If you have DC Studios, the film, television and video game company DC Comics using its huge roster of characters for our entertainment and their financial gain, your passionate fan base should focus on what's coming now rather than what's to come. Outside of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy and Patty Jenkins' “Wonder Woman” (no, her “Wonder Woman 1984”), Todd Phillips' “Joker” (we'll get to the sequel in a moment), and Matt Reeves' “The Batman,” DC Studios (ex DC Films) is a complete and utter disaster. When it handed creative reins to Zack Snyder after the somewhat underwhelming blockbuster success of “Man of Steel” ($225 million-plus production to $668 million worldwide, Nolan’s billion-dollar smashes “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises”), it created “Justice League.” ” promised a lackluster run, even its director's cut was oddly unhappy.
Snyder's run had its supporters (ahem), but the box office reflects an overall lack of enthusiasm compared to the spectacular, well-planned Marvel Cinematic Universe run from 2008's “Iron Man” to 2019's “Avengers: Endgame.” Factor in Todd Phillips' brand-spanking new failure of “Joke Folly à Deux,” a critical and commercial failure that sent the first film's legions of fans into a frenzy, and what's to come can't get here soon enough.
DC Studios' hard reboot hits the big screen on July 11, 2025, when James Gunn's “Superman” kicks off the early “Gods and Monsters” phase of his superhero reign (he now runs the studio with Peter Safran). Official details are given in excitingly brief slivers. Aside from acting, Gunn has cited Grant Morrison's work as an influence on his portrayals of Superman, Green Lantern and Batman, but we still don't understand how the “Guardians of the Galaxy” director will marry the writer's work. to his feelings.
While he'll be portraying DC Studios' flagship Batman (in terms of box office), we do know this: The gun-caped crusader is set to star alongside Damian Wayne's Robin, aka Bruce Wayne's son Talia Al Ghul. For the first 10 years of his life, Damian trained to be a world-class assassin. However, she does not tend to his emotional development, which makes him a handful for Bruce, who observes him relatively closely.
A tough reboot means a new cast, so Gunn says goodbye to Ben Affleck's Batman — a shame as he's a great actor who won't get a chance to leave his mark on the character. We know the full cast of “Superman” and now we’ve learned that Aaron Pear will play Jon Stewart opposite Kyle Sandler’s Hal Jordan in the Gun-related HBO series “Lanterns,” comic book fans will see Bruce Wayne in Andy Muschietti’s development of “The Brave and the Bold”/ Batman is understandably in full fan-casting mode.
Since we're hoping to get a Batman before Robin, I'm going to throw out five actors who pitch in for Bruce, who's faced with a young killing machine who wants to be his dad's sidekick, but isn't. Hot on Bob's no-kill rule. These are arranged in order of priority.
