The opening animation (of a Golden Age Man of Metal breaking a sequence along with his pectorals) in entrance of DC Studios productions comparable to Creature Commandos, and different releases comparable to Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, will change within the close to future, however it received’t be jettisoned in favor of one thing new.
As an alternative, James Gunn, the person in cost and director of the upcoming Superman, guarantees to decorate and use distinct intros for initiatives that aren’t a part of the mainline DCU. In different phrases, the opening in entrance of episodes of Commandos, Tremendous/Man, and possibly Superman received’t be the identical because the one which seems earlier than The Batman 2.
The Matt Reeves movie and its spinoffs set within the epic Gotham crime saga, comparable to The Penguin, are categorical Elseworlds tales, which Gunn, who dropped hints previously there might be extra of these, desires to maintain in their very own lane. This implies they should have distinctive introductory animations, apparently.
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“We’re at the moment engaged on the DC Studios Elseworlds opening,” Gunn mentioned on Threads. In the identical submit, a reply to a involved fan, he additionally defined why there was no “Studio fanfare” for both Penguin or the returning Harley Quinn animated sequence.
“All DC tv & movie initiatives are actually beneath DC Studios. As a result of Harley Quinn was developed lengthy earlier than us we didn’t suppose it was honest to place the DC Studio fanfare on there. On Penguin, which we had a small hand in creating, we now have a special DC Studios [animation] on the finish,” he mentioned.
The Reeves Bat-Verse, because it was as soon as known as, would possibly find yourself on an island of misfit toys unto itself on this case when there aren’t many Elseworlds initiatives in improvement in the mean time. Even Clayface, primarily based on a script by director Mike Flanagan, will happen within the DCU regardless of the character being a Batman villain.
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