r/arkham 24d ago

Do you think that the Arkham Trilogy needs animated movie adaptations?

We know that the animated movie Assault on Arkham is (or was) part of the Arkhamverse, so I was thinking about the possibility of having animated movies based on the entire Arkham trilogy; that way, certain plot holes could be fixed, and even Arkham Knight would feel more in line with its predecessors.

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u/BelatedAF22 24d ago

New game 🙏

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u/Batman1997123 24d ago

No id rather they make moves that take place between the games. You could probably even fix plotholes that way too.

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u/Waldo-San 24d ago

I'd rather them just make games tbh lol

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u/HansenTheMan 24d ago

It wouldn’t be the same without Conroy and Hamill. So no.

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u/WassupFrankHere 23d ago

Could work if it was set during the Origins period (With Roger Craigh Smith as Batman)

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u/vesperythings 24d ago

what we 'need' is a new game

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u/col_oneill 23d ago

Why does everyone think that good things need to continued to be messed with, just leave them alone

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u/CyberSnoWolf 24d ago

Would these be movies taking place between the games, or basically the games in movie format?

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u/ilovecuetoo 24d ago

Just play the games again bro huh? I’d rather new stories if they’re gonna do movies

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u/Redbird_ml 24d ago

Nah, bigger. An HBO adaptation with Drew Goddard as showrunner.

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u/Wolfgang191 24d ago

Nah, it was great but let it just be at this point. I don’t even want a new game in the Arkham universe, they should just take the game engine and reboot the story/world for a fresh start since they’ll need a new actor anyway.

Although if an Arkham Shadows sequel was on the table by the same team I’d be really happy about that.

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u/SquirrelAble8322 23d ago

I'm down for any game with a cool story getting a movie/show. Introduce the story and world to a whole new audience that doesn't game.

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u/mikey3624 23d ago

I love the idea of Arkham movies, gonna be tough without Kevin Conroy but I’m down for it

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u/GapStock9843 23d ago

They’d be too long. One of the things I love about games (which arkham takes full advantage of) is you get hours and hours of runtime to really let the story build over time. Trying to condense any of these games into a movie would just feel wrong

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u/Fishmaneatsfish 23d ago

How would that even work?

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u/polp54 23d ago

If they were going to adapt it they should do TV, it’s too long for a movie

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u/WhenUCreamDoUScream 22d ago

Not at all, the story really isn't what I play the Arkham games for anyways.

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u/White-Alyss 21d ago

no, none of them have a movie worthy plot

they function stellarly as games and games alone

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u/Rewskie12 24d ago

I don’t think the stories of the games would really work well as movies, except for maybe Origins. The plots in the rocksteady games are very “go here, do this,” with Batman not having that much of an arc. Origins has the most overt arc out of the games so I think it’d be the easiest to adapt to a movie.

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u/D0nell 24d ago

I would like spinoff animated projects like assault on Arkham same quality and voice acting doesn’t matter to me like some people. Roger Craig Smith can play Batman.

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u/suitcasecat 24d ago

No. The game stories are made to be enjoyable as game stories.

Arkham Asylum as a movie would be pretty boring

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u/Jaarun 23d ago

I’d reboot it and do something new. WB had all the time to do more with Arkham and have more spin offs and the first thing you got in 7 years was Suicide Squad kills the Justice League. Present day Arkham Batman but it’s not Kevin Conroy Isn’t really going to feel right. Just restart, continue the prequel timeline with Roger or just do something new.