Arkham Asylum announces Antonio Campos as showrunner for Batman spin-off

Antonio Campos headlined the Arkham Asylum series.

The television series Arkham Asylum, created by Batman director Matt Reeves, was originally supposed to focus on a behind-the-scenes look at Gotham’s police force, the GCPD. Arkham Asylum will now be overseen by Ladder creator Antonio Campos (he also directed several episodes and produced The Sinner and directed The Punisher), who will serve as showrunner-executive producer and also direct.

‘Ladder’ creator Antonio Campos is the new showrunner for HBO Max’s Batman Arkham Asylum series https://t.co/ipDC8vcjaP

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For reference, Terence Winter was involved in the creation of the first series related to the Batman universe, which was announced in July 2020. Then came Geary/Hadji creator Joe Barton, who replaced Terence Winter. The latter finally pulled out of the project, pushed by HBO and Warner Bros, when the focus was on the Arkham Asylum story, which left the field open for Antonio Campos.

Arkham Asylum spin-off moves forward with Antonio Campos

Set in Arkham Asylum and based on characters created for DC comics by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, the Batman television series is produced by Matt Reeves 6 and Idaho in association with Warner Bros. television. Matt Reeves, Joe Barton and Dylan Clark are executive producers, along with Daniel Pipsky and Adam Kassan. Rafi Krohn is co-executive producer.