James Gunn Drops Major Update: The Brave and the Bold Finally Has a Really, Really Good Story
James Gunn says The Brave and the Bold has finally cracked a great story, signaling real momentum for Batman’s next big-screen chapter.
DC Studios boss James Gunn finally said something concrete about The Brave and the Bold, and yes, it involves Batman actually moving forward. This is the DCU Batman movie he announced early on, the one Andy Muschietti is set to direct, and it has felt pretty quiet ever since. Now we have a pulse.
"I think we have a really, really good story now for what's happening with Batman."
Where things stand
- Director: Andy Muschietti (still on board)
- Story status: Gunn says the Batman story is in great shape
- Dynamic: This is the Bruce-and-Damian movie, with Bruce Wayne teaming up with his son Damian Wayne as Robin
- Costume talk: Fans keep pushing blue-and-gray vs black-and-gray, white eyes or not, yellow belt, yellow oval around the logo... Gunn isn't prioritizing any of that right now. He's much more concerned with character and story than the exact shade of the suit
- Tone and take: He's into multiple flavors of Batman — the detective, the brawler who just smashes through a room, and even the goofy Silver Age stuff (yes, including Bat-Mite). Point being, he doesn't see this as a binary choice between aesthetics. Blue and gray? Cool. Black suit? Also cool
- Casting: Not locked. Gunn says he has favorites and even talked with a pretty big star who wants the role, but he doesn't think that particular matchup will happen
- Fan wish list: Alan Ritchson (Jack Reacher), Brandon Sklenar (1923), and Jensen Ackles (The Boys) keep getting tossed around. Sklenar has even called the idea a childhood dream
Let's talk about the costume discourse
Every Batman movie stirs up the same inside-baseball debate that gets oddly intense: white eyes or not, yellow utility belt, yellow oval, classic blue-and-gray vs the darker live-action look. Gunn basically said those choices are secondary. He's focusing on who Batman is and what the story does. Which, honestly, is the right order of operations — the suit should serve the movie, not the other way around.
So what's the actual headline here?
The project that felt stalled now has a story Gunn is excited about, with Muschietti still at the helm and the father/son Batman-and-Robin angle intact. Casting will be the next big swing, and the suit will be the last thing worth arguing about — which of course means the internet will argue about it nonstop until the first official photo drops.