Tue Feb 02, 2021 at 9:46pm ET Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon. Pic credit: Warner Brothers Sometime in the near future, The Batman will punch its way into theaters and hopefully restore box-office justice. For now, WB has other creative ideas in mind. One of these ideas involves actor Jeffrey Wright who plays Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming movie with Robert Pattinson in the key role. However, these plans have nothing to do with Jim Gordon. Wright will get to play Batman himself in an upcoming podcast for HBO Max. What does this mean and what is HBO Max’s Batman podcast about? Here are all the details about the latest Batman news involving Jeffrey Wright.