The DCU remains to be within the early phases of Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters, and one of the extremely anticipated new DC motion pictures on the slate is the upcoming The Courageous and the Daring. James Gunn and Peter Safran’s reboot of Batman will introduce Bruce Wayne alongside his son, Damian Wayne, and the broader Bat-Household, however we at the moment do not know something about who may play Gotham’s new Darkish Knight. Nonetheless, that hasn’t stopped actors (and followers) from speculating about who may tackle the position. One actor specifically is throwing his cape within the ring, and he’s a former Superman star.
At FAN EXPO Canada, Display screen Rant hosted a “Males of Metal” panel with a number of Superman actors, and the dialog took a shocking flip when the panel was requested in the event that they thought Robert Pattinson’s Darkish Knight may match into the bigger DCU. Tyler Hoechlin, finest identified for enjoying Clark Kent in The CW’s Supergirl and Superman & Lois, admitted he has a egocentric purpose for pondering the Matt Reeves model of the Caped Crusader wouldn’t work within the bigger DCU:
Nicely, selfishly, I will say no as a result of I nonetheless wish to play Batman. I feel and I say that Rob did a incredible, incredible job and [with] Matt Reeves it was nice. So I am completely satisfied to allow them to preserve doing their factor, and perhaps go away the door open for perhaps a further entire new envisioning of Batman versus Superman.
Hoechlin could also be being “egocentric,” however he makes a stable argument. Matt Reeves’ The Batman movies stay firmly in their very own Elseworlds pocket, liberating Gunn’s DCU to create its personal model of the character. Meaning there’s loads of house for a contemporary tackle Batman, and the Teen Wolf actor clearly sees a chance.
It’s not as far-fetched as it’d sound, both. Hoechlin’s Superman tenure resulted in 2024, when Superman & Lois wrapped after 4 seasons with an emotional collection finale. Nonetheless, his run gave him an opportunity to discover Clark Kent as a father, an expertise that dovetails neatly with the father-son story The Courageous and the Daring guarantees to inform. Add in his historical past of taking part in brooding, darker characters as a part of the Teen Wolf solid, and the leap from Krypton’s final son to Gotham’s vigilante feels surprisingly pure.
Proper now, there are not any indications about once we’ll get casting information for The Courageous and the Daring, so followers most likely shouldn’t anticipate bulletins anytime quickly. Nonetheless, the previous MTV star tossing his identify into the combo provides an intriguing wrinkle. With Gunn casting former DCEU stars like Jason Momoa in new roles within the DCU, the door is clearly open for acquainted faces to return in new methods.
Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman was incredible, particularly amongst the Arrowverse, however his feedback replicate the identical vitality Gunn has dropped at the DCU: daring reinvention. And actually? Seeing a former Superman, particularly one as gifted as Hoechlin, step into Batman’s boots for a brand new period may simply be the form of surprising casting swing that would actually work.
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