James Gunn Reveals His Title For A (Hypothetical) BATMAN And SUPERMAN Team-Up Movie

James Gunn Reveals His Title For A (Hypothetical) BATMAN And SUPERMAN Team-Up Movie

Though we have no reason to believe that this is something currently in the planning stages, James Gunn has revealed his title for a potential Batman and Superman team-up movie...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 02, 2024 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman vs. Superman

While Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice certainly has its defenders, it's probably fair to say that it wasn't the Dark Knight/Man of Steel team-up movie a lot of fans were hoping for.

With the advent of the rebooted DCU and new movies focusing on Superman and Batman on the way, there's a good chance we will see these iconic heroes share the screen again at some point, and it sounds like DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn may have given the idea some thought.

The Superman director was asked what he would call a "hypothetical" team-up movie featuring just those characters on Threads, and revealed that is title would be World's Finest.

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Some have taken Gunn's response as a hint that a World's Finest project is actually in development, but if that was the case, something tells us he wouldn't have answered the question. We're sure the possibility has been discussed, but it's very early at DC Studios, and we still don't even know who will take on the roles of our new Caped Crusader in The Brave and The Bold.

Superman stars David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Isabel Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific, and Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho.

Sara Sampaio is on board as Lex's assistant/lover Eve Teschmacher, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell will play "Ma" and "Pa" Kent, and Milly Alcock's Supergirl has also been confirmed to make her debut ahead of her own Woman of Tomorrow movie.

We're still not sure exactly how these other superheroes will factor into the story, but Gunn has previously revealed that Superman's dual-life as both Clark Kent and the Man of Steel will be explored in the film, suggesting that these characters will be his "super friends." Whether they'll be part of an actual team or not remains to be seen.

As for The Brave and the Bold, The Flash director Andy Muschietti is still on board to helm the project (as far as we know), which will also introduce a very different Robin in the form of Damian Wayne, a "murderous tween raised by assassins who also happens to be the son Batman never knew he had."

"This is the introduction of the DCU's Batman," Gunn said of the movie when the Gods and Monsters slate was announced. "This is the story of Damian Wayne, who is Batman's actual son who we didn't know existed for the first eight to 10 years of his life. He was raised as a little murderer and assassin. He's a little son of a bitch. He's my favorite Robin. It's based on the Grant Morrison comic book's run, which is one of my favorite Batman runs, and we are putting that all together right now."

Peter Safran added, "And this is obviously a feature film, and it's going to feature other members of the extended 'Bat-family', just because we feel like they've been left out of the Batman stories in the theater for far too long."

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ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 9/2/2024, 11:52 AM
Of course tho
MahN166A
MahN166A - 9/2/2024, 11:59 AM
You could tell that the person asking that question hasn’t read ANY Batman or Superman comic books.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 9/2/2024, 12:23 PM
@MahN166A - lol exactly
kallel
kallel - 9/2/2024, 1:36 PM
@MahN166A - maybe im being conspiratorial but, maybe james gunn told a friend/employee to ask that question so that gunn can answer it and see the peoples reaction. it seems too convenient, "in the hypothetical case etc..."
i hear they do these kinda things nowadays in order to make more calculated decisions based on peoples reaction. its a good idea. either way, "worlds finest" is perfect.
MahN166A
MahN166A - 9/2/2024, 2:45 PM
@kallel -

I would honestly feel the same way you do, however, I have seen comments or posts in the same manner from a multitude of people who frequent the interwebz. So a large part of me just caves in to the possibility that this is a legitimate person who has no connection to Gunn whatsoever and is just an NPC who simply knows who Batman & Superman are simply because ALL HE KNOWS is the films.
MahN166A
MahN166A - 9/2/2024, 2:46 PM
@McMurdo -

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/2/2024, 12:03 PM
please bring back the nipples
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TheLight
TheLight - 9/2/2024, 12:08 PM


Hopefully with Brandon Sklenar as Bruce Wayne/Batman.



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Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 9/2/2024, 12:55 PM
@TheLight - he’s my choice too.
TheLight
TheLight - 9/2/2024, 7:03 PM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - Great minds, bud.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 9/2/2024, 12:10 PM
Canonize "The Batman".
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 9/2/2024, 1:28 PM
@r1g0r - i was kinda hoping the dcu would call him caped crusader since a film/tv series has not used that moniker yet and it would set gunns films apart from the rest
The1st
The1st - 9/2/2024, 6:19 PM
@r1g0r - User Comment Image
RockBottom
RockBottom - 9/2/2024, 12:29 PM
This man gets us.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/2/2024, 12:32 PM
Ok , you can tell there’s no real news right now lol…

Also , hell yes to The Worlds Finest!!.

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GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/2/2024, 12:36 PM
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice, our buddy Zack Snyder still thinks it was really cool to have Superman fight Batman in their first on-screen team-up and call the movie "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice".
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HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 9/2/2024, 1:58 PM
@GeneralZod - He wanted it to be called Batman v Superman, because he was influenced by The Dark Knight Returns.

It was WB who demanded it be subtitled, "Dawn of Justice." So you can't blame Snyder for that.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/2/2024, 2:25 PM
@HistoryofMatt - Dawn of Justice would have been fine. It's the BvS that was DOA.
BeNice123
BeNice123 - 9/2/2024, 9:14 PM
@HistoryofMatt - 🤣 and you really believe that. 💀
BeNice123
BeNice123 - 9/2/2024, 9:12 PM
@Superspecialawesomeguy - he gets it, but does he have what it takes to build it.
TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 9/2/2024, 1:22 PM
Such a no brainer, can't believe that Snyder dropped that ball.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 9/2/2024, 2:00 PM
Well at least he's respecting the source material.
grif
grif - 9/2/2024, 2:43 PM
what a huge [frick]ing surprise

TheShape9859
TheShape9859 - 9/2/2024, 3:00 PM
The only name acceptable for it
Fogs
Fogs - 9/2/2024, 4:11 PM
Oh yeah. He gets it.
I was thinking World's Finest even before reading his response.

Too bad they didn't go that route in BvS, things could've gone a different way.
ManDeth
ManDeth - 9/2/2024, 4:50 PM
Gunn has to make a hit DC movie first. WB is almost broke and will have spent over $300 million on Legacy. There is no indication Legacy will be a massive hit. Gunn couldn't even grow the initial audience for GOTG even during the MCU's peak.
Earleverlasting
Earleverlasting - 9/2/2024, 10:30 PM
@ManDeth - that’s your opinion what are you smoking? What do you mean this movie won’t be a massive hit James plans ahead of time he’s organized according to his Twitter do you even pay attention? Do you bother to look at his Twitter? You have no business criticizing James unless you’re Snyder cult Who makes nothing but polarizing movies
Earleverlasting
Earleverlasting - 9/2/2024, 10:27 PM
James needs to see this YouTube video. It’s a good fan video of world’s finest, which includes Robert Pattison and David cornsweat. And their chemistry all that video was spot on there was more depth please include Robert Pattinson in dcu
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Allredsun
Allredsun - 9/4/2024, 7:41 AM
“Just don’t mess it up man!” Is my mentality towards James Gunn. This will be the first B/S film where the head of the company would be directing. Fascinating time to be alive.

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