The partnership kicked off in earnest last year, when Spotify and DC released an original story about Batman for an audio series penned bytook on a decidedly darker tone as a psychological thriller that followed Bruce tracking down a serial killer and confronting his own demons along the way. The series was a massive success, at one point unseatingon Spotify’s top podcast charts and landing on the audio giant’s year-end Wrapped list for most-anticipated podcast in the U.S. writer Eli Horowitz.
Starring Christina Ricci as Harley Quinn, Billy Magnussen as The Joker and Justin Hartley as his own version of Batman in a world separate from that ofserves as a prequel of sorts as it tracks the beginning of Dr. Harleen Quinzel’s journey from star psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum to the villain known as Harley Quinn. But unlike other depictions of Harley’s origin story, where the Joker is the one responsible for her transformation, Spotify and Horowitz’sshifts the balance of power back to Harley.