Who is going to be the DCU’s Batman has been the topic of much speculation and online chatter. Despite announcing three years ago now that the DCU’s Dark Knight would be a different iteration of the character, and played by a new actor, some fans have insisted that Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne from Matt Reeves’ The Batman will get grandfathered in somehow. DC co-head James Gunn has basically said several times that’s probably not going to happen. But now, he’s being rather definite about it. Via Den of Geek, we learned that when a fan asked Gunn on Threads if there was any chance at Battinson joining the DCU, Gunn bluntly said “No.”
So that’s all, folks. DCU Batman will 100% not be the Caped Crusader who eventually meets David Corenswet’s Superman, or Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor. It will be someone else wearing the cape and cowl. So please, for the love of Gotham, stop asking James Gunn about it on social media. In the meantime, Robert Pattinson will still be playing the character in The Batman – Part II, and if all goes right, probably a Part III at some point. We are nowhere near done with Matt Reeves’ realistic take on the Batman mythos.
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As for who is playing the DCU Batman, we have a suspicion that the announcement is not coming anytime soon. They only just recently announced that Batman: The Brave and the Bold was getting a new screenwriter. So we’re still a long way away from production starting. Unless the new DCU Batman has a cameo in Man of Tomorrow, of course. Then we might get a casting announcement ahead of Brave and the Bold. But James Gunn has downplayed the idea that either Wonder Woman or Batman is appearing in the next Superman adventure. So we wouldn’t hold our breath. But it’ll happen one day. There’s a name actor out there right now, just waiting for the Bat-signal to light up and answer the call.