Joe Barton, the writer behind TheBatman spin-off series, referred to as GothamPD, reveals how it felt when he found out he had been fired from the DC show. 'I saw Batman everywhere... It was like being haunted by Fathers 4 Justice.'
Joe Barton, the writer behind the untitled Batman spin-off series that got shelved, opened up about being fired from the project. Gotham PD was going to be a spin-off series to Matt Reeves' The Batman. It is a prequel to The Batman and focuses on the Gotham Central Police Department. Plans for the series were first revealed back in 2020. Meanwhile, The Batman premiered on March 4, 2022, and received mostly positive reviews.
Reeves has been open about wanting to create an entire Batverse. The Batman 2 is already in the works and a Penguin spin-off show has been greenlit by HBO Max. Likewise, the Gotham PD series was also going to be a component of Reeves' Batverse. Barton was chosen as the showrunner after Terence Winter left the show over creative differences. However, on March 6, 2022, Reeves confirmed that the Gotham PD series would not be moving forward.
I gave the script over in November and HBO called to say they loved it and they were really excited. And then in January my agent called to say I’d been fired. If you’re going to get fired from a massive franchise, don’t do it two months before the film comes out. I saw Batman everywhere... It was like being haunted by Fathers 4 Justice.
Barton doesn't give a reason for why he was fired, just as Reeves didn't give a concrete explanation for why Gotham PD was shelved. Most likely, it was simply that the Arkham Asylum idea prevailed, and the franchise had to be careful how many spin-off series they gave to audiences. Still, Barton is right that they could've waited until The Batman marketing quieted down a bit.
Sadly, Gotham PD being shelved wasn't the only disappointment Barton faced recently. His critically acclaimed crime series, Giri/Haji, was shockingly canceled by BBC 2 and Netflix after just one season. Despite these blows, though, Barton is still experiencing many strides in his career. As of now, he has two series, The Lazarus Project and Half-Bad, as well as two films, Our Man From Jersey and a Cloverfield sequel, in various stages of production and post-production.
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