has given his most definitive comment yet regarding whether or not will be the DCU’s . Pattinson plays Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves’ The Batman.
He’ll soon reprise the role for a sequel that is arriving in 2027. Meanwhile, Gunn and Peter Safran have launched the DCU at Warner Bros.
A movie featuring Batman, The Brave and the Bold, is currently in the works from Andy Muschietti. Last year, Gunn said that he’s “contemplated” making Pattinson the DCU’s Batman; although, he further said “I contemplate everything.
I talk about everything.” He told Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast at the time, “I’m committed to both telling stories in the DCU and telling Elseworlds stories.
I want the freedom to tell Elseworlds stories…We want to be able to play with these characters in different ways.” Per Variety, Gunn has now said it is “very unlikely” that Pattinson will be part of the DCU or will star in The Brave and the Bold. “But he did not foreclose the possibility that the DCU version of the character could show up before his titular film,” Variety’s article notes. “I wouldn’t rule anything out,” Gunn said. “He could show up in something else.