One of the good things that streaming platforms have brought us is that their voracity to produce original content is leading them to allow their different delegations to have a small quota of movies and series that can be shot inspired by native stories, legends that have been heard since time immemorial or historical events that magically come back to the present thanks to the magic of computer digital effects.
a new dark knight
This fever to launch new content has led HBO to have in Spain the version adapted to series of the superb book by Fernando Aramburu, Homeland, or that in Mexico now, as just announced Variety, can check how's that for enjoying your own batman version. One that collects visual elements from one of the greatest Mesoamerican cultures in history: the Aztec empire.
Batman Aztec Clash of Empires is the new commission that HBO Latin America has received to launch a project in the form of an animated film that focuses its theme on a very specific time such as the conquest of the New World by the European empires, more specifically in this case , the Spanish presence in Mexico.
So much so that history tells us about a young Aztec, Yohualli Coatl, who sees how his father Toltecatzin, leader of the village in which they live, is assassinated by the Spanish conquistadors. The boy will escape towards Tenochtitlán (capital of the Aztec Empire) to warn King Moctezuma himself and the high priest of the dangers. But it will be through the Tzinacan temple, dedicated to the bat god, that Yohualli ends up developing his new personality with his own equipment and weapons with which he will be able to face the Spanish invasion, protect the temple of Moctezuma and, finally, avenge the death of his father.
movie, not series
Batman has been the protagonist many times in a multitude of adaptations depending on the country in which his adventures were recreated. For counting, the dark knight It has even had ninja versions anime style fruit of its adaptation to the Japanese market, which demanded a more similar origin with the viewers who had to enjoy the adventures of the bat man.
In this case, the review of the Aztec Batman seeks to place the superhero in a much more hostile environment such as that of the periods of conquest that took place throughout the XNUMXth century, when the Spanish conquistadores confronted many of the indigenous peoples of what is now the territory of Mexico. It is as if he were a superhero from another universe, like a What if...? but from DC.
What's more, from the production company in charge of this film they advance that in order to maintain the greatest possible historical coherence, not only in the characters but in the representation of all the towns that appear on the screen, they have required the services of Alejandro DĂaz Barriga, a consultant specializing in Mesoamerican studies and ethnic history of Mexico that will be, according to HBO Latin America, the link with the creative team to "guarantee that the indigenous representation portrayed in the film is appropriate and relevant."
Moment It doesn't have a final release date. and presumably it ends up reaching the streaming platform exclusively.