The new 10-episode Spotify series shows Bruce Wayne in a different place than we usually see him.
The director tells EW how psychological mystery particularly fit the audio format.
Batman Unburiedis not like other Batman stories.
David S. Goyer is the writer and director of Spotify’s new ‘Batman Unburied’ narrative podcast.Araya Doheny/WireImage; spotify/dc
For another, it begins with Bruce Wayne living a different life than the one we’re used to.
Yes, you read that right.
“And so we thought, what’s that relationship like if Thomas is still alive?
We thought, would he go into the medical field?
So he’s in forensics, where he straddles the line between solving crimes and doing medicine.”
Goyer certainly knows his way around Batman.
“I like working at different mediums,” Goyer says.
When I made the transition to VR forVader Immortal, I also had to learn some new tools.
So I was excited about picking up a few new tricks here as well.
Goyer continues, “action scenes don’t work very well in the purely audio space.
Neither do car chases.
These are things you take for granted in movies or TV.
What does work really well in the auditory format is suspense, eeriness.
That’s always the question with a Batman story: Who’s going to be the villain?
“We approached the voice casting in a very non-traditional way,” Goyer says.
That’s why we went after him!
Spotify and DC were very supportive from the beginning.
Hopefully we’ll see that kind of casting crossover in the films one day.”
But is the Harvester really a brand-new character, or someone we already know from the Batman mythos?
At 10 episodes,Batman Unburied’s longform format allowed Goyer to construct a real mystery.
In other words: Expect some twists.
“Any good mystery has a series of cards that you turn over progressively,” Goyer teases.
It will take both Bruce and the audience awhile to figure out who the real bad guy is."
