Sequel Hopes & Villain Tease Defined

The brand new Batman film’s post-credits scene will get defined after the tease of a future DC villain menace. Because the world of the Darkish Knight has been re-imagined quite a few instances in live-action, together with The Batman universe, and thru animation, the long-lasting DC hero has come to life by means of a brand new artistic lens.

Centered as a recent interpretation of the Caped Crusader, Aztec Batman: Conflict of Empires explores the beloved DC icon by means of Aztec tradition. Whereas not centered on Bruce Wayne or the world of Gotham Metropolis, the film follows Yohualli Coatl because the crime-fighting protector whereas additionally that includes completely different variations of some iconic Batman characters.

ScreenRant’s personal Owen Danoff just lately interviewed the animated movie’s composer, Ego Plum, concerning the 2025 entry, whereas additionally getting a bit deeper into the post-credits scene. Whereas asking concerning the musical selections, Plum additionally elaborated on whether or not there’s a sequel developing for the Elseworlds-based story by stating the next:

ScreenRant: This will likely be a spoiler one, however I actually loved the post-credits. You had just a little organ music and we get the Penguin in there. Two-part query, however why the organ and does this imply we’re getting one other one in all these?

Ego Plum: That is a superb query. It’s going to give away just a little bit, however there is a non secular type of high quality to this character. Maybe he is like a priest. With having an affiliation of the church, with the grand organs, in fact that comes later in historical past, however there’s this good non secular high quality to organ enjoying and organ melodies that I believed can be applicable, though it’s a bit anachronistic so far as time. I believed it will be fascinating.

However I feel we should not discuss that an excessive amount of as a result of that’s what would occur subsequent. And the reality is, we do not know but if we will get one other movie. We’re all very hopeful. And I imply, if it was as much as me, this may very well be a sequence of movies that simply goes on ceaselessly, as a result of I do know the director has tons of concepts and different potential characters and has talked a few bunch of actually cool concepts. However for now, we now have this one and we’re all simply very grateful.

Whereas the animated journey leaves the door open for future tales, it is key to keep in mind that this undertaking was first put into growth again in 2022, because it took three years for the Batman film to be launched. At this level, it would rely closely on the way it does by means of streaming, digital gross sales, and its upcoming residence media launch.

Because it was produced earlier than the launch of DC Studios with James Gunn and Peter Safran, issues at the moment are considerably completely different in what films or TV exhibits primarily based on the favored comedian ebook writer go ahead. Nevertheless, an enormous benefit for this iteration is that there’s nonetheless room for Elseworlds tales.

If the Aztec Batman: Conflict of Empires opinions result in a optimistic reception, which will additionally improve the probabilities for a sequel to go ahead. However from Plum’s response, nothing is about in stone proper now for a continuation, and it will not be decided till later within the 12 months or in 2026.

Given how the story concludes, it will be nice to see the artistic crew get an opportunity to proceed, particularly with what the post-credits scene gives. In a local weather the place there may be each Robert Pattinson’s franchise, the Caped Crusader animated sequence, in addition to Gunn’s model within the DC Universe, that is one other stable addition to the Elseworlds idea.

But when the primary installment performs properly and resonates with viewers members, it is laborious to think about a sequel not getting greenlit. However till then, the world can discover this distinctive tackle one in all DC’s most beloved superheroes in Aztec Batman: Conflict of the Empires.

Launch Date

September 18, 2025

Runtime

87 Minutes

Director

Juan Jose Meza-Leon

Writers

Invoice Finger, Bob Kane, Juan Jose Meza-Leon, Alfredo Mendoza

Producers

Aaron Berger, Fernando de Fuentes Sainz, Jose C. Garcia de Letona

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  Horacio García Rojas

  Yohualli Coatl (voice)

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