James Gunn denies this rumor about the next Dark Knight

After Superman: LegacyJames Gunn and Peter Safran must tell us several stories centered on cult DC characters. A DCU in the midst of an overhaul after the failure of its previous version, which will begin with fanfare in 2025. Speculation and rumors are rife in the meantime, the opportunity for James Gunn to help us sort out fact from fiction.

What about the successor to Ben Affleck and Robert Pattinson?

Supergirl: Woman of Tommorow, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Swamp Thing,The Authority, the DCU is still forming. The DC cinematic universe, imagined this time by James Gunn and Peter Safran, seems to be trying everything for the trick. It’s hard to see Warner spending hundreds of millions of dollars again to continue to multiply box office failures. Can superhero movies still work? It seems so. In any case, this is what has been proven Deadpool & Wolverine and its $1.2 billion in box office revenue.

Justice League

However, does James Gunn have the weapons to do as well, or even better, than Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine? Hard to say. The first film of this new DCU, Superman: Legacywill be released in 2025. The new Superman has already been found, in the person of David Corenswet. What about the others? Rumors are rife and many Internet users are speculating about the identities of the actors and actresses who will lend their features to Supergirl, Wonder Woman and of course, Batman.

Persistent rumors about the next Batman

While Robert Pattinson has proven himself to be the worthy successor to Christian Bale in The Batmanwith a sequel in the kitchenthe identity of the Dark Knight under the leadership of James Gunn remains to be defined. But now according to the Internet, DC Studios would have been looking for a “middle-aged” actor to play a Batman old enough to have a son of 10. Indeed, James Gunn would have planned to associate the Dark Knight to Damian Wayne, who would later become Robin.

Damian Wayne

But on Threads, Meta’s Twitter, James Gunn responded to these rumors, and he didn’t hold back. James Gunn was categorical, calling the idea “bullshit”, which could politely be translated as “bullshit”.

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In response to another comment questioning how such rumors could arise, the American director shared an image of two pairs of cartoon buttocks with eyes and mouths, suggesting that these rumors came from somewhere unimportant. illuminated. Mystery to follow.

Source: hitek.fr