Blake Lively Campaigns For IT ENDS WITH US Co-Star Brandon Sklenar To Play BATMAN In The DCU

Blake Lively Campaigns For IT ENDS WITH US Co-Star Brandon Sklenar To Play BATMAN In The DCU

Blake Lively thinks her It Ends With Us co-star Brandon Sklenar would make a great Batman, and has now made James Gunn aware of the growing support for the actor to suit-up in the DCU...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 13, 2024 02:11 PM EST
Filed Under: The Brave and the Bold

Though we weren't aware of this until now, there's been growing online support for Brandon Sklenar to play the Dark Knight in the upcoming DCU The Brave and the Bold Movie, and the fan campaign has now been given a major boost thanks to the actor's It Ends With Us co-star.

Sklenar had already liked a few comments and expressed interest in suiting-up as the Caped Crusader on social media, and Blake Lively has now tagged DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn in an Instagram post to let him know how great she thinks Sklenar would be in the role.

Is there a chance anything will come of this? Well, this sort of campaign has paid off in the past, and a lot of people believe that Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge) landed the role of John Stewart in Lanterns due to how frequently he was fan-cast as the hero.

There have also been rumors that DC is looking to cast a middle-aged actor as Bruce Wayne, so at 34, Sklenar might be a little young.

Even if this does get Sklenar some attention from the studio, it's probably still way too early for anyone to be in serious contention to play the next big-screen Batman.

In addition to It Ends With Us, Sklenar has appeared in Emily the Criminal, The Big Ugly, Midway, and Yellowstone spin-off series, 1923.

As far as we know, The Flash director Andy Muschietti is still on board to helm the movie.

"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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WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 11/13/2024, 2:08 PM
He doesn’t have the chin for the cowl.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/13/2024, 2:33 PM
@WruceBayne - neither did Keaton and Patterson
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/13/2024, 2:33 PM
@dragon316 - forgot Adam west
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/13/2024, 3:34 PM
@dragon316 - or Bale. Actually, this Sklenar guy probably has the best cowl chin.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 11/13/2024, 4:14 PM
@dragon316 - Pattinson has a great chin for batman
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 11/13/2024, 6:43 PM
@BraveNewClunge - I thought so.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 11/13/2024, 6:45 PM
@Ryguy88 - not in my opinion. See, I figured Affleck had the best chin for the cowl. Sklenar seems to round for me. 🤷🏾‍♂️
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/13/2024, 2:09 PM
How about Firestorm, Animal Man, The Flash (Barry Allen), or LITERALLY ANY CHARACTER BESIDES BATMAN?!?!?
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 11/13/2024, 4:09 PM
@soberchimera - Yeah, he doesn't look like Batman or Bruce Wayne for that matter. Not a good choice. He could be a good choice for a number of other roles.
QuietStorm
QuietStorm - 11/13/2024, 2:10 PM
I dont know anything about the guy but the internet says he's 6'2" which means in his batman gear and boots he'll be a smidge shorter than Superman. I'll take that.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/13/2024, 2:35 PM
@QuietStorm - can’t be any worse than Don cheadle as Jim Rohdes he’s foot shorter than comic height of Jim rhodes and a lot less less muscle saw comments about that actor as non comic accuate
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/13/2024, 2:12 PM
6′ 2″.....? the guy is basically a midget
TheLobster
TheLobster - 11/13/2024, 6:45 PM
@harryba11zack -

Keaton 5’9
Bale 6’0
Pattinson 6’1
Affleck 6’2
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 11/13/2024, 2:13 PM
Marvel needs to hurry up and cast him for

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99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 11/13/2024, 2:16 PM
Random.🤣
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/13/2024, 2:16 PM
I can't help but feel the DCU is [frick]ed, after seeing the positive response to Penguin.

Remember how the Batman was a vague success and then every DC movie after that flopped, including the Joker sequel? Remember how the DCEU had 8 flops in a row after the first Joker?

I predict right here and now that the second they have a DCU Batman (a lesser, secondary Batman not canon to The Batman) the DCU will have flop after flop after flop. I predict that they will no longer have one film break even again after that. Just like the DCEU. That will happen to the DCU.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 11/13/2024, 2:20 PM
@ObserverIO - Might just be my own pessimism but I can't help but agree with something going wrong and the DCU not lasting that long. It will probably be at the fault of Zaslav.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/13/2024, 2:26 PM
@ObserverIO - What I can see happening is the DCU Batman being introduced in Justice League and making appearances in other movies until Reeves' trilogy is done. That way, they have their DCU Batman but won't have to worry about competing with Reeves'. They can have their cake and eat it too.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/13/2024, 2:34 PM
@TheJok3r - But there would still be a lesser, secondary Batman in those films, which would make the universe and franchise seem lesser by association. In fact just having him be a crossover Batman, like Batfleck, would immediately make that Batman seem even less lesser, if that's possible.

If there was no sign of Batman or any characters in The Batman franchise like Penguin, Catwoman etc. until Reeves has finished his trilogy, then they could probably have both franchises running simultaneously. Because then it's just like the MCU and the FoX-Men franchises.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/13/2024, 2:37 PM
@TheJok3r - Unless they cast Pattinson to be both the DCU Batman and regular Matt Reeves Batman. I could se that working.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/13/2024, 2:54 PM
@ObserverIO - Reeves and Gunn already said that won't happen. As for the DCU Batman being viewed as less, I don't agree with it. In fact, introducing that Batman in other films could build up major hype for his solo movies, if people really like him. Look at all the hype Black Panther got as a result of being in Civil War. Also, by the time this DCU Batman is introduced, Reeves will only have one movie to go, so it's not like he'll be on the sideline for very long. The DCU Batman could be introduced in someone else's movie in 2028, The Batman III releases in 2029, then DCU Batman gets his solo movie in 2030 or 2031...god I feel old.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/13/2024, 2:58 PM
@TheJok3r - But Black Panther didn't already have a massively popular non-MCU franchise of his own.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/13/2024, 3:02 PM
@TheJok3r - Imagine if the Chadwick Boseman Black Panther had already come out and followed up with a successful M'Baku TV series building up hype for a Black Panther 2, then Civil War introduced a new Black Panther that wasn't Chadwick Boseman.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/13/2024, 3:03 PM
(in this hypothesis Chadwick Boseman would not be dead of course, since neither is Robert Pattinson)
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/13/2024, 3:07 PM
@TheJok3r - He's being introduced in the Brave and the Bold and it will come out years before the Batman part 3. I also predict the Batman Part 2 is hailed as a lesser film to the original by critics.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/13/2024, 3:09 PM
@ObserverIO - we need a comic accurate Batman. Kurt Cobain Batman is fun as an elseworlds story but he cannot interact outside of his self contained cityscape.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/13/2024, 3:24 PM
@McMurdo - Wrong on both. The Brave and the Bold will not come out before III, that's if it comes out at all and isn't completely changed into something else. As for II being viewed as lesser than I, why would you even think that ?
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 11/13/2024, 2:18 PM
Feel like it'll be between him and Elordi. 2 tall, dark and handsome stars on the rise around the same age as Corenswet.
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McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/13/2024, 3:04 PM
@MCUKnight11 - Elordi isn't even in the conversation bud. He's fifteen and is just a set of eyes.
RolandD
RolandD - 11/13/2024, 3:24 PM
@MCUKnight11 - I wouldn’t mind the same age as Corenswet but Gunn has already said that he would be older.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 11/13/2024, 2:23 PM
If he's the popular fancast it will probably happen because it already did twice.
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dragon316
dragon316 - 11/13/2024, 2:37 PM
@MCUKnight11 - kang and valkery had no fan cast stuff movies there black in comics there white forgot taskmaster no fan casting
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/13/2024, 2:40 PM
Yes please!!.

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Him being in his mid 30’s (34 specifically) might be a bit young depending on how large the Bat Family is in the DCU and him having a young son but he could have gotten involved with Talia when he was traveling the world in this iteration and learning?.
Chasekeane
Chasekeane - 11/13/2024, 3:41 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Think you'll find its quite easy to have a 10-12 year old son by 34...
grif
grif - 11/13/2024, 2:40 PM
eyes seem really close together on this guy
EnergyVamp
EnergyVamp - 11/13/2024, 2:40 PM
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folieaturd
folieaturd - 11/13/2024, 2:41 PM
Sorry, sweetheart, Not in this lifetime
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 11/13/2024, 2:47 PM
Each new Batman should be bigger than the previous. 6,2 is pretty weak, Affleck set the standard at 6,4, anyone that follows needs to put the same time and work in and be taller.
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JayLemle
JayLemle - 11/13/2024, 3:33 PM
@HashTagSwagg - that's a really good point! I'm a fan of Affleck films, but I've never noticed his height. Now, you're gonna have me noticing his height whenever I watch his movies LOL. Affleck definitely nailed the physique though.

On a side note, I did like Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne in TDKR (my fave of the three). He looked like he was sickly and injured.
JayLemle
JayLemle - 11/13/2024, 3:34 PM
@HashTagSwagg - I forgot to mention that after I heard Tom Cruise uses platformed shoes to look taller, I try to focus on his height, hahaha.
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