Within the ongoing stories of whether or not or not Robert Pattinson‘s Batman character would be the Batman that exists in James Gunn‘s DCU, Andy Muschietti has weighed in, throwing water on the thought.
What did Andy Muschietti say concerning the DCU’s Batman?
Talking throughout a current look on Radio TU (through Reel Anarchy), Muschietti mentioned that the Batman featured in his The Brave and the Bold film will “belong” to the DCU, whereas Pattinson’s Batman, which is part of Matt Reeves’ The Batman franchise, gained’t.
“As everybody is aware of, the Batman featured in The Courageous and the Daring will belong to the brand new DC universe. It’s fairly apparent that Matt Reeves’ Batman shouldn’t be a part of this new universe,” mentioned Muschietti, who went on to say that “DC and Warner Bros. are shifting ahead with the second a part of Reeves’ Batman collection, which, as extensively reported, is anticipated to launch round 2027. This implies the following Batman film will take a while earlier than it sees the sunshine of day.”
Muschietti went on to notice that the explanation for The Courageous and the Daring not coming out anytime soon is as a result of it will be “counterproductive” to have two Batman films launch on the identical time.
The director mentioned that he continues to speak and develop his upcoming film, which he additionally not too long ago famous had been postponed.
“Releasing two Batman movies concurrently can be counterproductive,” Muschietti mentioned. “What DC is doing is creating a method to make sure these two movies don’t battle with one another. Concerning my involvement within the challenge, there are good intentions for now. They need to do the film with me, and I need to do it as properly. I’m desirous to work on the movie. We’re speaking concerning the story and the tone.”
Reviews of whether or not or not The Batman will ultimately be folded into the DCU stay ongoing. Varied insiders have each reported that James Gunn does intend to maneuver Pattinson into his ongoing DCU, whereas others notice that no selections have been made in any respect. Throughout an interview on the Golden Globe Awards, Matt Reeves remained mum on the topic, saying he can be open to speaking to Gunn about something.
