THE BATMAN 2 - Penguin & Batman, Scarecrow, Two-Face, Court of Owls, Theories & MORE!!

[@BrutalVengeance]

I kinda like the idea of Oz being the reason Harvey becomes two face, I’d like to imagine that if it happens then that’ll make Harvey & penguin kinda hate each other. Plus it kinda ties to the Arkham games since those two had a turf war & they kinda hated each other.

[@ultron_sigma]

They end up being partners in arkham knight despite still hating each other.

[@KeurigKmma]

Yes and having a court room drama between part 2 and 3 where it’s a battle between Harvey and Oz (almost like a Penguin season 2) ultimately ending with Harvey becoming Two Face. Then part 3 has Two Face and Oz in a gang war

[@morgie39]

I'm not sure that Penguin will be a main villain in any of the Batman movies. I think he may just remain this staple background character throughout

[@rottensquid]

I have a feeling that he may become the big bad at the end of the final film. If he becomes mayor, that means Batman becomes public enemy number one. Pitting Batman against the entire city of Gotham, with Penguin at the top of it, would be a hell of a final conflict. Though as much as I enjoyed The Batman, After watching The Penguin, I felt like like the movie just set the stage for the real treat, the show.

[@jmgonzales7701]

I feel like at the end he would like a surprise main villain him and joker

[@Phantomiam]

We know this already, He will have like 5 or 6 scenes in the second movie.

[@rottensquid]

@@Phantomiam Yes, but what about the third? The show is great, and I love it for itself. But something tells me it's not just branching off into such detail for a character that's of so little consequence to the films.

[@RYSHU20]

A Harvey Dent show would definitely be the easiest to pull off A Lawyer procedural but Harvey going Mad and getting more Irrational and Aggressive

[@ghostme1635]

Hell yes

[@oppenheimer6321]

Reeves is definitely taking inspiration from Earth One, specifically volume 2, which also involves Batman, Gordon and Dent going after corrupt city officials who were connected to the corrupt Mayor Cobblepot. Bruce's arc in this story involves him realizing that he can also help the city as Bruce Wayne and that he needs help, something I can easily see Pattinson having a similar arc. And btw, at the beginning of the comic we have Maroni (who in this comic is a street gangster) being interrogated by Dent about his relationship with Cobblepot and being asked to name corrupt people, I think the Penguin will have a similar role to this.

[@mateoedwin]

Really reminds me of the long Halloween and dark victory

[@oppenheimer6321]

Boba, you might be onto something regarding Penguin in Court, a quote from Matt on the series' podcast: "They're going to be looking at what happened. And they're going to be looking at him. He had a relationship with Falcone, he's in the drug business and he's going to have to answer to some of these things, and he's going to be involved in some stuff that will be an entry point into the movie. And its not the through line of the movie, except to say it's the beginning of where our story continues."

[@BobaTalks]

Yup, showing his court summons (and getting away with it) would be fantastic for the intro to the movie, and a good way to first showcase Harvey Dent!

[@whateverman23]

Gotta agree with you. The Penguin show blew my expectations out of the water.

[@cheezwiz4rd]

It looks like Sofia Falcone (Gigante) can still play a big part in the story... Julian Rush is mad obsessed with her and I'm thinking she could use him / the scarecrow as her puppet. Either making him do dirty work like taking revenge on Oswald Cobb or spreading fear in the city with his own methods. But he's also an inside man within Arkham Asylum and could help plan a prison break which would be very problematic because if Joker and Riddler escape, the city would be in real danger. Additionally, Selina Kyle seems to be on Sofia's side although I have no idea how she could contribute. Different topic and idk if any of it makes sense since I don't know a lot about the Batman comics but the way Sofia killed her family while having a sleepover with young Gia in the greenhouse, I see a hint at Poison Ivy. In my opinion, in a grounded universe, this is how I imagine someone like Poison Ivy would operate. The greenhouse is an important place for Sofia : she spent a lot of time in there with her brother during her childhood, that's where she took Oz for interrogation about her missing brother and most importantly that's where she took Gia the night she killed everybody. Or maybe even did she plant a seed (pun not intended) in young Gia's mind with this green environment : idk if Sofia made her feel safe in that greenhouse or if it would be a place of trauma for her since that's where she was when she lost her family... I know it's just a greenhouse but since we're looking for any clues for future villains, I thought I'd point at that one.

[@jmgonzales7701]

I feel like poision ivy should still be pamela. As for grounded universe it doesn't automatically mean realistic rather it involves the theoretical aspect. As long as it doesn't break the laws of physics and everything has somesort of explanation it could be passable.

[@darththor3982]

I am way more excited for the Reevesverse over Gunns bipolar DCU

[@SirHoola]

Tf you mean Bipolar 💀💀

[@darththor3982]

@SirHoola its cannon. Now it's not. it starts with Superman, but creature commandos is the start. this part is cannon , that part is not. it is extremely messy and Gunn is only making it worse with his comments. he is all over the board up and down with what he says, constantly changing

[@Alijamaru]

Same here

[@Mr.LegoGrievous]

@@SirHoola It’s a little all over the place honestly, my FOMO is already kicking in

[@jmgonzales7701]

Why do you think its bipolar? Im interested in ur opinion. IM also the same I'm kinda more Excited over the reevesverse, i hope it just also grows outside of the batman like have its own versions of superman etc, Maybe instead of justice league they could have the justice society so that it gets differentiated

[@shabillalma4907]

An idea I have is that Julian Rush isn't Scarecrow but rather works with him, my main reason for believing this is that all the name changes thus far hasn't been all that different as people make it out to be. Oswald Cobb is just Oswald Cobblepot but shortened, Edward Nashton *is* Riddler's real last name in some comics way before the movie. Because of this, I think Julian will have a sort of assistant role, in the same vein as say Autumn from Batman: The Audio Adventures. Speaking of that series actually, I could see them doing what BTAA did and have Penguin pay one of his associates to "testify" against him, when in reality he's there to get acid on Harvey Dent. Another potential idea is having a sorta Arkham Shadow thing for Two Face's scarring but that would require Bruce's friendship with Harvey to be really strengthened heavily, the two need to be real close on a personal level.

[@jmgonzales7701]

I have a theory that Oz would change his name or at least modify it into cobblepot So he fits in that old money vibe.

[@jmgonzales7701]

i feel lik julian rush should be calendar man, he should also be connected to hugo strange and scarecrow

[@eansba88-]

I think it was on Reddit, I was reading, a rush is a type of small bird where a crane is a much bigger bird. So the idea was rush is still in his villain infancy and will grow into his crane persona.... Also, birds being connected to the court of owls (more birds)... Also also, penguin, another bird.

[@22JACKB]

The only bad thing about your videos is the fact that they end, S-tier content.

[@morganskelly1119]

My fan cast, Dave Bautista as professor Hugo Strage, Anya taylor-joy as harley quinn, John Ham as Harvey Dent, Tom Hiddleston as the Clown Prince of Crime ,Jackie Earley Haley as Mad Hatter.

[@mateoedwin]

We already have Barry keohegan as the joker

[@billymoore7182]

Why Batman is my favorite superhero for a few reasons 9. He's a badass 8. He has the best origin story 7. He can fit in any genre 6. He's very intelligent 5. He's the world's greatest detective 4. He's a symbol of fear/hope 3. He has the best villians 2. He never gives up, no matter the circumstances 1. He's very relatable

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Spot on!

[@bobcuntz1610]

He is a fascist

[@ghostme1635]

THANKS FOR THE SHOUTOUT BRO !!

[@KeurigKmma]

I think a real cool twist on court of owls is to have it secretly be run by the league of shadows. Having Ras Al Ghul control crime and Gotham elites under the guise as the leader of the court, and the Talons be assassins would be a neat twist. Then when Batman thwarts his efforts, it destroys the control on crime Ras had over Gotham and leads crime to be chaos across the city (with joker leading the charge) in part 3

[@bossmanfromthecornershopba7238]

I don’t know if I’m bugging but is this not kind of similar to what FOX’s Gotham did? Either way, I believe this is a neat idea and could work out very very well

[@Cobra_125]

They've done the Ras>Owls twist like 2 or 3 times

[@SchecterIsKING]

Damn. I'm so hyped for the Batman 2 after the Penguin. It feels like the Batman was so long ago. I remember being in hospital when we first started getting pictures from the set of the Batman and i was so freaking excited. Those first pictures of the GCPD vehicles and Bruce in his "drifter" attire helped me get theough a pretty rough 5 week hospital stay. Great stuff as always Boba.

[@Danielstagg755]

I am really worried the film will get delayed further. Hopefully they will finish the script soon but it’s really worrying right now for me.

[@natefisher123]

Same here

[@mrlegodudes123]

What if the "deeper corruption" in places Bruce couldnt even fathom in the first movie is corruption within Wayne enterprises? Treat it so that Bruce would never have expected his company to have any corruption within it to play to the unfathomable aspect. They could even replace GothCorp with Wayne Enterprises in a Mr. Freeze origin

[@christopherpappas4197]

Could Julian Rush, the Julian part, be a homage to Julian Sands who played the Scarecrows father in Gotham tv series?

[@yorkie7605]

A Rush is a bird and so is a Crane, J. Crane - J. Rush, could be like a pen name or something

[@rottensquid]

Nice! That's it.

[@rottensquid]

But I think if he was gonna actually become the Scarecrow, he'd have been called Jonathan Crane. I think Julian Rush is a bit more like Mr. Reese in The Dark Knight, an homage to the Riddler without being the Riddler. They can't all be in every reboot.

[@yorkie7605]

@@rottensquid I certainly agree, but I think it could be one of two things. What you say its just a homage or he's going to be used further in a future film, maybe he gets fired from arkham and starts going by Crane. I like to think Matt Reeves would like to flesh out the world in detail. I feel like Nolan had less care about the worldbuilding and more for story. I feel that Reeves does both

[@yorkie7605]

And if the latter is what they'll do then they probably made it Rush in penguin to not distract from Oz, then in future he'll blossom into Crane, either way Theo Rossi was brilliant and disturbing and I really hope he is used more otherwise I feel it'll be a waste

[@rottensquid]

@@yorkie7605 I mean, yeah, I agree. I'd like to see this Scarecrow evolve. I like what they're doing with him, the way they're holding him in mystery. We really don't know what's going on with him, whether he's Sofia's best friend, or another tormentor. I think with these characters, we can't ever expect they'll become the familiar character we know. It was great to see Oz don the top hat and tails, but he's never gonna be the Penguin of the comics. This world has to be free to go where it wants. It can't be too beholden to every detail of the source material, or it'll just become a rote retread. And that's the last thing anyone really wants. So I suspect, if Julian Rush becomes the Scarecrow, or A Scarecrow, it'll be like nothing we've ever seen before. And he'll be the Julian Rush Scarecrow, unique to this universe, not the Jonathan Crane one.

[@andrewhuffman7129]

Okay hear me out. I’m game for a penguin season 2 and it can be his rise to power in the political game. A house of cards sort of show but with the penguin. That would be awesome.

[@justinerickson5486]

I'd really like to see the Gotham "super mob" be the main focus overall. After seeing the rise of Penguin, it would be cool to see Black Mask and maybe even the Ventriloquist get the same treatment. Which would lead to an all out mob war between psychos in the finale

[@donaldchristensen9866]

I kind of like the Penguin getting his connections by testifying on the events of the show. We have never seen this version of the character on the big screen and I see him being a big contender against the Batman later on.

[@epicflounder8895]

On the Bruce Wayne front... I still have strong hopes that we'll get Dark Victory. Maybe not Dick Grayson swinging from rooftops, but the start of that relationship that kind of helps pull Bruce even more into the light.

[@davidlowe3793]

I fucking love boba episodes lol , I get so excited

[@dabandz224]

Do you think that Selina will find out who Batman is, since it’s like a long Halloween type of vibe in this world. To help fight against all the villains at once and since they said there isn’t going to be a catwoman series, I wonder if how we get more catwoman is her finding out who Bruce is so them working together is a way we get more of her since Batman is going to be Bruce more. And since in the first film, he wanted her to stay by how he thought about her for some of the film. Alfred asked,”A friend of yours?” Bruce responded,”I don’t know.” You can see he wanted to tell her so much but was hesitant and it was like he was so interested in her.

[@Jason_Barum]

@BobaTalks how confident are you that Vic is dead? Gives me a gut feeling that Batman could pick him up and have revived him. Vic's character ended up being pretty popular and liked, I could see a way they somehow save him after Penguin walks away.

[@michaelcoles6203]

You can be subpoenaed to appear before committees as well as in court. I suspect the subpoena they referenced will be one to appear before the anti-corruption committee or some similar government group or committee.

[@marktheshark7588]

With all these theories Boba does come up with.You should apply to be a detective in the Gotham PD.Cuz boy oh boy,do they need some extra help.When Batman not around.

[@cedrichogan25]

What a great Sunday; a Boba video & Denver Broncos win their division game 😩🕺

[@keonhall9702]

Oooh another Batman boba vid! Yes!!! When do you think we will get some concrete news on casting ?

[@TheBombayMasterTony]

Good talk.

[@kaylaannmarie2928]

I definitely want to see more Bruce Wayne scenes in the second Batman movie

[@Marce16SWamp]

Now that I’m thinking about it, reading other comments on “ Penguin Being the reason for Harvey to become TwoFace “… well yeah.. he’s the only real mobster remaining in Gotham 😅 Maroni and Falcone are dead. Sofia is in the Asylum and she surely won’t throw acid on Harvey’s face and also other gangs are led by “ children “ lol. My last thought is: who is really responsible for the creation of TwoFace??

[@donaldchristensen9866]

Characters having a different name makes full sense in the DC cannon due to the real fun behind the multiverse theory.

[@Danny_Slater]

They could either make Harvey two face during the second film(then we have a two face series) or make the transformation during the second penguin series (and have two face assist with an Arkham escape?

[@S.A.N.503]

Bruce might have to come forward and make a public statement in the attempt to clean up his parent's image, specifically his fathers. And just on a side note, Boba, have you noticed the black and white picture in Crane's office that almost looks exactly like a page out of The Riddler: Year One comics? It looks like Edward being tortured and like there's two parts of him being torn apart. And if he was supposed to be Crane, and Riddler's in Arkham who just caused all that havoc with the city, I bet he would enjoy torturing Riddler just for fun. A little bit of payback, if you will. To me, it looks exactly like a page from the Riddler comic. He's wearing his glasses and everything. Maybe take a good look at it if you haven't already, lol. And as far as Oz looking clean and innocent from his time with the Carmine family, all he'll have to do is say he was a driver for Mr. Falcones daughter, Sofia. Who he helped put away the first time, and he could admit to being an anonymous caller who gave the GCPD Sofias location to capture her again at the end of the series. That could be one way he comes off as squeaky clean to the courts and all of that guys buddies. But who knows, we'll have to see how it all plays out in The Batman sequel. Another great video, btw!!

[@nicksamia4138]

Absolutely love the cover of the BTAS theme. What’s the name of that?

[@STRANGEANATOMYBAND]

Honestly, I really hope Julian Rush isn’t Scarecrow. That actor is just not very compelling. He has an odd and memorable look, but his performances are never that interesting. And I’m tired of the character name swap gimmick, it was pointless as far back as Star Trek Into Darkness.

[@rainbowsomeone]

Hey Mr. Boba, do u have any thoughts on the DC Heroes United episode 1? I was extremely disinterested in it because I thought it’s just the story part of a game, but it was actually lowkey really interesting

[@ares480]

I just wanna see Hush in live action 😩

[@whiteoutgotu]

Rush sounds like a drug Scarecrow would use.

[@TheHarmmm]

@boba what about Wayne Manor and a legitimate Bat Cave? Has to be explored a bit, yeah?

[@iainriley8819]

when you zoomed in to me it looked like the top of Professor Pygs cowl ?

[@allanm2064]

Yes yes yes! This is totally up for debate!

[@mateoedwin]

Any chance we get more then three reeves Batman movie ??

[@BobaTalks]

I would say no

[@natefisher123]

​@BobaTalks are you sure we're getting three movies? Also....do you feel that the 2026 release date is still on the table? I sure hope so.

[@iainriley8819]

the Owl features on the doors more prominently

[@boubafett]

Whoever's mad about name changes in these movies is only reading comics for the pictures

[@chrismurray1084]

I just have a feeling that the batman 2 isn't even nearly half way done and never will be

[@charlesmenifee7886]

Scarecrow may be the first villain in the DCEU so they scrapped him from the else world version

[@Phantomiam]

DCU

[@davidlowe3793]

I bet Josh Brolin would make a great Harvey dent

[@michaeltudon6097]

What if the Court of Owls become the main villain for Penguin Season 2

[@93deadpool]

Well, I guess come 2027 we’ll have our answers.

[@JD_1776]

I’d love to watch this but I am yet to see the penguin. I will be back 😊

[@whateverman23]

Dude you gotta get in that! It’s great!

[@juju-vl7oj]

The Dark Knight , Batman Begins and Batman Returns are my top 3 Batman movies and I like them more as films by themselves more than The Batman but the way Matt Reeves has set up this version of Gotham is the best overall version of Batman ever for me if that makes sense . It just feels like the everything is set up so well to build from and fulfill the perfect film version of Gotham from the comics lore . I can’t wait to see this trilogy unfold and see who they choose to feature in the rogues gallery and how they use them.

[@The_Phantasm]

I'm not sure what the future of Julian Rush will be in this universe, but as is I'm glad that he wasn't Scarecrow because I actually really disliked his performance and thought he was easily the weakest character in the show. To me he felt very poorly incorporated and found him extremely uninteresting. The show was great overall, but the character did at times feel pointless to me.

[@austindaniels4827]

yes i 100% agree. the performances across the board were good except for his

[@Riverburke8170]

Well if it weren’t for him Sofia wouldn’t have found out abt Oz killing his brothers

[@K11-s1i]

@@Riverburke8170true but his role felt a bit bland

[@The_Phantasm]

@@Riverburke8170 Yes but Julian being the reason for her finding it out honestly feels like it could have easily been streamlined without his presence.

[@eldritchpumpkinghost2968]

I kept feeling Julian was meant to be more important before production changed stuff in the background.

[@jekleslie9203]

Who is this Harvey dent u keep showing footage of?

[@rottensquid]

There was a short-lived series with him a couple years ago. Can't remember what it was called. But it didn't exactly bowl the audience over.

[@jekleslie9203]

@ thankx my dude was hoping someone would clarify that for me

[@BobaTalks]

It's Harvey Dent from Fox's GOTHAM series

[@shauner8754]

Sorry but Rush is less realistic of a last name than Crane. Also, Bella Real (and then using her last name for a pun in her campaign REAL CHANGE) is pretty over the top. I don’t think Theo Rossi will ever become the Scarecrow. It seems clear that they simply changed their mind about him. It feels like Lauren LeFranc wanted to use him but her and Matt agreed to just drop it because it would distract from the Sofia scenes and her trauma. And if Matt didn’t want to use Scarecrow in his movie, then it’s a useless character to hype up. Same thing with the Arkham show being canceled.

[@BrianYerby-he9jo]

Julian rush adrenaline rush

[@kentobias4995]

I’m Thinking Scarecrow and I think of those Horror Villians like Freddy Kruger, Michael MYER (Halloween) this Unstoppable Killer loose on Gotham City 🌆 A Villain That Goes A Kills anybody including other Villains! Not Sure how Scarecrow Can ‘Fit’ into the Narrative of The Batman Movies 🎥 given Too many Possible MAIN Villains 🦹

[@allanm2064]

My mind would be blown if they deliberately made Julian “non likable” and not memorable. A weak character etc. -but In reality he’s the true scarecrow!! That’s why he’s under everyone’s raider. He’s meek, unassuming, kinda stale.. but If they showcase his true talent.. man he coulda fooled everyone!

[@rottensquid]

I think he doesn't leave much of an impression because he's so inscrutable. It's the end of the show, and we still don't know if he's Sofia's ally, or her worst enemy. All we know is that he's fixated on her. But it isn't clear whether he's back at Arkham to look out for her, or just to enjoy her suffering.

[@chrismurray1084]

Why on earth is it taken so long to finish a script? I can see the batman 2 never getting made hope i'm wrong

[@jayr_xx]

What if rush is cranes mentor

[@MilwaukeesBest]

THiNK HE WiLL START LEANiNG iNTO PLAYBOY A BiT MORE, MAYBE JUST OPENiNG UP AS U SUGGESTED, BUT FULL FLEDGED PLAYBOY iN BATMAN 3

[@FrenchPotato661]

Oh shii the jelly fish 🪼 is in this movie?? Finally

[@johnnytaz4494]

Ten weeks too long brother.

[@Ray.1176]

They said there making a clayface series and it might be prt of Batman 2

[@raycharles704]

Them changing his name kinda makes the inevitable reveal will be dumb 😂like why change his name? I can only feel that it’ll make the reveal corny because oh no my name ain’t Julian it’s Jonathan didn’t even change the first initial lol I just hate that they feel they need to change so much 😂I mean riddler was the most uninteresting villain tbh 😂 I love this Matt reeves universe but there’s obvious nit picks like useless name changes that aren’t gonna hit as hard like Julian changing his name or them changing his name just kinda dumb there’s more cool ways to do a reveal like make us think he’s a good guy in this universe we don’t need a useless name change to trick us when you can use the characters own actions to fool us like okay this guys gonna be good in this universe aaaaannnnndddd now he’s injecting chemicals in his patients 😂😂😂

[@Leesemento]

I gotta say I am not a fan of the name changes that Matt Reeves is doing

[@austindaniels4827]

if Julian Rush is Jonathan Crane there’s a good chance imma crash out. i do not like his character or his performance, he’s easily the weakest part of the show for me

[@Dinosaurerumtus12]

Ur crazy he's such a crazy character if he gets the chance to be scarecrow he would be great for a mini series or a small villain for batman

[@jordanwilliams2981]

I agree Austin they better not do that

[@austindaniels4827]

@@Dinosaurerumtus12 honestly it’s more so his acting i didn’t like. the character was just bland

[@Dinosaurerumtus12]

@@austindaniels4827 is he not supposed to be a weird character that's frail

[@austindaniels4827]

@@Dinosaurerumtus12 no clue, even so Theo Rossi didn’t impress me at all in the role

[@andreedwards4542]

1 minute😳

[@PumpkinHead440]

Yes first I hope

[@PumpkinHead440]

The Pinguen series makes me want to root for him🫣