Is Zach Cregger making a movie within the DC Universe? New particulars about his Henchmen script reveals Batman’s position, alongside appearances from Joker and Harley Quinn.
Probably the most stunning items of stories to come back out of the DC Universe in current weeks wasn’t really official information. Quite, it was a reveal that Zach Cregger, author and director of horror darlings like Barbarian and Weapons, really wrote a script on spec for the franchise. Whereas initially reported as a film about Joker and Harley Quinn, the reality is way more attention-grabbing.
Particulars concerning the undertaking had been revealed in a profile on Zach Cregger by The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, tentatively titled Henchman, would comply with a goon within the imply streets of Gotham who managed to incapacitate Batman. Joker and Harley Quinn would additionally seem within the film. Whereas their roles weren’t specified by the outlet, it’s probably they might be the antagonists, given their obsessive relationship with the Darkish Knight.
Is Henchmen Formally In The Works?
Sadly for followers, it appears as if Henchmen is presently only a script written on spec (aka, written for a longtime property with out a inexperienced mild from the rights holders). Talking on the undertaking with Discussing Movie, he has but to pitch the undertaking to James Gunn and DC Studios. Nevertheless, if he received the prospect to make it, he’d do it in a heartbeat.
“If I received the decision, I might drop every thing and go make that film in a heartbeat. It’s my favourite factor I’ve ever written. I find it irresistible, and I’m dying to make it. I’ve not talked to James Gunn in my entire life. I don’t know him however I will surely love to fulfill him and have the dialog. Who is aware of man?”
Henchmen sits in an odd place, because the DC Universe already has a horror movie based mostly in Gotham with Clayface. Nevertheless, given Zach Cregger’s historical past with comedy, it’s additionally attainable the movie suits a distinct area of interest than the body-horror undertaking. It might even be an attention-grabbing approach to introduce Joker and Harley Quinn into the DC Universe, particularly as it could concentrate on the Clown Prince of Crime facets of the duo which have been uncared for lately.
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