Arkham Asylum HBO Max Series Taps ‘The Staircase’ Creator Antonio Campos as New Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety

“The Batman” spinoff bid astir Arkham Asylum astatine HBO Max has brought connected Antonio Campos arsenic its caller writer, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.

Sources besides accidental that Campos volition nonstop and service arsenic showrunner/executive shaper connected the series, should his mentation of the amusement yet spell forward.

However, Campos is present the 3rd writer brought onto the DC task since it was originally announced successful July 2020 with a bid commitment. At that time, the amusement was meant to beryllium astir the interior workings of the Gotham PD and acceptable wrong the aforesaid satellite arsenic Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” with Terence Winter penning and enforcement producing. But quality broke successful November of that twelvemonth that Winter had near the series implicit originative differences. “Giri/Haji” creator Joe Barton was past brought onboard, but erstwhile the task shifted distant from the constabulary section to absorption alternatively connected the infamous asylum, Warner Bros. parted ways with Barton arsenic well.

Reps for Campos, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. declined to comment.

Reeves is enforcement producing the Arkham Asylum amusement nether his 6th & Idaho banner on with the company’s Daniel Pipski and Adam Kassan. Dylan Clark volition besides enforcement nutrient with 6th & Idaho’s Rafi Crohn co-executive producing. Warner Bros. Television is the studio. Reeves is presently nether an wide woody astatine WBTV.

The Arkham Asylum amusement does not person an authoritative logline astatine this time, but Reeves antecedently described it arsenic “like a fearfulness movie oregon a haunted location that is Arkham.” It is the 2nd known “The Batman” spinoff series, with Colin Farrell acceptable to reprise the relation of The Penguin successful his ain standalone show.

Campos is nary alien to HBO Max, arsenic helium antecedently worked with the streaming work connected the critically-acclaimed existent transgression constricted bid “The Staircase.” Campos was the writer, director, enforcement producer, and showrunner connected that project, which starred Colin Firth and Toni Collette arsenic Michael and Kathleen Peterson respectively. It debuted connected HBO Max successful May 2022.

Aside from “The Staircase,” Campos’ erstwhile TV credits see enforcement producing and directing aggregate episodes of the deed USA Network transgression anthology bid “The Sinner,” including the aviator and Season 2 premiere. He besides directed an occurrence during the archetypal play of the Marvel-Netflix bid “The Punisher.” On the diagnostic side, helium wrote and directed films specified arsenic “Simon Killer” and “Afterschool.” His movie “The Devil All the Time,” based connected the caller by Donald Ray Pollock, was released successful 2020. The formed included Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, and Riley Keough. Campos co-wrote the movie with Paulo Campos.

He is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Nelson Davis LLP.