James Gunn Says ‘Plenty of Things Are in Flux’ on Batman: The Brave and The Bold and Damian Wayne

“The Brave and the Bold script, I similar wherever we are,” DC Studios co-chief James Gunn told maine successful an interrogation Friday. Gunn cautioned, however, that “plenty of things are successful flux,” and gave maine a cryptic effect erstwhile asked whether Damian Wayne is adjacent inactive successful the movie.

Gunn antecedently called Damian Wayne “a small lad of a bitch” and “my favourite Robin” backmost erstwhile helium and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran unveiled the DCU’s Chapter One: Gods and Monsters slate successful 2023.

Considering that The Brave and the Bold, arsenic it was primitively announced, would brace Batman with his lad Damian Wayne, who’s astir 10 years aged successful the comics, does that mean the DCU’s Bruce Wayne (and hence the histrion who volition play him) volition beryllium successful his mid-to-late 30s?

“No, I deliberation you person to hold to spot the movie. Some things person changed. Plenty of things are successful flux connected what his concern is with his parentage and each that stuff, truthful I wouldn't instrumentality immoderate of it – Yeah, I mean, the histrion who wants to... Listen, archetypal of all, I can't archer you the magnitude of large actors that person told maine they privation to beryllium Batman,” Gunn said.

“I deliberation you'd person a harder clip uncovering actors who don't privation to beryllium Batman. He's the 1 quality everyone wants to play. That's the truth.”

I pressed Gunn for clarification astir his remark astir Damian’s “parentage” and asked whether Damian Wayne is inactive successful the movie oregon not. Curiously, Gunn’s effect was not a elemental yes oregon no: “I deliberation you person to hold to spot precisely what's happening.”

This isn’t the archetypal clip Gunn’s played his cards adjacent to his thorax erstwhile asked astir Batman’s instauration successful the DCU. Earlier this twelvemonth Gunn conceded that "Batman's my biggest contented successful each of DC close now."

Gunn told Rolling Stone successful June: “Batman has to person a crushed for existing, right? So Batman can’t conscionable beryllium ‘Oh, we’re making a Batman movie due to the fact that Batman’s the biggest quality successful each of Warner Bros.,’ which helium is. But due to the fact that there’s a request for him successful the DCU and a request that he’s not precisely the aforesaid arsenic [The Batman director] Matt [Reeves]’s Batman.

“But yet he’s not a campy Batman. I’m not funny successful that. I’m not funny successful a funny, campy Batman, really. So we’re dealing with that. I deliberation I person a mode in, by the way. I deliberation I truly cognize what it’s — I conscionable americium dealing with the writer to marque definite that we tin marque it a reality.”

DC’s Peter Safran said earlier this twelvemonth that they volition amusement the Brave and the Bold screenplay to attached manager Andy Muschietti "when we person it successful a spot wherever we deliberation it's acceptable to go... and spot if it's a acceptable for him."

While we await caller developments connected The Brave and the Bold, Matt Reeves’ Elseworlds sequel The Batman 2 has a finished publication and begins filming adjacent year.

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