- James Gunn has offered some large updates on the subsequent two Batman films
- The DC Studios co-CEO could have discovered a “method in” for The Brave and the Bold‘s story
- Gunn additionally reconfirmed that The Batman Part II hasn’t been canceled
James Gunn has offered some thrilling – and barely worrisome – updates on the subsequent two Batman films.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, the DC Studios co-chief stated he may need discovered a “method in” to lastly get The Brave and The Bold‘s script up and working. That movie, which is a part of his and Peter Safran’s rebooted DC Universe (DCU), is without doubt one of the firm’s largest artistic priorities.
It’s not the one Batman flick in growth. Matt Reeves’ long-gestating The Batman Part II, which is at the moment slated to reach in October 2027, can be transferring ahead, Gunn reconfirmed. However, different feedback he made to Rolling Stone about this DCU-adjacent film did not present readability on a persistent query DC followers have about this Robert Pattinson-led franchise.
But let’s begin with what Gunn needed to say about The Brave and the Bold. Announced as a part of the preliminary DCU Chapter One line-up in January 2023, this film, which is impressed by Frank Morrison’s graphic novel namesake, has been a tricky nut for Gunn and firm to crack. Now, although, it appears like Gunn and the movie’s yet-to-be-announced author have made a breakthrough on the storytelling entrance.
“Batman has to have a purpose for current, proper?” Gunn stated. “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… so, we’re coping with that.
“I feel I’ve a method in, by the best way,” Gunn added. “I feel I actually know what it’s – I simply am coping with the author to make it possible for we are able to make it a actuality.”
It’ll be some time earlier than Batman makes his DCU debut – in any case, Gunn and the unnamed scribe apart, the one expertise hooked up to the mission is Andy Muschietti (The Flash, It), because the DCU Chapter One movie’s director. Nevertheless, I’m glad to listen to that there is been some motion on some of the thrilling DCU films and TV reveals on the DC Studios docket.
The two Batman drawback
Okay, however what about The Batman‘s movie sequel? Here’s what Gunn stated in regards to the follow-up to The Batman Epic Crime Saga’s first entry: “[The] Batman Part II is just not canceled. That’s the opposite factor I hear on a regular basis – that The Batman Part II is canceled. It’s not. We don’t have a script. Matt [Reeves] is gradual. Let him take his time. Let him do what he’s doing. God, persons are imply. Let him do his factor, man.”
That’s nice information! Well, till you begin to think about the broader implications of getting two totally different Batman initiatives on the go and feedback Gunn has made about distinguishing one from the opposite.
Where the latter is worried, Gunn has confused that the DCU’s Caped Crusader needs to be distinct sufficient to separate him from the gritty, grounded, and nearly practical universe Reeves has co-created. However, that does not imply we should always count on the DCU’s iteration to channel the flamboyance of the ’90s period of Batman films or the slapstick nature of the Adam Scott-starring TV present from the ’60s.
“[There’s a need that he’s not exactly the same as Matt’s Batman,” Gunn opined. “But he’s not a campy Batman. I’m not interested in that. I’m not interested in a funny, campy Batman, really.”
Comment from r/DC_Cinematic
And therein lies the first problem: how will Gunn and company differentiate their Dark Knight from the Reeves-Verse’s one? You could incorporate the fantastical elements from Batman literature, but there’s a fine line to be drawn between the extraordinary and the purposeful realism that the best Batman movies, shows, and comic books contain.
The easiest solution – according to some fans, anyway – would be to merge the Reeves-Verse with the DCU and install Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne as the latter’s billionaire vigilante. It’s a topic of conversation that’s dominated online and in-person discussions for months, so much so, in fact, that it came up during the last big DCU update Gunn and Safran gave in February.
While Gunn and Reeves have discussed such a possibility, they have always played down suggestions that it’ll ever happen. Gunn did so again during his chat with Rolling Stone – “It’s not likely at all”, Gunn said. However, that quote, coupled with another – “I would never say zero, because you just never know” – haven’t exactly closed the door on Pattinson becoming the DCU’s Caped Crusader.
Do I think that’ll happen? No. If it was going to, it would’ve done by now. Each time that Gunn and/or Reeves leave the door ajar on it, though, it only reignites the perpetual debate about whether it should be done or not. So, here I am, Messrs Gunn, Safran, and Reeves: clarify this once and for all by ruling out a merging of the DCU and Reeves-Verse. Do so and we (including you three!) can all get on with our lives without having to read any more about this already tiresome discussion.
