James Gunn Confirms George Clooney Will NOT Be The DCU's Batman In THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD

@HAILHYDRA - some people here think Josh Wilding collects a paycheck from disney for what he posts on this site, so never underestimate what people can be confused by.

@HAILHYDRA - Well, Gunn has said repeatedly that The Flash resets the universe and George Clooney is revealed as Bruce Wayne at the end of that universe. Yet Gunn has also stated that he will not be the Batman in Brave and the Bold.

If that's not confusing, I don't know what is.
He's also said that Waller picks up after the cliffhanger at the end of Peacemaker season 1. Peacemaker season 1 featured the Justice League with Ezra as The Flash and Momoa as Aquaman.

But I think I'm getting it now. He said that Superman Legacy will be the true start of the new DCU. And now he says
"Everything from [Superman: Legacy] forward will be canon and will be connected. We’re using some actors from the past. We’re not using other actors from the past, but everything from that moment will be connected and consistent."

That suggests that nothing before Superman Legacy is canon.

So I think maybe my previous Clooneyverse theory might be true.
I think that the Flash rests the DCU into the Clooneyverse and that everything from The Flash to Superman Legacy is Clooneyverse. I also think that we could consider TSS and Peacemaker Clooneyverse since we don't see Batman in there (and I can totally see the Bat Mite thing playing out with Clooney's Batman).

So I would theorize that the following could be considered Clooneyverse:

Batman Forever.
Batman & Robin.
The Suicide Squad.
Peacemaker.
The Flash (just the end scene and after-credits scene).
Blue Beetle.
Aquaman and the Lost Turd.
Creature Commandos.
Waller.

Then everything changes in Waller and Superman Legacy is the true reboot.

If you remember the end of Peacemaker...
(SPOILERS if you haven't seen it)


... Waller is exposed to the media. This means that all of her files have probably been leaked to the press, including her files on the Justice League exposing their identities and putting their loved ones in danger, compromising the good they can do.
So maybe Wonder Woman uses the Dream Stone from WW84 to change reality.

It's be neat if they have an emergency meeting at the Hall of Justice for them all to take a vote on it. We could see other non-canon members of the Justice League other than just Ezra, Momoa and Clooney. Maybe Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern and Brandon Routh as Superman? Just spitballing.

But we don't REALLY know what's gong to happen because Gunn hasn't really been too specific about continuity yet. Nobody knows what continuity any of the projects before Superman Legacy are set in. Or what James Gunn means when he says that The Flash resets the DCU.

@TheShape9859 - Insulting isn't appropriate. I'd find their confusion understandable if they expect events within a movie to have a point to the story going forward.

@dagenspear - - '89 and Forever both nailed it. They feel the most like Batman and are the two movies from that series that had widest appeal, commercially.

@MCUKnight11 - Jon Hamm would've been a great casting choice 10-20 years ago. But now he is just, unfortunately, too old to start out as Batman. He also hasn't been usually that interested in the role, either, even when people started to fancast him during the biggest Mad Men hype. Shame, too. He really would've been near-perfect for the part.

@MCUKnight11 - no and no.

@MCUKnight11 - Or Oliver Jackson Cohen or Ethan Peck. Maybe Henry Golding?

@PlusUltra -

It buried The Flash into the Clooneyverse so they don't need to use him (or the SnyderVerse) any more.

@PlusUltra - I don't think his film is set after the Flash. He has said that his Superman Legacy is the actual beginning of a new canon. Nothing in the past films will count at all.

Even if an actor reprises the role, its a whole new canon and will have a whole new origin. So we could essentially get 2 wonder woman and aquaman origin films that are completely different and set in 2 separate universes but just played by the same actor. Blue Beetle is already confirmed to be non-canon but the actor will reprise his role in a future film....so if this upcoming films sux, the reboot isn't that far away.

@JohnPain - That would make no sense - narratively! Ben Affleck's batman is his friend. He has no relationship with Clooney's Batman not to mention the Justice League. It would be odd that he would just let all of that go.

@PatientXero - The sex cannibal? Yeah, seems like a safe choice.

@tmp3 - the fact that Gunn said they are far away from casting work on BATB makes me wonder if he will let Reeves finish his trilogy before starting development. Seems like a stretch I know, but it’s such a bad idea to have 2 capes crusaders at the same time. Gunn has to see this…you would hope