DC Announces Next Batman Project Starring Its Official New Dark Knight

Published Nov 11, 2026, 1:40 PM EST Nicolas Ayala is a Senior Writer for the Comics team at ScreenRant, with over five years of experience writing about Superhero media, action movies, and TV shows. Sign in to your ScreenRant account This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.DC confirms the 2027 release of a new Batman project starring the next Dark Knight. Although Superman is the face of DC Comics and the superhero genre as a whole, Batman easily beats the Man of Steel as DC's most popular and commercially unstoppable icon, having accumulated a cultural staying power that no other superhero in DC history has matched. Bruce Wayne's origin story and early crime-fighting years have been retold countless times across all media, yet every new interpretation still brings in millions. Matt Reeves's The Batman is the clearest proof, pulling in over $772 million worldwide despite arriving just a few years after previous big-screen iterations. Despite the Dark Knight's guaranteed success, both of DC's upcoming live-action Batman projects have been bogged down by persistent delays and logistical hurdles. Matt Reeves's The Batman: Part II has endured a notoriously rocky road, pushing its release date from 2026 to 2027 and eventually to 2028 amid lengthy script rewrites and a mid-shoot production pause. Meanwhile, the DCU's The Brave and the Bold reboot has stayed in development limbo without a cast or release date, repeatedly held back so it would not collide with Pattinson's Elseworlds sequel. DC Studios' new change of leadership only complicates matters further for the DCU's new Batman. Thankfully, DC Studios' many bumps in the road don't necessarily mean that fans will be left without new Batman stories to enjoy, as 2027 will open with a grand Dark Knight project starring a new generation's Batman. Jacen Fox Dons The Batman Cowl Alongside Bruce Wayne Batman: Reign of Assassins; Written By John Ridley; Art By Olivier Coipel DC announced the five-issue miniseries Batman: Reign of Assassins, where the seasoned Bruce Wayne will share the Dark Knight mantle with Jace Fox, the vigilante who first donned the cowl and cape to protect New York City in 2021's I Am Batman. Despite keeping their similar crusades for justice largely separate from each other, Jace Fox now seeks the help of the original Caped Crusader when an old threat returns, leading the two Batmen to fight shoulder to shoulder. Batman: Reign of Assassins is written by John Ridley and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, who introduced the concept of Jace Fox's Batman persona in I Am Batman. Jace Fox approaches the Batman mantle as a visible public symbol of personal accountability. Trained in military tactics and mentored by Katana, Jace sports a full-face cowl and a lightweight non-Newtonian fluid Batsuit after confronting the guilt of a fatal teenage hit-and-run and his estrangement from his father, Lucius Fox. Following the events of I Am Batman, Jace has kept a relatively low profile across the DC Universe, appearing sporadically in team books like DC Power: Rise of the Power Company and The Power Company: Recharged. However, his quiet stretch is officially over as he joins forces with his main source of inspiration. Batman: Reign of Assassins #1 is available February 27 from DC Comics Created By Bob Kane, Bill Finger Alias Bruce Wayne Alliance Justice League, Outsiders, Batman Family Race Human Franchise D.C. FIRST APP Detective Comics #27 (1939)