James Gunn Insists the DCU’s Batman Will NOT Be Middle-Aged

There is an internet rumor that DC is looking for a middle-aged man to play the Batman in the new DC universe being created by James Gunn and Peter Safran. And while this rumor has been prevalent for some time now, fans were never able to figure out where it was coming from.

The impression was that it was something Gunn had said, but the only thing I could find was Gunn saying that Batman would be a few years older than Superman. This might also stem from the idea that Brave and the Bold, the film Batman is supposed to be in, will also feature his son, Damien Wayne as Robin. But Batman could easily be in his mid-thirties and have a teenage son.

Well, in a recent post being made by another “internet scooper” who claimed they were looking for an older Batman, Gunn responded by saying “BullS**t”. He would go on to add, “Sometimes the rumor folks get information wrong – but other times they seem to just make stuff up for clicks out of whole cloth. This is one of those times.” Gunn has stated in the past that no casting would take place until a script was completed and approved and he has confirmed that the only two DC projects in pre-production right now are Supergirl: The Woman of Tomorrow and Lanterns, both of which have had casting announcements.

At this point there is no script nor director for Brave and the Bold, so who knows how it will turn out in the end.

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