Filmmaker Antonio Campos will direct and serve as showrunner/executive producer on “The Batman” spin-off TV series about Arkham Asylum for HBO Max.
Variety broke the news saying this will happen should his version of the show ultimately go forward, but Campos marks the third writer brought onto the DC project since it was originally announced in July 2020 with a series commitment.
Originally the project was being developed to focus on the world of the Gotham Police Department and would take place a year before the events of “The Batman”. At the time, Terence Winter was set to write and executive produce.
In November that year, Winter exited and “Giri/Haji” creator Joe Barton. Then the project’s focus shifted from the Gotham PD to the famed asylum and adopted a more haunted house horror film tone – which led to Barton’s exit.
Reeves, Daniel Pipski and Adam Kassan are executive producing. The project is the second known “The Batman” spinoff in the works, with the much further ahead Colin Farrell-led “The Penguin” series set to begin shooting early next year.
Campos previous served as director/showrunner of HBO’s “The Staircase” and has directed episodes of “The Sinner” and “The Punisher” along with writing/directing films like “Simon Killer” and “The Devil All the Time”.
