DC Studios co-president James Gunn went on a podcast to discuss Batman casting for the new DCU movie-verse.
In the one-shot podcast “The Suicide Squad: Is It Canon? The Official Podcast”, Gunn speaks teases that a Batman casting for the DCU is in the near future. However, Gunn also warns against any online rumors at the moment. He has yet to actually find an actor to play the Dark Knight.
“It won’t be too long before we’re casting Batman. We haven’t cast yet, by the way — all the people thinking he’ll show up in this or that, it’s all bullsh–. When we do cast the DCU Batman, which isn’t very far away, if I gave somebody a day role in ‘The Suicide Squad’ that is going to be the best Batman, I’m not going to rule him out from that. I want to get everybody into account. One of the things that excites me about casting Batman is being able to pick a Batman who’s actually the best actor for that role. Superman’s have always been chosen based on who the best actor for that role is. And for some reason, Batman’s are always chosen as movie stars.”
James Gunn on Casting a Batman Who is a Contemporary to Superman
James Gunn also confirmed that whoever is casted as Batman will need to be similar age to Superman actor David Corenswet. This insistence on the two characters being close in age sounds like hints of world where Batman and Superman are friends ala The Worlds Finest.
“People are always looking for little hints about the casting of Batman. Roughly, Batman and Superman are around the same age. I don’t think they’re drastically different ages. They’re future best pals, contemporaries.”
Incidentally, Corenswet is currently age 33. So that means we would have to find a Batman that is in his mid-30’s.
Nothing else was mentioned about Batman’s role in the DCU. There was no talk about cameos or the allegedly-still occurring Brave and the Bold movie. Hopefully, once we get an actor named, the rest will fall into place soon after.
Source: Variety.com
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