“Winston Duke Is Batman” But Alas Only in a Podcast

DC’s massive push into the serialized podcast format is kicking off, after all, with Batman—and it’s bringing some massive expertise alongside for the journey. But its glorious casting for the Dark Knight himself now has us barely unhappy that it’s not for an additional medium.

THR has phrase that Black Panther and Us’ Winston Duke might be taking part in Bruce Wayne in Batman Unburied, the Spotify podcast sequence from DC being produced by David S. Goyer and penned by Eric Carrasco, Saladin Ahmed, and Rebecca Klingel. The present is described as Batman with a extra psychological bent, exploring the interior minds of each Bruce and his gallery of rogues as Wayne—launched as a forensic pathologist working at Gotham Hospital—tracks a serial killer recognized solely as the Harvester. Unburied is the primary sequence in a wide-ranging deal DC struck with Spotify for extra podcasting content material final yr, however past Duke’s involvement, little concerning the mission and what’s going to come after it’s nonetheless unknown.

But holy hell is Winston Duke as Batman a hell of a draw anyway. Comic guide followers may know him finest for the beefy bravado Duke supplied as Black Panther’s M’Baku, equal elements motion star and comedian aid, however the considered him tackling Batman—and particularly a extra reflective tackle the character, if what little we all know of Unburied is something to go by—is an thrilling one certainly. However, in equal measure, it has us already hoping to see this model of Batman stretch his Batwings past simply Unburied’s audio format. And why shouldn’t we? DC’s going all-in on embracing its multiversal supply materials to supply alternate variations of its heroes and villains in different codecs. We stay in a world the place, so far as we all know, a live-action Flash film has extra Batmen in it than it does Flashes. What’s to not say Winston Duke couldn’t slip on a Batsuit and nonetheless stay alongside Robert Pattinson?

We’ll deliver you extra on Batman Unburied as and once we be taught it.

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