Titans Reveals First Look at Curran Walters' Red Hood in Season 3

A major Batman character is undergoing a dark transformation in the upcoming third season of Titans, and now fans have been given their first look at Curran Walters' Red Hood. The official Titans Twitter account posted a pair of Red Hood images showing off the new costume designed by Laura Jean Shannon. As HBO Max's press release notes, this is the first time the Red Hood costume has appeared in any live-action production. Like many costumes in the series, Red Hood's look seems to draw most of its inspiration from both the contemporary Batman comics and the more tactical, armored approach of the Arkham video game series. Along with these new images, HBO Max revealed the first two seasons of Titans will debut on the service on November 1. We previously learned Titans is migrating to HBO Max along with the rest of DC Universe's original series, with DC Universe itself being relaunched as a comics-focused service in January 2021. Walters made his debut as second Robin Jason Todd in Titans: Season 1 before going on to play a bigger role in Season 2 as Dick Grayson's protégé. Unfortunately, after returning to Gotham City at the end of Season 2, it seems the character is doomed to follow the same dark path he has in so many other incarnations of the Batman franchise. Assuming the series follows the comics and various other projects like Batman: Under the Red Hood or Batman: Arkham Knight, we'll probably learn Jason was left for dead by the Joker and returned as a hardened, Batman-hating vigilante. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=when-batman-gets-old-a-fresh-look-at-old-bruce-waynes&captions=true"] Red Hood is just one of several Batman characters being added to Titans: Season 3. The series will also introduce Barbara Gordon and Scarecrow. Barbara will be depicted as Gotham's new police commissioner rather than Batgirl, while Dr. Jonathan Crane will be portrayed as a Hannibal Lecter-esque villain who consults with the GCPD on difficult cases. Titans: Season 3 began production earlier in October 2020, so we're not expecting the series to return on HBO Max until some point in 2021. But if you want a taste of the different ways Jason's story could play out in Season 3, check out IGN's review of Batman: Death in the Family, an interactive animated movie that allows the viewer to determine Jason's fate. Or learn more about Gotham Knights, a new video game that focuses on Red Hood and other members of the Batman family after Bruce Wayne's death. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/13/dc-showcase-batman-death-in-the-family-review"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

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