DC Studios is in no rush to get The Brave and the Bold into production.
In a recent interview with Collider, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn was asked about the lack of updates on the Batman movie, which will be set in the DC Universe. So far, the only major update the movie has received since its initial announcement was the appointment of Andy Muschietti as its director.
However, while fans would likely love to see the DCU’s Batman sooner rather than later, Gunn explained that he is not the type of studio head who will rush a movie into production before they have an idea that is worthy of being greenlit.
“There’s no set timeline for anything. The one thing that I’ve tried to make clear to people from the beginning, in the way that I hope we’re different, is that everything in DC is going to be based on the writers,” he stated. “Until we have a screenplay that I’m totally happy with, that movie is not going to get made, no matter what it is.”
He went on to explain how this process has resulted in some projects happening sooner than others like Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and Lanterns, both of which are casting ahead of January 2025 filming start dates.
“So, we have been really fortunate with some screenplays. You know, Supergirl came in and just, wow Ana [Nogueria] did such an amazing job, the Lanterns pilot came in, and now the whole Lanterns series came in, and it’s like ‘Wow that’s wonderful, wonderful work,'” Gunn continued. “And there’s a couple of other things that people don’t know about, a couple of movies and TV shows that are greenlit or near greenlit.”
He concluded, “But it’s going to be based always on that, on the story, because at the end of the day if we’re happy with the story that we’re telling, that’s what matters most. And once The Brave and the Bold gets to that point, then we’ll make the movie.”
The Brave and the Bold will be based on writer Grant Morrison and artist Any Kubert’s run on DC Comics’ Batman, specifically their 2006 comic book story arc, “Batman and Son”, which focuses on Bruce Wayne learning that he has fathered a son, Damian, with Talia al Ghul, the daughter of his nemesis, Ra’s al Ghul.
The Brave and the Bold does not yet have a release date. Creature Commandos, the first entry in the DCU, premieres on Max on December 5, 2024.
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