As DC Studios prepares for launch July 11, with the premiere of the James Gunn-helmed Superman, it’s trying 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 “biggest issue.”
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 would be a consideration,” Gunn mentioned of pulling Pattinson’s model of Bruce Wayne into the DCU. “We’d have to think about it. We’d have to think about it. It is not like we’ve never discussed it.”
Clarifying if there was a non-zero likelihood that might occur, he responded: “I would never say zero, because you just never know. But it’s not likely. It’s not likely at all. I’ll also say Batman Part II is not canceled. That’s the other thing I hear all the time — that Batman Part II is canceled. It’s not canceled. We don’t have a script. Matt’s slow. Let him take his time. Let him do what he’s doing. God, people are mean. Let him do his thing, man.”
As a outcome, Gunn is engaged on The Brave and the Bold, a separate movie in regards to the Gotham City protector, alongside the (undisclosed) author. Andy Muschietti is about to direct the pic, nonetheless in growth as of February 2025; drawing from Grant Morrison’s run of Batman within the comics, it can heart on the Dark Knight and his son, of whose existence he’s unaware.
“Batman’s my biggest issue in all of DC right now, personally. And it’s not — I’m not writing Batman, but I am working with the writer of Batman and trying to get it right, because he’s incredibly important to DC, as is Wonder Woman,” Gunn informed Rolling Stone. “So outside of the stuff that I’m doing in the projects that are actively going, our two priorities are finishing our Wonder Woman and our Batman scripts.”
He added, “Batman has to have a reason for existing, right? So Batman can’t just be ‘Oh, we’re making a Batman movie because Batman’s the biggest character in all of Warner Bros.,’ which he is. But because there’s a need for him in the DCU and a need that he’s not exactly the same as Matt’s Batman. But yet he’s not a campy Batman. I’m not interested in that. I’m not interested in a funny, campy Batman, really. So we’re dealing with that. I think I have a way in, by the way. I think I really know what it’s — I just am dealing with the writer to make sure that we can make it a reality.”