{"id":14061,"date":"2025-09-11T10:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/14061\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:01:08","slug":"batman-james-gunn-has-hilarious-response-to-dcu-fan-casting-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/14061\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman: James Gunn Has Hilarious Response to DCU Fan Casting – Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Gunn<\/a> had a hilarious response to a fan asking about a potential casting chance for the DC Universe\u2019s Batman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What did James Gunn say about the DCU Batman? <\/p>\n

In a recent post on Threads about Gunn\u2019s appearance on The Howard Stern Show, a fan shared an image of what looks to be an AI-generated image of Brandon Sklenar dressed as Batman.<\/p>\n

The fan asked whether or not this could be the DCU<\/a>\u2018s Batman, and Gunn had a hilarious reaction to it. Instead of confirming or denying the question, Gunn simply chose to mock the nature of the photo itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be weird to cast an AI Batman with a 14 inch arm,\u201d Gunn joked, mocking the photo which seemed to show a disproportional look at the fake Sklenar\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n

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Despite the joke, Sklenar\u2019s name has been floated by many fans as a possible one for Batman. The actor hasn\u2019t commented much on the rumors, nor do we know much about what to even expect from the DCU\u2019s Batman, which is currently set to debut in the upcoming film The Brave and The Bold. <\/p>\n

Recently, Gunn has spoken about the differences between Matt Reeves\u2019 upcoming The Batman Part II<\/a> and\u00a0The Brave and the Bold<\/a>, which is being directed by Andy Muschietti, noting that the DCU Batman film \u201cprobably\u201d won\u2019t be released during the same calendar year.<\/p>\n

Clayface<\/a>\u00a0is currently scheduled to be released in 2026, and there\u2019s a possibility that movie could feature the DCU Batman\u2019s introduction, given that Clayface is a Dark Knight villain. However, production on that project is expected to begin relatively soon, meaning casting would need to be done quickly.<\/p>\n

The Batman 2 arrives on October 1, 2027, from\u00a0DC Studios<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Warner Bros. Pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gunn had a hilarious response to a fan asking about a potential casting chance for the DC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[13574,13575,2224,4204,4205,93,61,60,4208,2703,270,13576,2031,4210],"class_list":["post-14061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-batman","tag-brandon-sklenar","tag-dc","tag-dc-studios","tag-dc-universe","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-james-gunn","tag-movie-news","tag-movies","tag-the-brave-and-the-bold","tag-warner-bros","tag-warner-bros-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}