Reacher Star Alan Ritchson Reveals 'Words Have Been Exchanged About Batman,' but It Sounds Like He Won't Play the Caped Crusader in the DCU

Reacher prima Alan Ritchson is 1 of the astir fashionable Batman fan-castings determination is, but the immense prima has suggested helium won’t play the Caped Crusader successful the DCU, contempt having spoken astir a relation with James Gunn.

In an interrogation with Variety, Ritchson revealed “words person been exchanged astir Batman,” suggesting helium and Gunn person chatted astir the high-profile The Brave and the Bold role. But past we get the kicker: "I powerfully don't deliberation that Batman is successful my future."

There is anticipation for Ritchson successful the DC Universe, however. “I bash deliberation determination is thing successful my aboriginal with DC,” helium said. “And I would similar that to stay true.”

Alan Ritchson says 'I powerfully don't deliberation that Batman is successful my future.' Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images.

The DCU Batman is 1 of the most-anticipated roles successful Hollywood, though we cognize of much radical who are retired of the representation than successful the frame. James Gunn precocious ruled retired Marvel prima Chris Pratt for Batman, though it sounds similar his Guardians of the Galaxy pal volition marque it into the DCU eventually.

In February, Gunn and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran confirmed The Brave and the Bold volition present a caller Batman into the DCU, ruling retired Robert Pattinson crossing the streams successful the process. At the time, Safran and Gunn said Pattinson would play Batman successful Reeves’ Batman Epic Crime Saga only.

So what does the imaginable of Reeves’ The Batman 2 successful 2027 and The Batman 3 coming retired aft mean for the timing of The Brave and the Bold? Gunn faces the perchance confusing concern of having 2 actors playing Batman successful movies crossed 2 antithetic DC universes.

As of February, The Brave and the Bold was said to beryllium successful “very progressive development,” and the communicative was “coming unneurotic precise nicely.” But is The Flash manager Andy Muschietti inactive directing? Gunn and Safran are processing the script, and volition amusement it to Muschietti "when we person it successful a spot wherever we deliberation it's acceptable to go... and spot if it's a acceptable for him," Safran said earlier this year. "I'm very, precise actively progressive successful that script," Gunn added, besides earlier this year.

Speaking much precocious connected Batman, Gunn said he’s not really penning The Brave and the Bold, but is moving with an unnamed writer to “get it right.”

“Batman’s my biggest contented successful each of DC close now, personally,” helium said. “And it’s not — I’m not penning Batman, but I americium moving with the writer of Batman and trying to get it right, due to the fact that he’s incredibly important to DC, arsenic is Wonder Woman.

“So extracurricular of the worldly that I’m doing successful the projects that are actively going, our 2 priorities are finishing our Wonder Woman and our Batman scripts.”

Gunn past discussed successful vague presumption the benignant of Batman he’s going for — or, possibly it would beryllium amended to accidental the benignant of Batman he's trying to avoid.

“Batman has to person a crushed for existing, right? So Batman can’t conscionable be, ‘Oh, we’re making a Batman movie due to the fact that Batman’s the biggest quality successful each of Warner Bros.,’ which helium is. But due to the fact that there’s a request for him successful the DCU and a request that he’s not precisely the aforesaid arsenic Matt’s Batman.

“But yet he’s not a campy Batman. I’m not funny successful that. I’m not funny successful a funny, campy Batman, really. So we’re dealing with that. I deliberation I person a mode in, by the way. I deliberation I truly cognize what it’s — I conscionable americium dealing with the writer to marque definite that we tin marque it a reality.”

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