{"id":319879,"date":"2025-12-02T05:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/319879\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:25:09","slug":"james-gunn-on-the-most-requested-thing-for-the-dcu-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/319879\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn on the &#8220;most requested thing&#8221; for the DCU Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s only a matter of time before Batman makes his grand entrance into James Gunn\u2019s new DCU, and Gunn knows fans are already sharpening their opinions. Who should play him? How old should he be? What suit should he wear? After all, the Dark Knight comes with decades of history, mythology, and cinematic baggage, so everyone has their own idea of what Batman should be.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the #1 \u201cMost Requested Thing\u201d for DCU\u2019s Batman?<\/p>\n<p>While responding to a fan on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@reelanarchy\/post\/DRsGLvrjgmN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a> who was asking if the \u201cmost requested thing\u201d for Batman was the white eyes, Gunn said, \u201cThe most requested thing would be the blue and grey. Then the yellow around the bat. And THEN the white eyes. But all of those things I find less important than the character himself, the writing, and the person who plays him.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@iencyde\/post\/DRurJ32gZYb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">different response<\/a>, Gunn added that there are just as many fans who don\u2019t want the blue and grey. \u201cIndividuals are making clear what they want to see,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut even the most requested thing \u2013 the blue and grey \u2013 is split evenly with people who don\u2019t want that. And the other two most requested things are also things just as many people say they don\u2019t want to see. So you have to do what\u2019s right by the specific film and story.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>I grew up with the classic blue-and-grey Batman, so that suit will always hit me right in the nostalgia. But like Gunn, I\u2019m not hung up on which costume they choose. At the end of the day, I just want a great Batman.<\/p>\n<p>The Brave and the Bold Is Still Coming\u2026 At Some Point<\/p>\n<p>Andy Muschietti is still attached to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/andy-muschietti-batman-movie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">direct The Brave and The Bold<\/a>, and while it feels like things have been slow going, Gunn said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/the-brave-and-the-bold-james-gunn-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two months ago<\/a> that \u201cWe have a really, really good story now for what\u2019s happening with Batman.\u201d He also touched upon the costume and why it\u2019s not something he\u2019s worried about much at the moment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"508145c0-1e9f-4f60-9d48-f1d4d8dd15c2-2\">\u201cWhat matters is the character, the story,\u201d Gunn said, \u201cI think that\u2019s one of the fun things about Batman though, is that there are so many expressions of Batman that are cool, and [having] different ways to access that character is one of the ways in which he\u2019s so iconic. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a matter of the blue and the grey or the black Batman. I think both those things are really cool. I like the detective Batman, but I also really like the fighter Batman, that\u2019s just the brute that\u2019s, you know, fighting. I like the silly \u201950s Silver Age Batman, with Bat-Mite. I like all of these different versions of Batman.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>As far as who will play Batman in the DCU, that remains to be seen. Popular choices for the role among fans include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/alan-ritchson-batman-the-brave-and-the-bold\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Ritchson<\/a> (Jack Reacher), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/brandon-sklenar-batman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Sklenar<\/a> (1923), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/jensen-ackles-batman-the-brave-and-the-bold\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jensen Ackles<\/a> (The Boys).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Do you have a preference for Batman\u2019s DCU costume?<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/wp-content\/themes\/face3-joblo\/assets\/images\/joblo-logo-icon-2025.svg\" alt=\"JoBlo logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n        Subscribe to our weekly newsletter\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-signup-text\">\n            Get the latest movie and TV news, first looks, reviews, and interviews, straight from the JoBlo crew to your inbox.        <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s only a matter of time before Batman makes his grand entrance into James Gunn\u2019s new DCU, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,867,337,142141],"class_list":{"0":"post-319879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-james-gunn","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-the-brave-and-the-bold"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}