James Gunn has been a little bit busy of late. He’s directed a brand new Superman film that has revealed will probably be dropping its first teaser this week. The primary chapter of his new DC Universe, Creature Commandos, just lately debuted. And there’s additionally Peacemaker Season 2 on the way in which. Nevertheless, James Gunn has one other almost full-time job, debunking rumors, principally, it appears for The Batman Half II.
There have been quite a few rumors concerning simply what The Batman Half II can be about, what villains or different characters would possibly seem, and what actors might play them. There have even been some rumors that The Batman Half II won’t ever really occur. James Gunn took to Threads to debunk the most recent rumor, that Clayface and Scarecrow will each seem within the subsequent film. Gunn says that’s not the case, and reiterates that nothing about what can be within the subsequent Batman film might be identified, because the script doesn’t but exist. Gunn mentioned…
Firstly, no. Secondly, couldn’t be the case as there hasn’t but been a primary draft of a script.
Gunn has cautioned earlier than about individuals making too many assumptions concerning any film that doesn’t have a script. Lots of the rumors concerning upcoming DC motion pictures regard their casting, and Gunn has been clear that casting doesn’t begin earlier than there’s a completed script.
The tip of The Batman did tease a future look by the Joker, so some probably anticipate to see him seem within the subsequent film. Barry Keoghan says he’s heard nothing, however that’s not essentially a shock since there’s no script but. It’s additionally urged that Joker gained’t seem in a serious approach till the third movie within the deliberate Batman trilogy, so if that’s the case, the brand new film does want a villain, if not multiple.
It’s a minimum of doable to see the place a few of these new rumors might need come from. Gunn himself just lately confirmed {that a} DCU Clayface challenge was in improvement, so any person might need made some connections there. In fact, primarily based on what Gunn mentioned, it sounds just like the Clayface idea can be a part of the primary DC Universe, and so wouldn’t be related to Matt Reeves Batman. However slightly the model of Batman who will seem in The Courageous and the Daring, the deliberate Batman film being directed by Andy Muschietti.
The Batman Half II has an official launch date but it surely’s not till October 2026, so there’s loads of time for the script to be completed and for manufacturing to get began and hit that date. Having mentioned that, filming might want to occur someday subsequent 12 months, so the script will should be completed sooner slightly than later.