As DC Studios prepares for launch July 11, with the premiere of the James Gunn-helmed Superman, it’s seeking to not tread the errors of competitor Marvel. As such, the DC Universe should kind its personal cache of superheroes, together with the Caped Crusader, which the DC Studios co-CEO calls his “greatest difficulty.”
In a sprawling Q&A with Rolling Stone, the Guardians of the Galaxy director mentioned Matt Reeves‘ followup to the Robert Pattinson-starring The Batman, explaining how there may be little likelihood that character might enter the DCU quickly to be established by the David Corenswet-led Superman.
“It will be a consideration,” Gunn mentioned of pulling Pattinson’s model of Bruce Wayne into the DCU. “We’d have to consider it. We’d have to consider it. It’s not like we’ve by no means mentioned it.”
Clarifying if there was a non-zero likelihood that might occur, he responded: “I might by no means say zero, since you simply by no means know. But it surely’s unlikely. It’s unlikely in any respect. I’ll additionally say Batman Half II isn’t canceled. That’s the opposite factor I hear on a regular basis — that Batman Half II is canceled. It’s not canceled. We don’t have a script. Matt’s gradual. Let him take his time. Let him do what he’s doing. God, persons are imply. Let him do his factor, man.”
Consequently, Gunn is engaged on The Courageous and the Daring, a separate movie concerning the Gotham Metropolis protector, alongside the (undisclosed) author. Andy Muschietti is about to direct the pic, nonetheless in improvement as of February 2025; drawing from Grant Morrison’s run of Batman within the comics, it should heart on the Darkish Knight and his son, of whose existence he’s unaware.
“Batman’s my greatest difficulty in all of DC proper now, personally. And it’s not — I’m not writing Batman, however I’m working with the author of Batman and attempting to get it proper, as a result of he’s extremely vital to DC, as is Marvel Lady,” Gunn instructed Rolling Stone. “So outdoors of the stuff that I’m doing within the initiatives which can be actively going, our two priorities are ending our Marvel Lady and our Batman scripts.”
He added, “Batman has to have a motive for current, proper? So Batman can’t simply be ‘Oh, we’re making a Batman film as a result of Batman’s the most important character in all of Warner Bros.,’ which he’s. However as a result of there’s a necessity for him within the DCU and a necessity that he’s not precisely the identical as Matt’s Batman. However but he’s not a campy Batman. I’m not serious about that. I’m not serious about a humorous, campy Batman, actually. So we’re coping with that. I feel I’ve a method in, by the way in which. I feel I actually know what it’s — I simply am coping with the author to be sure that we will make it a actuality.”
