While Superman was naturally one of the much-rumoured key announcements James Gunn made today about his and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran's plan for the future of their comic book-based output, there was also room for the other much-adapted character: Batman.
Gunn outlined a plan for Batman: The Brave And The Bold, adapting Grant Morrison's acclaimed run. "This is a story of Damian Wayne, who’s Batman’s actual son that he didn’t know existed for the first eight to ten years of his life," Gunn says. "He was raised as a little murderer and assassin. He’s my favorite Robin. We’re putting it all together right now."
And who is Bruce Wayne this time? Someone new, of course! "This is the introduction of the DCU’s Batman," Gunn explains. "It is not Robert Pattinson. It is not Ben Affleck. We’re working with Robert on The Batman – Part II with Matt Reeves, and we’re working with Ben Affleck, who has been a part of our team trying to bring things together and he really wants to direct one of our projects. We’re excited for him to do that."
And according to Safran: "This is going to feature other members of the extended Bat-Family. Just because we feel like they’ve been left out of the Batman stories in the cinema for far too long."
Word of The Batman's sequel is of course encouraging for fans of Reeves' work. According to Gunn, the likes of that and Todd Phillips' Joker movies will be wrapped up in what he and Safran are calling 'Elseworlds'. Not a part of the main DCU and not planned to intersect, but supported and promoted like any other DC project. The Batman's sequel will be in cinemas on 3 October 2025. No word on a date for The Brave And The Bold, but we can't imagine it'll be before 2026.
