SUPERMAN IS IN "THE BATMAN" (...kinda)

[Dispenser Of Truth]

A set photo from filming, apparently involving a Halloween party:

[Vordan]

Heh. Maybe they’ll make an oblique reference to the “freak in Metropolis” or they’re just having some fun.

[superduperman]

SUPERMAN EXISTS IN THAT UNIVERSE! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111

I like little references like this. I was gonna skip this but now I might see it.

[Dispenser Of Truth]

Heh. Maybe they’ll make an oblique reference to the “freak in Metropolis” or they’re just having some fun.

I expect that if he's not purely in the background the scene will either start as a shot on the S-shield before zooming out to reveal it's a party, or the guy's drunk and blunders through what threatens to be a particularly tense moment between Bruce and Selina (and maybe he tries to rope Bruce into a 'which one's better' discussion while Selina slinks away).

SUPERMAN EXISTS IN THAT UNIVERSE! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111

I like little references like this. I was gonna skip this but now I might see it.

My pet theory is that this is building up to a trilogy-capping adaptation of R.I.P., because you could do that authentically while keeping it down-to-Earth. But if Superman exists? Have him shoot Darkseid and get blasted back in time to solve Caveman Crimes.

Reminds me that in my perfect world, there'd be a Superman trilogy running alongside this, similarly doing a standalone 'iconic' take that apparent upcoming changes to the DCEU would forbid there - whether All-Star style sci-fi fantasy or t-shirt and jeans - and then with zero buildup they'd have a crossover movie in-between their second features and trilogy cappers. Nothing coming out of it, no new shared universe, just a standalone crossover, because a Superman and Batman independently built to function in their own pocket universes meeting would sell the power of that more than versions designed to fit together ever could.

[Frontier]

...A lot to unpack here .

[DochaDocha]

What if Superman is the most popular comic book superhero in The Batman universe?