Recent coverage seemingly confirms the rumors of who is directingBatman: The Brave and the Boldfor James Gunn’s upcoming DCU reboot. However, without confirmation from DC Studios or those parties involved, it is still just a rumor at the end of the day.While promotingThe Flash, Andy and Barbara Muschietti have been asked if they would be willing to stick around for theJames Gunn DCU reboot, specifically forBatman: The Brave and the Bold.The Muschietti siblings have noted it’s too early to discuss such possibilities but insist they are still part of the DC Studios family. This implies that those discussions are happening, seeing how it is something that they can’t talk about yet, but that doesn’t make it a done deal. Even so, this possibility gained traction among insiders, and the floodgates opened to multiple claims reporting it as fact.RELATED:The Flash Director Plays Coy When Asked About Possibility Of Directing DCU BatmanAfter confirming with “multiple sources,”One Take Newsreported that Andy Muschietti is set to directBatman: The Brave and the Boldafterearly praise forThe Flash. “This news shouldn’t come as a surprise,” OTN states. “Muschietti’s future with DC has long been teased and James Gunn himself has said he wanted Muschietti for another project.” However, OTN also reports that Warner Bros. Discovery has not responded to their “multiple requests for comment,” so despite what is being said behind the scenes, it is still early enough for anything to happen, especially sinceThe Flashhas not come out yet.
To further this,MyTimeToShineHelloconfirmed these rumors and added thatThe Flashscreenwriter Christina Hodson, who also wroteBirds of Prey, is set to writeBatman: The Brave and the Bold. Some people criticizedBirds of Preyfor how it depicted Bat Family member Cassandra Cain. So,Batman: The Brave and the Boldmay be an opportunity for Hodson to have a second chance at writinga Batman Family filmafter losing the battle against Warner Bros. to adapt a more comic-accurate depiction of Cain. That said, scooperUmberto Gonzalezalleges Hodson is not writingThe Brave and the Bold. Gonzalez makes this claim despite crediting MyTimeToShineHello for having solid sourcing in a separate post claiming neither Andy Muschietti nor Hodson has a deal with Warner Bros. due to the writers' strike, which might be the only reason an official announcement hasn’t been made one way or the other.
IfThe Flashbombs at the box office, the early praise may no longer matter, which would recontextualize the desire for Muschietti to direct and Hodson to write under those same pretenses. Fans may remember the fiasco between Warner Bros. and Ben Affleck when the actor was confirmed to write, direct, and star in hisBatmanfilm only for Affleck to exit from the project altogether, and the honor of directing ultimately went toMatt Reeves and the film becomingThe Batmanwith Robert Pattinson. The takeaway is that the Muschietti siblings and DC Studios are in talks behind the scenes and thatBatman: Brave and the Boldis likely on the table, but it is still too early to say what will happen, especially without confirmation from the studio andThe Flashnot having released yet.
Batman: The Brave and the Boldis in development at DC Studios.
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