The Batman - Story Retelling Film Series/TV Show

by mateorondon | created - 16 Aug 2017 | updated - 17 Aug 2017 | Public

Batman is one of my favorite characters of all time. This is my idea for a retelling of his story in a reboot or a TV Series.

Timeline

Before Batman:

Bruce Wayne loses his parents
Bruce Wayne leaves Gotham
Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham
Bruce Wayne becomes head of Wayne Enterprises
Vigilante project begins

Year One:

Bruce Wayne creates the Batsuit
The Police hunt down the Batman
Batman meets Carmine Falcone, Roman Sionis and Penguin during gang war
Batman allies with Harvey Dent
Batman meets Victor Zsasz
Batman meets Deadshot and Deathstroke after a price is put on his head
Batman allies with the Police
The Joker enters the scene as he poisons the Mayor on live TV
The Batsignal is made
Joker starts making a name for himself and starts building a bigger army
Joker shuts the power off of Gotham, to see the people go mad and prove a point
Batman captures the Joker and he gets sent to Arkham Asylum
Batman meets Catwoman while during a theft and follows her, she became impressed by him and infatuated.
Catwoman fails to deliver the package as Batman gets it but apparently she was getting involved in a much bigger thing
Batman traces her and finds out she's Selina Kyle, while interrogating her a group of thugs attack them and Batman becomes a target
Batman and Selina work together to beat them up
Leader of the gang is revealed to be Red Claw and they defeat them. Batman gets seriously injured and Selina takes him to her house to bandage him and he reveals his identity to her. They get close and intimate and begin a sort of relationship.

Year Two:

Batman's suit and Batcomputer get an upgrade
Batman has more encounters with The Joker, Penguin, Zsasz, etc.
Commisiner Gordon finds separate crime scenes that are connected with green question marks, all related to the GCPD
Batman starts investigating
The GCPD computers and communication get hacked by Riddler keeping them out of the grid and cutting communication with Batman
Batman finds clues within the GCPD and has to answer puzzles and riddles to get clues
Batman finds out that Riddler is someone on the GCPD
Riddler kidnaps Gordon and some other policemen from the GCPD when he learns that Batman has learned he's part of the GCPD. Batman enters the Riddler's place and has to answer some puzzles and at the end answer who's The Riddler and succeeds. They fight and imprison him
Batman has encounters with Joker, Black Mask and other criminals
The Flying Graysons come to Gotham. Dick Grayson's Parents die and Dick Grayson becomes a vigilante and looks for Tony Zucco. He has an encounter with Batman and joins him.
Dick Grayson and Bruce train for a month and Dick adopts the identity of Robin
Half of Harvey Dent's body is burnt after an attempt on his life. The police spent days looking for Thorne, but as Harvey Dent develops a split personality he tries to murder the attacker himself (Thorne) and catches him, but decides to leave it to chance as he takes his coin, scratches the other side with a knife and throws it in the air, but Batman intervenes and imprisons them both.
Batman and Robin have encounters with Penguin, Riddler, Two Face, etc. Joker gets imprisoned and gets sent to Maximum Security at Arkham Asylum and gets a new psychiatrist, Dr. Harleen Quinzel, a new employee who accepted the job after learning that she would treat some of Gotham's greatest criminals and The Joker.
The Joker mentally manipulated Harleen and she fell in love with him and started hating the Batman. Joker escapes and gets sent back to Arkham, she sees how Batman left him and she helps The Joker escape as she made the Harley Quinn persona
Batman and Robin have encounters with Joker and Harley Quinn (Laughing Fish included)
Pamela Isley, intern of Botanist Dr. Woodrue gets involved in an accident that kills Dr Woodrue and leads her to her hospital, chlorophine gets mixed with her blood. At the hospital where she was recovering, she learned to use her newfound connection to plant life allying herself with it, which she viewed as far less treacherous than humanity, she released poisonous plant spores into Gotham City in an act of revenge, killing hundreds.
Batman and Robin fight and capture her
Rupert Thorne gets out of black gate and hires Bane to kill the Batman. To call his attention he destroys the Batmobile with his bare hands. Batman sees the footage and goes find him alone (because of Bane's reputation) but Bane captures him and unmasks him. Robin and Alfred make a plan and make an armored version of Robin's suit and Robin goes for Batman.
Robin fights Bane and frees Batman to aid him in the battle, they outsmart Bane and capture him
Batman and Robin have more encounters
Dick Grayson starts dating Commissioner Gordon's daughter, Barbara Gordon.

Year Three:

Arkham's psychiatrist Jonathan Crane starts to experiment fear inducing toxins on patients and gets fired. He creates the identity of Scarecrow and attacks Arkham Asylum putting his gas through the ventilation system and frees the prisoners.
Batman and Robin stop him
A new Bat-vigilante appears
Batman and Robin intercept one of Penguin's weapon smuggling operations and Penguin sends his men to fight Batman and Robin
Batman and Robin are outnumbered but the Bat Vigilante appears, it appears to be a woman nicknaming herself Batgirl, she also has a lot of heat coming from the GCPD, and some impressive works of her own, she helps them out. Robin gets seriously injured and Batman tells her to go, she answers "Let me help him Bruce". It is revealed that she knows the identity of Batman and Robin.
He takes them to the Batcave and puts Robin in a stretcher, Alfred bandages him, Batman reveals to Batgirl that he knows that she is Barbara Gordon. The three form an alliance

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More will be added to the story

1. Robbie Amell

Actor | Upload

Along with his sister, Robbie Amell started acting when he was just six years old. At sixteen, he started to land theater roles at Lawrence Park Stage in plays such as Louis and Dave, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Importance of Being Earnest. The experience brought Robbie to realize that he ...

Bruce Wayne/Batman

After witnessing the death of his parents he swore to protect and fight the same evil that took them and fled for years to learn how to fight that same evil and has returned to Gotham to become its protector, the Batman.

Using his company's resources he made an armored suit from military gear, a high tech cowl that would allow him to communicate and prototype goggles (included in the cowl) with the technology to examine and analyze (with things like X-Ray and Ultraviolet vision), a prototype cape designed to glide and custom made gadgets made secretly for him by Lucius Fox

(This was one of the hardest choices for the story. I had a lot of other actors but they were too old for what I'm looking for. Robbie has shown a lot of interest in playing the character and he looks the part. He is a good actor and I'm sure he could definitely pull it off).

2. Anthony Ingruber

Actor | Batman: The Enemy Within

Anthony Ingruber is a voice and screen actor with an international upbringing, who first gained global attention through his widely popular YouTube channel of impressions. After studying film acting at the Wellington Performing Arts Centre, Ingruber worked briefly at 'Weta Workshop [NZ]', where he ...

The Joker

An unsuccessful stand-up comedian who used to work in one of Ace Chemicals' plants turned mad after an accident killed his family and worked for the mob in a failed job in which he fell to a vat of chemicals that left him scarred, turned his skin white and his hair green.

Driven insane by this series of events he embraced it, believing that the greatest joke of all is that humanity is only "one bad day" away from total insanity.

(Anthony is an amazing actor, he grew up during impressions for YouTube and has gained a lot of recognition recently, starring in films like Age Of Adaline. He also has impressions of The Joker and he actually plays the Joker character in Batman: The Telltale Series, with a new original amazing take on the character. He could definitely nail The Joker in voice and he can definitely look the part, look up his Joker impressions if you do not believe me. He could really make a great live action Joker).

3. Fionn Whitehead

Actor | Dunkirk

From a family of Londoners, Fionn Whitehead was born and raised in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey (southwest England and also one of the home counties bordering Greater London). He is the son of Tim and Linda Whitehead, and has three older siblings: sisters Maisie and Hattie, and brother Sonny. ...

Dick Grayson/ Robin

Raised by his parents (better known as the "Flying Graysons") in a circus, he was trained to be incredibly acrobatic. His parents were killed after criminals had failed to extort money from the circus.

After losing his parents at the age of 17 by the hands of Tony Zucco he took the resources he had and became the vigilante "Renegade" and dedicated himself to get Zucco.

Batman took interest in him and would eventually save him and help him apprehend Zucco. As soon as Batman realized that he was the orphaned child of the Graysons, he decided to reveal his identity and tell him how he suffered the same and offers him, not only an alliance in crime fighting, but home and work as his part time personal assistant. That's how he became known as Robin.

(I had to find a good young actor for the role of Robin and when I watched Dunkirk I definitely knew that this guy was the definitive choice. He does not only look the part but he is also a great actor and I think he could finale bring justice to the Dick Grayson/Robin character)

4. Bryan Cranston

Actor | Breaking Bad

Bryan Lee Cranston was born on March 7, 1956 in Hollywood, California, to Audrey Peggy Sell, a radio actress, and Joe Cranston, an actor and former amateur boxer. His maternal grandparents were German, and his father was of Irish, German, and Austrian-Jewish ancestry. He was raised in the Canoga ...

Commisioner Jim Gordon

(This one doesn't even need an explanation. The man is perfect for the role, he looks the part and is an amazing actor, he was practically born for the role. For further proof, he plays Jim Gordon in Batman Year One and does an amazing job

5. Liam Cunningham

Actor | Hunger

Irish actor Liam Cunningham was an electrician in the mid-'80s. He saw an ad for an acting school and he decided to give it a try. His first film role was as a policeman in "Into the West." Since then, he has been involved in many films and theater productions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Alfred J. Pennyworth

Ex-member of the MI6, served the Waynes as bodyguard and butler. After the death of the Waynes he took care of Bruce Wayne and worked as a mentor to him, teaching him how to fight and later working as his right hand man behind the computers

(He is an amazing actor, as seen in Game Of Thrones. For the Alfred role I was looking for someone a bit tougher than what we have seen before, someone like Alfred in Batman: Earth One, so Davos from GoT was the perfect option)

6. Chloë Grace Moretz

Actress | Kick-Ass

Moretz is best known for her work in the sci-fi thriller series The Peripheral, created by Scott B. Smith; the Mattson Tomlin-directed sci-fi thriller Mother/Android; Neil Jordan's thriller Greta; Roseanne Liang's Shadow in the Cloud, which claimed the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award at the ...

Barbara Gordon/ Batgirl

Daughter of Gotham City's Commisioner James Gordon, inspired by Batman and Robin she became the vigilante "Batgirl". During that time she mantained a close relationship with Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne's personal assistant due to Wayne and the Commisioner working together a lot.

Bruce eventually discovered her identity and offered a partnership and became a member of the Bat Family

(Though I'm not very sure about this one, because I first thought of other actresses like Emma Stone and Anna Kendrick, I needed Batgirl to look young and be around the same age as Robin, and Chloe is the same age as Fionn. She is still a good actress and did an amazing job as Hit-Girl, so I still think she would be a solid choice).

7. Ben Whishaw

Actor | Skyfall

Proclaimed by many critics as one of the best young actors of his generation, Benjamin John Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, to Linda (Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. He has a twin brother, James. He is of French, German, Russian (...

Edward Nashton/Edward Nygma Enigma/The Riddler

Working at the GCPD Cyber Crime Unit, Edward Nashton developed the identity of Enigma due to his obsessive need for attention and a genius-level intellect.

Becoming obsessed with the Batman persona, he dedicated himself to create a mystery that not even Batman could solve, after failing his obsession would increase to prove himself superior

(I was looking for a younger Riddler and I was reminded of Q from Skyfall and Spectre and thought that this man was perfect for the role. He can definitely pull it off).

8. Toby Jones

Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, Toby Edward Heslewood Jones was born on September 7, 1966 in Hammersmith, London. His parents, Freddie Jones and Jennie Heslewood, are actors as well. Toby has two brothers: Rupert, ...

Oswald Cobblepot

Crime boss and owner of the Iceberg Lounge, comes from one of the wealthiest families of Gotham and is currently the head of the Gotham City Mob.

He established himself as an international criminal and arms dealer known as The Penguin and has built a criminal empire in Gotham City and currently runs the nightclub known as the Iceberg Lounge

(A really hard decision, I picked him after seeing another fancast, but I think he is one of the best options for The Penguin).

9. Jackie Earle Haley

Actor | Little Children

Jackie Earle Haley is an American actor who started his career with The Bad News Bears. He had more adult roles in Little Children, the cult classic Zack Snyder film Watchmen, Alita: Battle Angel, and Freddy Krueger from a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. He has been married three times and has...

Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow

Taunted and bullied in his youth, Jonathan Crane vowed to overcome his fears through the study of psychology and biochemistry on phobias and the nature of fear. He created a fear inducing gas and started experimenting on human subjects.

He adopted the image and identity of the Scarecrow

(One amazing actor as seen in Watchmen. He has been my top pick for Scarecrow for years. He looks almost exactly like Scarecrow from Season 1 of Batman TAS and I think he could really pull it off)

10. Amanda Seyfried

Actress | Les Misérables

Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking ...

Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn

An Arkham Asylum psychiatrist, who became obsessively fixated on her patient, The Joker, and believed herself to be in love with him. She helped him escape from confinement and took on her own criminal identity as Harley Quinn. A violent and unpredictable felon whose only motivation, beyond general mayhem, was achieving the Joker’s approval. Because of the Joker's cruel and mercurial nature, this in some ways made Quinn just another one of his victims - albeit a very dangerous one.

(Another really hard choice since Margot Robbie is almost perfect, but Amanda is not just a good actress but she looks the part and has the age to play her and I'm sure she could pull it off).

11. Maggie Geha

Actress | Ted 2

Maggie Geha was born on April 4, 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Ted 2 (2015), Shoulder Dance (2023) and Winter's Tale (2014).

Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy

College student at Gotham University, studying botany, while interning at GothCorp as a Botanist, Pamela Isley was transformed into a plant-human hybrid by a science experiment gone wrong. With chlorophyll flowing through her veins instead of blood, she developed a toxic touch and a pheromone-fueled talent for seduction. Her crimes became more ecologically focused as she had increasingly abandoned her human side and identified more with the natural world.

In her encounters with Batman and Robin she uses seduction, especially on Robin (to try to turn him against him), or even uses some sort of hypnosis, produced by certain plants to control him.

(This one I'll probably change later because she's part of the Gotham TV Show, but she could definitely pull off the younger Poison Ivy I'm looking for).

12. Scarlett Johansson

Actress | Lost in Translation

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...

Andrea Beaumont/The Phantasm

Daughter of wealthy businessman Carl Beaumont. In her youth she met Bruce Wayne and they fell in love. They had planned to marry but she returned the ring and went away with his father because he was working with the Gotham mafia. With the help of Arthur Reeves she and her father fled to Europe to live in secret.

His father was found and murdered in Europe. After this Andrea ascended into darkness and adopted the identity of the Phantasm and came back to Gotham to get her revenge against those who cost the death of her father.

(One of my favorite additions to the Batman mythos in recent years, to find someone to play Andrea and The Phantasm, Scarlett was always my top choice. Yes she is in the MCU, but actresses like Morena Baccarin play characters in Deadpool (Marvel Movie) and Gotham (DC TV Show). This would be the case, and Scarlett is my top pick for her, she can perfectly pull off the Andrea personality as well as the badass Phantasm one).

13. Jaimie Alexander

Actress | Thor

Jaimie Alexander was born in Greenville, South Carolina, but moved with her family to Grapevine, Texas, when she was four years old. She took theatre classes in grade school as a hobby but was kicked out in high school because she could not sing, and so she took up sports instead. At age 17 she ...

Selina Kyle/Catwoman

She's an orphan that learned to survive on the city streets. She turned to thievery and prostitution to survive. She created an identity for herself, Catwoman, a professional cat burglar and started doing anonymous jobs.

She met Batman during one of her heists and was followed by him but she fled, they later had to work together a certain number of times and both grew an attraction to each other

(I went through many choices for Catwoman but I wasn't convinced with any until Jaimie. She definitely has the looks and can pull off action. Yes, she is in the MCU, but her role is very minor and there are actresses like Morena Baccarin who star in a Marvel movie and a DC TV Show, so this could happen. She looks a lot like Selina from the comics and she could definitely pull it off).