Is There a Chance We'll See Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman on the Big Screen Together in the Rebooted DCU? 'Of Course!' Says James Gunn — but Don't Hold Your Breath

With the upcoming motorboat of Superman, a caller Batman movie successful the works, and confirmation that a caller Wonder Woman movie is successful development, the evident adjacent question is whether we’ll spot the ace trio squad up successful the rebooted DCU astatine immoderate point. Based connected comments from James Gunn, that sounds likely.

Speaking to Deadline connected the reddish carpet for Superman, Gunn, who wrote and directed the movie and is stewarding DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, was asked if there’s a accidental fans volition get to spot Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman connected the large surface together.

Gunn’s effect made it wide a teamup is connected the cards: “Of course! Yeah!”

However, helium qualified that connection by saying it won’t hap for immoderate time: “But not successful the adjacent movie.” Presumably this is simply a notation to adjacent year's Supergirl.

Deadline past followed up to inquire if determination were talks of it happening astatine immoderate constituent successful the adjacent fewer years, and Gunn pushed backmost connected the thought of ceremonial talks happening astatine this point.

“You person to retrieve that each this worldly is talks successful my head,” helium said. “So there’s a batch of chatter successful my caput that does a batch of things. The DCU is chatter successful my head, not talks.”

James Gunn discusses a reunion betwixt Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman connected the large screen: “Of course, yeah! But, not successful the adjacent movie” pic.twitter.com/RK8FhqOJfU

Clearly, Gunn is mentally astatine slightest preparing for each 3 characters to articulation forces eventually, but erstwhile that happens is anyone’s guess. While Superman has a merchandise date, arsenic bash 2026's Supergirl and Clayface, different DCU projects look alternatively nebulous. Chief among them is Batman, which Gunn himself precocious called “my biggest contented successful each of DC close now.”

In February, Gunn and Safran confirmed The Brave and the Bold volition present a caller Batman into the DCU, ruling retired existent Batman histrion Robert Pattinson successful the process. At the time, Safran and Gunn said Pattinson would play Batman successful manager Matt Reeves’ Batman universe, dubbed The Batman Epic Crime Saga, only. Pattinson played Batman successful 2022’s The Batman, with The Batman - Part 2 confirmed to beryllium successful development.

However, past twelvemonth The Batman Part 2 was delayed erstwhile again, this clip to October 1, 2027. If this day stands, it volition extremity up being 5 years betwixt the satellite archetypal seeing Robert Pattinson go the Dark Knight and again successful its sequel.

And what does this mean for the timing of The Brave and the Bold? Gunn faces the perchance confusing concern of having 2 actors playing Batman successful movies crossed 2 antithetic DC universes.

As of February, The Brave and the Bold was said to beryllium successful “very progressive development,” and the communicative was “coming unneurotic precise nicely.” But is The Flash manager Andy Muschietti inactive directing? Gunn and Safran are processing the script, and volition amusement it to 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," Safran said earlier this year. "I'm very, precise actively progressive successful that script," Gunn added, besides earlier this year.

Speaking much precocious connected Batman, Gunn said he’s not really penning The Brave and the Bold, but is moving with an unnamed writer to “get it right.”

“Batman’s my biggest contented successful each of DC close now, personally,” helium said. “And it’s not — I’m not penning Batman, but I americium moving with the writer of Batman and trying to get it right, due to the fact that he’s incredibly important to DC, arsenic is Wonder Woman.

“So extracurricular of the worldly that I’m doing successful the projects that are actively going, our 2 priorities are finishing our Wonder Woman and our Batman scripts.”

Gunn past discussed successful vague presumption the benignant of Batman he’s going for — or, possibly it would beryllium amended to accidental the benignant of Batman he's trying to avoid.

“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 Matt’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.”

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