{"id":95509,"date":"2025-08-27T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/95509\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T04:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:16:07","slug":"former-superman-actor-wants-to-play-dcus-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/95509\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Superman Actor Wants to Play DCU&#8217;s Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Superman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Superman<\/a> actor is looking to trade in the Man of Steel\u2019s red trunks for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/batman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Batman<\/a>\u2018s cape and cowl.<\/p>\n<p>Which former Superman actor wants to play DCU\u2019s Batman?<\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s Fan Expo Canada, former Man of Steel performers Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Tom Welling (Smallville), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/tyler-hoechlin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Hoechlin<\/a> (Supergirl, Superman &amp; Lois), Tim Daly (Superman: The Animated Series), and George Newbern (Justice League) united for a panel hosted by ScreenRant\u2019s Joe Deckelmeier. It was during this panel that Hoechlin, who had been asked to comment on whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Robert-Pattinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Robert Pattinson\u2019s<\/a> Batman would work in James Gunn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/dc-universe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DC Universe<\/a>, revealed that he wanted to take a crack at playing the iconic Caped Crusader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, selfishly, I\u2019m going to say no because I still want to play Batman,\u201d Hoechlin stated. \u201cI think and I say that Rob did a fantastic, fantastic job and [with] Matt Reeves it was great. So I\u2019m happy to let them keep doing their thing, and maybe leave the door open for maybe an additional whole new envisioning of Batman versus Superman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoechlin first appeared as Clark Kent\/Superman in multiple episodes of Supergirl Season 2 before returning for multiple Arrowverse crossover events. He then headlined the spinoff, Superman &amp; Lois, which aired for four seasons on The CW from 2021 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>As for Batman, James Gunn has repeatedly stated that no actor will be cast to play the DCU\u2019s Dark Knight until the screenplay for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/the-brave-and-the-bold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Brave and the Bold<\/a> is finished. In the meantime, DC Studios is gearing up to begin production on The Batman Part II, which will feature Pattinson as the titular Gotham City-based vigilante. While some fans have expressed interest in seeing Pattinson also play the DCU\u2019s Batman, Gunn has indicated that it is very unlikely and that a new actor will be chosen for the role.<\/p>\n<p>The Brave and the Bold remains undated at this time, while The Batman Part II is scheduled to hit theaters on October 1, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/james-gunn-dc-universe-batman-cast-hopes-tyler-hoechlin-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Screen Rant<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Superman actor is looking to trade in the Man of Steel\u2019s red trunks for Batman\u2018s cape&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[17349,947,948,1154,96,6462,2839,951,47202,47203,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-95509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-batman","tag-dc","tag-dc-universe","tag-dcu","tag-entertainment","tag-movie-news","tag-movies","tag-superman","tag-the-brave-and-the-bold","tag-tyler-hoechlin","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}