{"id":46089,"date":"2025-09-27T08:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/46089\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:56:14","slug":"james-gunn-says-plenty-of-things-are-in-flux-on-batman-the-brave-and-the-bold-and-damian-wayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/46089\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Says \u2018Plenty of Things Are in Flux\u2019 on Batman: The Brave and The Bold and Damian Wayne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Brave and the Bold<\/a> script, I like where we are,\u201d DC Studios co-chief James Gunn told me in an interview Friday. Gunn cautioned, however, that \u201cplenty of things are in flux,\u201d and gave me a cryptic response when asked whether Damian Wayne is even still in the movie.<\/p>\n

Gunn previously called Damian Wayne \u201ca little son of a bitch\u201d and \u201cmy favorite Robin\u201d<\/a> back when he and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran unveiled the DCU\u2019s Chapter One: Gods and Monsters slate in 2023.<\/p>\n

Considering that The Brave and the Bold, as it was originally announced<\/a>, would pair Batman with his son Damian Wayne<\/a>, who\u2019s about 10 years old in the comics, does that mean the DCU\u2019s Bruce Wayne (and hence the actor who will play him) will be in his mid-to-late 30s? <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I think you have to wait to see the movie. Some things have changed. Plenty of things are in flux on what his situation is with his parentage and all that stuff, so I wouldn’t take any of it \u2013 Yeah, I mean, the actor who wants to… Listen, first of all, I can’t tell you the amount of big actors that have told me they want to be Batman,\u201d Gunn said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think you’d have a harder time finding actors who don’t want to be Batman. He’s the one character everyone wants to play. That’s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

I pressed Gunn for clarification about his remark about Damian\u2019s \u201cparentage\u201d and asked whether Damian Wayne is still in the movie or not. Curiously, Gunn\u2019s response was not a simple yes or no: \u201cI think you have to wait to see exactly what’s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time Gunn\u2019s played his cards close to his chest when asked about Batman\u2019s introduction in the DCU. Earlier this year Gunn conceded that “Batman’s my biggest issue in all of DC right now.”<\/a> <\/p>\n

Gunn told Rolling Stone in June: \u201cBatman has to have a reason for existing, right? So Batman can\u2019t just be \u2018Oh, we\u2019re making a Batman movie because Batman\u2019s the biggest character in all of Warner Bros.,\u2019 which he is. But because there\u2019s a need for him in the DCU and a need that he\u2019s not exactly the same as [The Batman director] Matt [Reeves]\u2019s Batman.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yet he\u2019s not a campy Batman. I\u2019m not interested in that. I\u2019m not interested in a funny, campy Batman, really. So we\u2019re dealing with that. I think I have a way in, by the way. I think I really know what it\u2019s \u2014 I just am dealing with the writer to make sure that we can make it a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

DC\u2019s Peter Safran said earlier this year that they will show the Brave and the Bold screenplay to attached director Andy Muschietti<\/a> “when we have it in a place where we think it’s ready to go… and see if it’s a fit for him.”<\/p>\n

DC Universe: Every Upcoming Movie and TV Show\"A<\/p>\n

While we await new developments on The Brave and the Bold, Matt Reeves\u2019 Elseworlds sequel The Batman 2 has a finished script<\/a> and begins filming next yea<\/a>r.<\/p>\n

For more on James Gunn\u2019s DCU, read why that huge cameo<\/a> in Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 6<\/a> \u201cis consequential to the DCU<\/a>\u201d and learn Gunn\u2019s thoughts on the importance of the color of Batman\u2019s costume in the DCU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Brave and the Bold script, I like where we are,\u201d DC Studios co-chief James Gunn told me…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-46089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}