With the upcoming launch of Superman, a new Batman movie in the works, and confirmation that a new Wonder Woman film is in development, the obvious next question is whether we’ll see the super trio team up in the rebooted DCU at some point. Based on comments from James Gunn, that sounds likely.
Speaking to Deadline on the red carpet for Superman, Gunn, who wrote and directed the film and is stewarding DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, was asked if there’s a chance fans will get to see Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman on the big screen together.
Gunn’s response made it clear a teamup is on the cards: “Of course! Yeah!”
However, he qualified that statement by saying it won’t happen for some time: “But not in the next movie.” Presumably this is a reference to next year’s Supergirl.
Deadline then followed up to ask if there were talks of it happening at some point in the next few years, and Gunn pushed back on the idea of formal talks happening at this point.
“You have to remember that all this stuff is talks in my head,” he said. “So there’s a lot of chatter in my head that does a lot of things. The DCU is chatter in my head, not talks.”
James Gunn discusses a reunion between Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman on the big screen: “Of course, yeah! But, not in the next movie” pic.twitter.com/RK8FhqOJfU
— Deadline (@DEADLINE) July 2, 2025
Clearly, Gunn is mentally at least preparing for all three characters to join forces eventually, but when that happens is anyone’s guess. While Superman has a release date, as do 2026’s Supergirl and Clayface, other DCU projects seem rather nebulous. Chief among them is Batman, which Gunn himself recently called “my biggest issue in all of DC right now.”
In February, Gunn and Safran confirmed The Brave and the Bold will introduce a new Batman into the DCU, ruling out current Batman actor Robert Pattinson in the process. At the time, Safran and Gunn said Pattinson would play Batman in director Matt Reeves’ Batman universe, dubbed The Batman Epic Crime Saga, only. Pattinson played Batman in 2022’s The Batman, with The Batman – Part 2 confirmed to be in development.
However, last year The Batman Part 2 was delayed once again, this time to October 1, 2027. If this date stands, it will end up being five years between the world first seeing Robert Pattinson become the Dark Knight and again in its sequel.
And what does this mean for the timing of The Brave and the Bold? Gunn faces the potentially confusing situation of having two actors playing Batman in movies across two different DC universes.
As of February, The Brave and the Bold was said to be in “very active development,” and the story was “coming together very nicely.” But is The Flash director Andy Muschietti still directing? Gunn and Safran are developing the script, and will show it to Muschietti “when we have it in a place where we think it’s ready to go… and see if it’s a fit for him,” Safran said earlier this year. “I’m very, very actively involved in that script,” Gunn added, also earlier this year.
Speaking more recently on Batman, Gunn said he’s not actually writing The Brave and the Bold, but is working with an unnamed writer to “get it right.”
“Batman’s my biggest issue in all of DC right now, personally,” he said. “And it’s not — I’m not writing Batman, but I am working with the writer of Batman and trying to get it right, because he’s incredibly important to DC, as is Wonder Woman.
“So outside of the stuff that I’m doing in the projects that are actively going, our two priorities are finishing our Wonder Woman and our Batman scripts.”
Gunn then discussed in vague terms the kind of Batman he’s going for — or, perhaps it would be better to say the kind of Batman he’s trying to avoid.
“Batman has to have a reason for existing, right? So Batman can’t just be ‘Oh, we’re making a Batman movie because Batman’s the biggest character in all of Warner Bros.,’ which he is. But because there’s a need for him in the DCU and a need that he’s not exactly the same as Matt’s Batman.
“But yet he’s not a campy Batman. I’m not interested in that. I’m not interested in a funny, campy Batman, really. So we’re dealing with that. I think I have a way in, by the way. I think I really know what it’s — I just am dealing with the writer to make sure that we can make it a reality.”
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
