DC ELSEWORLDS: REIMAGINING KEATON SEQUELS & DC FILMS THAT NEVER WERE

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It's been 3 years since the Penguin's assault on Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is sinking deeper into his endless crusade against crime as the Batman.

The plot kicks off when district attorney and close friend of Bruce's, Harvey Dent, is horribly scarred & transformed into the villainous Two-Face hellbent on being the judge, jury, & executioner of Gotham City's underworld. Caught in the crossfire one night is the young orphaned circus-performer Dick Grayson who, like Bruce Wayne before him, witnessed the murder of his parents only to be changed by it forever and spurred into action.

Throughout the film as Bruce tutors young Dick Grayson & faces his old friend Harvey, he's flooded by memories of his training in the Himalayas with Henri Ducard and his early days in Gotham City working side-by-side with a young Harvey Dent to take down the mob / Sal Maroni. He seeks to quell his demons with the help of Dr. Chase Meridian (with a small supporting role from her colleague, Dr. Jonathan Crane).

Edward Nygma uses Two-Face's crime spree to turn the city against the Batman, causing Commissioner Gordon to issue a warrant for Batman's arrest, which introduces us to new GCPD characters like Detectives Bullock and Montoya. Nygma cozies up to the police & city officials, offering his services to the police to find the Batman's true identity and take him down (in which he turns to partner with Two-Face to draw out the Batman).

This film would serve as a sequel with prequel elements, tying to the films before it with a small cameo from Jack Nicholson reprising the role of Jack Napier (popping up in a hallucination brought on by Crane’s herbal medicines).