The Batman streaming on HBO Max starting next week

BatmanThe Caped Crusader is returning home. The latest entry in the Caped Crusader’s movie canon, which introduces Robert Pattinson as Batman, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as The Riddler, and Collin Farrell as The Penguin, will be available to stream on HBO Max starting on April 18.

This streaming release is just the start of WarnerMedia’s plans for BatmanThe universe. The series is also currently in development for at least two spinoffs. One will follow the rise to criminality of Oswald Cobblepot, known as The Penguin, while another will focus on the Arkham Asylum inmates. Naturally, there are also with Batman’s theatrical success, there’s also a good chance of a sequel in the future, and while director Matt Reeves has shared a deleted scene with a new villain, there’s been no word on a follow-up film just yet.

BatmanIt was launched in theatres March 4, and received a lot of praise from almost everyone. This theatrical release has received a lot of praise. BatmanThe movie has earned more than $350million domestically, and almost $750 million internationally. Even more remarkable, the film came in fifth place at the U.S. Box Office last weekend, just over one month after it was released.

This quick turnaround to streaming is part of WarnerMedia’s new 45-day plan, which will see its theatrical releases hit its HBO Max streaming service 45 days after their debut in theaters. The 45-day window is an attempt to find a balance between the monthslong windows that theaters used to insist on and WarnerMedia’s disastrous 2021 strategy of releasing movies on streaming and in theaters on the same day.