by Alyssa Avina
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Batman's first DCU film needs to bring some of his most powerful and monstrous villains to the big screen.

There have been many different iterations of Batman in film over the last century. From the iconic live-action television series starring Adam West to Michael Keatons take on the caped crusader and the more realism-driven takes on The Dark Knight from Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson. No matter what actor brought the role of Batman to life, very few ever explored the superpowered villains of his rogues gallery on the big screen (save for the ill-fated George Clooney film that saw Uma Thurmans Poison Ivy portrayed). With the hero set to appear alongside his son Damian Wayne, aka Robin, in the DCU, whoever plays the hero next should face a new type of villain on the big screen: someone a bit more monstrous.

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