Titans season 3 will see Curran Walters's Jason Todd evolve from the second Robin to become Red Hood, but the series is taking liberties with his origin story. One of the big announcements to come from DC FanDome was the reveal that Jason would become an antagonist to his former allies in the next season of Titans, with the showrunner describing the character's evolution as coming from a place of obsession. Jason became a regular character in season 2 when he joined the Titans 2.0. However, throughout the season, Jason and Dick Grayson were constantly disagreeing since the new Robin struggled to recognize the original Boy Wonder as the team's leader.
This will be the first time Red Hood has ever been adapted for live-action since the anti-hero has only appeared in projects like Batman: Under the Red Hood and Batman: Arkham Knight. The character is a fan-favorite from within the Bat-Family, and Titans is the most appropriate series to introduce Jason's second identity on-screen. Despite being fresh in the Robin mantle, the live-action adaptation is choosing to speed up Jason's character arc from the comics following Dick officially becoming Nightwing in the season finale. As exciting as this storyline is, the announcement came with a troubling factor that takes away from Red Hood's creation.
Jason is known for being the Robin that was murdered in the infamous 1988 storyline A Death in the Family. The character's death was the result of a poll inviting readers to vote for Jason's fate, deciding whether he would live or die. The resulting story saw the Joker beating Jason to death with a crowbar, which became one of the most pivotal moments in the Batman mythology. Jason was reintroduced in the 2005 series Batman: Under the Hood by Judd Winick; in Winick's story, Jason's experience dying and being resurrected leads to him take up the Red Hood mantle. The significance of Jason taking that name is that this alias used to belong to The Joker before he fell into chemicals and transformed into the villainous Clown Prince of Crime.
Per the showrunner's announcement, Titans season 3 will not see Jason being killed by The Joker. This suggests that Jason will adopt the new persona without experiencing the events that allowed his comic book counterpart to become one of DC's most powerful characters. It'd be an even bigger mistake if Jason's death and resurrection do happen but occur off-screen. Based on what was said during the panel, it appears that Titans is not setting up the Death in the Family arc that would see Jason be murdered by The Joker and then be revived. Likely, the Red Hood development will be an extension of the season 2 storyline that saw Jason being traumatized by his near-death experience with Deathstroke.
It also feels odd how fast Titans is progressing Jason to become Red Hood, since he has only been Robin for barely 2 seasons. Normally Jason is a bit older when he takes on the Red Hood name rather than starting out as a teenager. While DC TV and film adaptations have taken certain liberties with characters that they bring in from the comics, what's happening with Jason is on a much bigger scale. As brutal as Jason's death was in the comics, that brutality is the essential element that inspires him to become the iconic anti-hero Red Hood. With Titans season 3 not debuting until 2021, fans have a while to wait before discovering how Red Hood fits into this universe.