HBO’s Poison Ivy Series Leaves a Very Big DCU Question

DC is moving closer to another Batman villain spinoff, with The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc in talks to produce a Poison Ivy television series. The project would sit outside Matt Reeves’ Batman universe, adding another separate story to a screen franchise that already asks viewers to keep track of competing versions of Gotham. According to Deadline, LeFranc would produce the series but wouldn’t write it. No writers are attached, and nobody has been cast as Poison Ivy. HBO would carry the show if it receives a pickup. It hasn’t been ordered to series. Development had paused because of the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger, the outlet reported. The talks suggest the project is moving again, though its place within James Gunn’s DC Universe remains unconfirmed. Being separate from Reeves’ films doesn’t automatically make it part of Gunn’s continuity. LeFranc’s involvement connects the proposed show to the creative team behind The Penguin, but viewers shouldn’t expect it to share that series’ version of Gotham. The character’s powers would give a live-action series room to move beyond the crime drama of The Penguin. Known as Dr. Pamela Isley, the character can control plant life a...