SUPERMAN Director James Gunn On Casting DCU's Batman, Hush In THE BATMAN 2 Rumors, And TEEN TITANS' Robin

SUPERMAN Director James Gunn On Casting DCU's Batman, Hush In THE BATMAN 2 Rumors, And TEEN TITANS' Robin

DC Studios co-CEO has shared some new DCU updates, including whether The Brave and the Bold's lead has been cast, rumours Hush will appear in The Batman Part II, and all those Teen Titans/Robin rumours.

By JoshWilding - Aug 04, 2025 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Brave and the Bold

Superman director and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn is back on Threads, and this time offered some minor updates on a few upcoming projects.

Despite repeatedly saying that The Brave and the Bold and Batman are a priority for DC Studios following Superman's release, the filmmaker started by confirming he and Peter Safran still haven't cast the next Caped Crusader. It's clear now that we're unlikely to see the hero make a cameo appearance in next year's Clayface movie, despite it being set in the DCU. 

Gunn also addressed persistent rumours that Hush is the main villain in Matt Reeves' The Batman Part II. While he didn't flat-out debunk the character's involvement in the long-delayed sequel, he also cautioned that fans shouldn't believe everything they read online. 

Thomas Elliot would be a fitting choice of big bad for Reeves' next movie. Still, with production expected to begin early next year, it surely won't be that much longer until we start hearing some casting news for DC Studios' first "Elseworlds" tale. 

Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira was tapped to write a Teen Titans movie for DC Studios, but has since shifted focus to the Wonder Woman reboot (another supposed priority for Gunn and Safran). Much has been said about which characters will lead the team of teenage superheroes, including which Robin will be front and centre. 

Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Damian Wayne—who will be introduced in The Brave and the Bold—are all contenders, and online scoopers have led us to believe that DC Studios has flip-flopped between Tim and Damian. Not so, according to Gunn. 

"There's really no new updates," Gunn recently said of The Brave and the Bold"I mean, we're working on a script. We have a screenwriter who's hammering away at it. I'm very involved, and so, you know, we'll see what happens next. I wish I had more news for you, but I don't."

Pushed on whether Robert Pattinson's Caped Crusader could join the DCU, he said, "It would be a consideration. We’d have to think about it. We’d have to think about it. It is not like we’ve never discussed it. I would never say zero [chance], because you just never know. But it’s not likely. It’s not likely at all."

Fans continue to express a desire to see The Batman's lead star share the screen alongside David Corenswet's Man of Tomorrow. Unfortunately, it seems like little more than wishful thinking, and it remains doubtful that Pattinson would want to take on such a big superhero franchise commitment.

The Batman Part II remains scheduled for release on October 1, 2027.

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/4/2025, 7:27 AM
WB/DCU James Gunn to their fans.

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/4/2025, 7:36 AM
@AllsGood - WB/DCU James Gunn will wait to see if Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow next year is a Box Office Hit. Before Announcing anything new.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/4/2025, 8:40 AM
@AllsGood - I don't get that gif.
Gunn is consistently available to not only have discussions with fans, but disprove rumors going around. He definitely listens to and cares about his fans.
To a point that Gunn will continuously re-answer the same questions over and over.

Gunn is definitely friendly with and available to his fans.
noname
noname - 8/4/2025, 11:54 AM
@lazlodaytona - Familiarity breeds content. Gunn has made himself SOOOOOOOOO available to the fans that morons like "AllsGood" confuse their own bitterness for his. People have no sense of self awareness.

MOST PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY FKN STUPID.
noname
noname - 8/4/2025, 11:58 AM
@AllsGood - What the fuk are you even talking about?

James Gunn is the MOST accessible person in Hollywood working at his level. People like you are such fkn losers. It actually bothers me cause you just go around mischaracterizing people and think no one's gonna check you on your bullshit? You have no honour. Deep in your heart you're a cocksucker.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/4/2025, 12:19 PM
@noname - James Gunn is the MOST accessible person in Hollywood working to say NOPE to everything.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/4/2025, 2:00 PM
@noname - definitely can't argue that
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 8/4/2025, 7:35 AM
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Astroman
Astroman - 8/4/2025, 7:53 PM
@DarthOmega - the Bat smirk makes it so much worse.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 8/4/2025, 7:44 AM
#JamesGunnWontStopTalking
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 8/4/2025, 8:34 AM
@JoshWilding - You should know better.

Our # has always been #Shutthe[frick]upJamesGunn lol

You need to find out who does his [frick]ing PR, mate. Let's trash the [frick]er.

I will be way [frick]ing up for that.

For [frick]s Sake
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/4/2025, 8:42 AM
@THEKENDOMAN - @JoshWilding

So juvenile
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/4/2025, 9:51 AM
@JoshWilding - That tends to happen when you are constantly asked questions
MR
MR - 8/4/2025, 7:47 AM
So these aren’t updates at all it seems. Pointless article.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 8/4/2025, 8:13 AM
Gunn making it very hard for journalists to create topics about the DCU lol
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 8/4/2025, 8:44 AM
@mastakilla39 - it clearly doesn't stop them tho lol
MR
MR - 8/4/2025, 4:55 PM
@mastakilla39 - I don’t see a journalist anywhere in sight.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 8/4/2025, 8:44 AM
Eventually we'll get articles from tweets like "James is it true you had mac and cheese for dinner? There were conflicting reports you had pizza and that it wasn't delivery; it was DiGiorno."
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/4/2025, 8:48 AM
Anyone else see a growing sentiment online of having Henry Cavill as the next Bruce Wayne/Batman?
I'm sure that's not happening but man it'd be awesome to see it. Gunn & Saffron casting Henry would be the biggest middle finger to the DCEU and WBs (which I'm sure WBs/D would NEVER let that casting happen) for F'ing up with everything before Gunn's regime.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/4/2025, 9:56 AM
@lazlodaytona - I see a lot of Battinson in the DCU wishes.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 8/4/2025, 10:36 AM
@lazlodaytona - That would be a little too Meta, even for Gunn. But yeah, it’d be pretty cool. Cavill’s intensity is much more suited to Bats.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/4/2025, 10:45 AM
@ObserverIO - same. .I truly think that's not gonna happen
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 8/4/2025, 10:47 AM
@lazlodaytona - Glen Powell for me

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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/4/2025, 11:02 AM
@DarthOmega - Someone's gotta find Glen Powell a cbm role. Don't think Batman's a good fit though. He's way too vanilla for Batman. He woulda been an okay-ish Green Lantern (Hal).

What about a rebooted Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD?
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/4/2025, 1:59 PM
@DarthOmega - good call
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/4/2025, 9:16 AM
So basically…

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Kidding aside (kinda) , I feel Hush would be too remisnicent of Reeve’s version of Riddler so I think it would be best to go in a different and maybe more psychological direction with Hugo Strange.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 8/4/2025, 10:25 AM
Maybe if they brought in a 5th they'd get something done
Forthas
Forthas - 8/4/2025, 10:35 AM
After the failure of Superman, I am sure that James Gunn and his glorified secretary Peter Safran are on a short leash. No more lunatic money losing ideas like the Authority, or Waller the cast of which would no doubt bare a striking resemblance to the Gunn family photo album.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 8/4/2025, 10:37 AM
@Forthas - You’re having too much fun, you’re slowly slipping into self-parody lol
AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/4/2025, 11:35 AM
@Forthas - After Superman Flop you will NEVER see a Superman Solo Movie ever again.

No more Reboots for Superman from WB.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/4/2025, 11:24 AM
I've never really cared for Hush. I know thats blasphemy, and the Hush story was good. But the character himself just isn't interesting to me. There are way more villains I would like to see before that.
TheJester187
TheJester187 - 8/4/2025, 11:42 AM
@CorndogBurglar - Feel the same about Rah Al ghul. And other villains Batman had in films. All for Hush and Joker.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/4/2025, 12:12 PM
@CorndogBurglar - I feel the same. The reason Hush was a classic had very little to do with the actual character himself. It was Jim Lee's first big DC comic and with the company's biggest character. It was the kind of Batman nobody had dared imagine and it was like Loeb's modern version of The Long Halloween. It was also like Batman the movie the comic. By that I mean that they celebrated everything about Batman in that series. They had every sidekick every major villain, they touched on all the major story beats in Batman's history, homaged every Batmobile and costume, had him fight Superman right in the middle, etc.

Hush was just window dressing.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/4/2025, 12:52 PM
@ObserverIO - Agree completely.
TheJester187
TheJester187 - 8/4/2025, 11:43 AM
Hush, Joker & Mr. Freeze. Hush is for sure in it. Rumors of him being the villain have been talked about. Prolly no Clayface now.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 8/4/2025, 12:34 PM
Did he not subtly suggest that Beast Boy isn't part of the line up though?

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