A Promising Update On BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD Emerges From DC Studios' Co-CEO James Gunn

A Promising Update On BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD Emerges From DC Studios' Co-CEO James Gunn

Could The Brave and the Bold be the next DC Studios project to officially receive the greenlight from DC Studios? Could we have two Batman films in production at the same time?

By MarkJulian - Sep 22, 2025 04:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman

Continuing with more from James Gunn and his chat with YMH Studios, the DC Studios co-CEO provided a very promising update on the status of Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

"None of those things are important to me," said Gunn when he was asked if Batman would have a gray and blue costume or white eyes on his cowl in The Brave and the Bold. "What matters is the Character and The Story and I think we have a really really good Story now for what's happening with Batman."

With Gunn repeatedly hammering home that he doesn't like to officially greenlight projects without a script that he loves, given his glowing comments about the Damien Wayne-focused film, perhaps this will be the next film dated for release within the DCU?

Director Andy Muschietti (The DCEU's Flash movie) continues to attend DC Studios red carpet events, so it seems safe to assume that he's still attached to direct The Brave and the Bold.

Gunn revealed that Muschietti would be helming the project six months after he first rolled out the Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters slate in January 2023 and has given little indication since then that anything has changed.

During that slate announcement in January 2023, Gunn described the The Brave and the Bold as, "the introduction of Batman and his actual son, Damian Wayne. This is based on Grant Morrison's great comic book run. Damian Wayne is my favorite Robin. Batman tries to get him to get in line, this is the beginning of the Bat-family in the DCU."

The Batman: Part II, is currently scheduled for release on October 1, 2027. If Gunn gives the greenlight to the DCU's Batman film soon, it could potentially target a 2028 release date and have production time overlap with the Matt Reeves-directed sequel.

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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 9/22/2025, 4:45 PM
Is that why the super suit looked shit? okay, fine but why was the movie also shit?
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narrow290
narrow290 - 9/22/2025, 4:48 PM
@HashTagSwagg - do you have anything else in your life besides throwing shade?
Rpendo
Rpendo - 9/22/2025, 5:03 PM
@narrow290 - literally no.
dragon316
dragon316 - 9/22/2025, 5:24 PM
@HashTagSwagg - you going by your opinion or numbers at box office ?
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 9/22/2025, 5:30 PM
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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/22/2025, 4:48 PM
you know what phuck it, it's time, bring back the bat nipples
MuadDib
MuadDib - 9/22/2025, 4:50 PM
Finally, some traction on the DCU Batman. Obviously the most important thing is the story makes sense and is well written. But a grey and blue suit with white eyes would go very far in distinguishing the DCU Batman from all the others that came before him.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 9/22/2025, 4:52 PM
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They already made the perfect batsuit (right) for the Flash
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 9/22/2025, 4:56 PM
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/22/2025, 4:57 PM
Cool!!.

Also he’s right to an extent , I don’t know if I would it doesn’t really matter but costume & all that is secondary to character and story because if you don’t find those compelling/engaging then it doesn’t matter how Batman [frick]ing looks imo.

Anyway , glad to hear that he’s really happy with the story of Brave & The Bold so I hope we start to get more details about it soon…

I doubt it happens since he’s a villain that likely works best for a sequel once Bruce & Damian’s relationship is established but I do hope we get Nobody in this or atleast in the near future!!.

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DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/22/2025, 5:11 PM

MooseSh!tty must go. He is another DC disaster waiting to happen.

Again.

MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 9/22/2025, 5:17 PM
Can't pass up the opportunity to get these 2 on the big screen.
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/22/2025, 5:39 PM
@MCUKnight11 - I would be interested to see if we get all the Robins in this universe or will he have toomit some…

I guess it depends on the age they go for with Bruce.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 9/22/2025, 5:18 PM
Hopefully the buyout goes through and he's replaced
ClungeOfSteel
ClungeOfSteel - 9/22/2025, 5:49 PM
Was just watching some TDK & TDKR clips on YouTube.

Sigh, how far DC has fallen. 😭

After superman, I don't trust Gunn with Batman. 😫
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/22/2025, 6:12 PM
@ClungeOfSteel - TDKR is mediocre and Gunn wishes he was that
Astroman
Astroman - 9/22/2025, 5:58 PM
Well if he doesn’t care let’s go blue and gray then. Mix it up.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 9/22/2025, 6:03 PM
@Astroman - We just got that
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WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/22/2025, 6:13 PM
@HashTagSwagg - This suit is GOD awful but I think the colors are good
ElJefe
ElJefe - 9/22/2025, 6:01 PM
Did he say “supernatural”…?

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RolandD
RolandD - 9/22/2025, 6:03 PM
He’s absolutely right. The story is far more important but I do care what he looks like. I would love to see the white eyes, but if they go with blue and gray, I would want to see a very, very dark blue not like the blue that he used to have in the comics, or does he have it again now? I can’t keep up.
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/22/2025, 6:12 PM
He's saying that because all of his suits look like garish parody garbage. Maybe it SHOULD matter to him. Design is important no matter what he thinks!

Reboot the MCU and DCU
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/22/2025, 6:22 PM
As much as I believe Reeves is making the operatic/cinema experience driven Batman. A part of me yearns for fantastical elements that we've never seen before. The Snyderverse touched the surface of these elements but it was orchestrated in a so-so manner.

If anyone ever gets the chance to look up Ben Affleck's original Batman solo flick script/pitch it was amazing. Street fights all throughout Gotham with Slade and eveb him being stuck in Arkham Asylum with all of his villain gallery.

I really want one of these directors to tackle the Court of Owls, Under the Red Hood/Hush and maybe even an Arkham Asylum themed threequel to wrap everything up.

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