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Gizmodo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
James Gunn Says ‘Get Off Matt's Nuts,' ‘The Batman' Sequel Will Happen When It Happens
Cool your jets Batman fans, James Gunn has heard you loud and clear over the highly anticipated sequel to Matt Reeves' The Batman. So much so that he recently expressed his frustration with the demand in defense of the time DC Studios was taking. 'Listen, we're supposed to get a script in June. I hope that happens. We feel really good about it,' Gunn told Entertainment Weekly, and colorfully added, 'People should get off Matt's nuts because it's like, let the guy write the screenplay in the amount of time he needs to write it. That's just the way it is. He doesn't owe you something because you like his movie. I mean, you like his movie because of Matt. So let Matt do things the way he does.' And that should go to Robert Pattinson too, the star who has joked he's going to be old Batman by the time the sequel film gets shooting. It seems folks forget the fact that arc of The Penguin was originally a huge part of the sequel plans which were then pulled and developed into the incredible Colin Farrell starrer series. Getting a whole show in between to dig into that villain origin story was great even if it took place while Bats was maybe spending time with Selina Kyle over in Blüdhaven. 'I am irritated by people,' Gunn added. 'I mean, it's just that thing people don't need to be entitled about. It's going to come out when he feels good about the screenplay. And Matt's not going to give me the screenplay until he feels good about the screenplay.' Gunn also added the constant bugging has nearly pushed him off the internet. 'I've kind of quit because it just happens so often,' he noted. 'There are a couple of people, specifically, who have pretty large followings who just consistently put out false stories, just one after the other after the other, 95% of the time. Maybe once out of every 20 times, they say something that has some slight or partial basis in reality. And it gets to be old. I'm not sure, some of those people, that I'm not actually helping them in a certain way by debunking them, because you're giving them traffic, which I always do, but I think they like it. So I mostly quit.'
Geek Tyrant
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
James Gunn Defends Matt Reeves Amid THE BATMAN: PART II Delays: 'People Should Get Off Matt's Nuts" — GeekTyrant
James Gunn isn't here for your impatience and he's making that clear when it comes to The Batman: Part II . With the sequel's release date pushed to 2027 and some fans getting antsy, Gunn is stepping in to remind everyone that storytelling takes time, especially when the person behind it is someone as meticulous and committed as Matt Reeves. Originally slated for 2025, The Batman: Part II has seen multiple delays, now targeting an October 1, 2027 release. But according to Gunn, there's a very simple reason behind the wait. He previously said: 'The only reason for the delay is there isn't a full script (those of you who follow me here probably know that already). Matt's committed to making the best film he possibly can, and no one can accurately guess exactly how long a script will take to write. 'Once there is a finished script, there is around two years for pre-production, shooting and post-production on big films.' Gunn recently told Entertainment Weekly that a script draft is expected soon. 'I hope that happens. We feel really good about it. Matt's excited. I talk to Matt all the time. I'm totally excited about it. So we can't wait to read the scripts, but we haven't read it yet.' Reeves is teaming up with Mattson Tomlin again for the screenplay. While that's been happening, Reeves hasn't exactly been idle. He's been overseeing HBO's The Penguin , co-producing the upcoming animated series Batman: Caped Crusader , and is involved with the horror-themed Clayface movie being developed for Gunn's DC Universe. Still, the online pressure to hurry things along hasn't gone unnoticed by Gunn, who didn't hold back. 'People should get off Matt's nuts because it's like, let the guy write the screenplay in the amount of time he needs to write it. That's just the way it is. He doesn't owe you something because you like his movie. I mean, you like his movie because of Matt. So let Matt do things the way he does.' Gunn also added that Reeves doesn't pay much attention to social media chatter, but the criticism has gotten under his skin. 'He's got a lot of other things happening, so I don't think he lets it affect him. He's fine. But I am irritated by people.' And then came the mic-drop moment: 'It's just that thing people don't need to be entitled about. It's going to come out when he feels good about the screenplay. And Matt's not going to give me the screenplay until he feels good about the screenplay.' Reeves himself acknowledged back in January that Batman: Part II is 'taking longer than I would have wanted,' but also said, 'I'm super excited about what we're doing, so I really can't wait to share that with everybody.' He also confirmed he's interested in more spin-offs once the sequel is underway: 'The big priority is to get The Batman 2 shooting and going. And then it'll be exciting where we'll go from there.' With Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, and Jeffrey Wright all expected to return, The Batman: Part II is shaping up to be worth the wait… if fans can keep their cool.
The Guardian
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Double trouble: can James Gunn really make two separate Batman movies work?
There was a time when having two Batmen in your cinematic universe would have felt like a clerical error. But in James Gunn's brave and bold new DCU, having several Bruce Waynes is increasingly looking less like an irritating glitch and more like a deliberate choice. Gunn has been clear for some time that he sees no issue with two Caped Crusaders striding into multiplexes at the same time. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is down to the fact that Matt Reeves's The Batman – an insular, noirish, Kurt Cobain-obsessed but relatively real-world take on the Dark Knight – proved pretty popular with audiences just prior to Gunn being handed the keys to the DC kingdom. But who am I to quibble? Sure, this might be a universe destined to feature cavalcades of superheroes who exist in a magical world of shimmering cosplay, but if we can just convince the geek in the street that the Robert Pattinson version of Batman is living in a completely different, gritty David Fincher-esque rat-infested underbelly of Gotham, all will be reasonably well. We may eventually find ourselves living in a world in which cinematic universes are so desperate to stay flexible (and profitable) that they accommodate multiple versions of the same hero at once, without telling audiences why or how they're different; dooming them to a future of confusion, apathy and narrative fatigue. The current suggestion is that the Gunn-produced Batman movie The Brave and the Bold, set within the DCU, will most likely hit cinemas in 2028, while Reeves's sequel to The Batman will exist as a DC Elseworlds story in a completely separate creative space called the 'Batman Epic Crime Saga'. Two Dark Knights, two universes, one comic-book brand. We all know it's just smoke, mirrors and strategically deployed multiversal chaos – but the very thought that we might get two decent Caped Crusaders after decades in which it was pretty hard to grab hold of one at a time might just be enough to have the vast majority of us hyperventilating into our cowls with glee. If DC gets it right. Gunn has been out and about (mostly online) this week as we ramp up to the release of Superman in cinemas, and the most interesting thing he's had to say is that there's no reason Batman villains can't appear in both versions of the Dark Knight's story. 'There's no diehard rule,' Gunn said on Threads, in response to a fan. He also added: 'But both the Crime Saga and DCU are a part of DC Studios, so we of course take everything into account.' This doesn't mean Barry Keoghan's Joker will appear in both The Batman Part II and The Brave and the Bold, but it does suggest that the firewall between Elseworlds and the mainline DCU is not exactly steel-reinforced. If Reeves's rogues' gallery proves too popular, don't be surprised if they start quietly migrating into Gunn's continuity like confused tourists who've wandered into the wrong Batcave. And then there are Gunn's comments in an interview with Rolling Stone that he's not hoping to make The Brave and the Bold's Dark Knight into a 'funny, campy Batman' because this simply doesn't interest him. It's a line that might make us collapse into a nostalgia coma for the days when George Clooney's nipples were at least trying something different. So just how does Gunn make this new Caped Crusader stand out? Perhaps this is why reports suggest that the new DCU big cheese has refused to sign off on a script for The Brave and the Bold until it's absolutely perfect. In fact, this is supposedly the Guardians of the Galaxy director's new mantra for the DCU: that most of Hollywood's superhero-based failures over the past few decades have been down to poor scripts that were never properly finished – and that he's determined not to repeat these mistakes. Insisting on a perfect screenplay is an undeniably noble ambition, especially in a genre where entire billion-dollar franchises have been stitched together from studio notes, deleted scenes and vibes. And yet if Gunn really does believe that two Batmen can coexist peacefully in the same cultural sphere without making audiences feel as if they've accidentally watched the same film twice, it's possible he's never seen The Illusionist or The Prestige, and had to spend time trying to explain to a confused family member which one actually had Paul Giamatti in it.
Geek Feed
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
'Matt's Slow': James Gunn Updates on The Batman Part II
It was 2022 when Matt Reeves' The Batman came out in theaters, and everyone is waiting for the sequel, but it's unfortunately getting constantly delayed. With some fans convinced that the DCU may have cancelled The Batman Part II , DCU co-head James Gunn has confirmed that the movie isn't scrapped, but they're just waiting on the script. In a recent talk with Rolling Stone, Gunn confirmed, ' We don't have a script. Matt's slow. Let him take his time. Let him do what he's doing. God, people are mean. Let him do his thing, man.' We don't know exactly what is taking Reeves so long with the script, but some are speculating that he's actually been approved for two more movies, and he's going to be shooting The Batman Part II and Part III back-to-back. With the Penguin series being so positively received, it wouldn't be surprising if DC decided to go all-in on this version of the Dark Knight and just have Reeves release two movies within a year of each other—like they did with the Wicked films and the last two Avengers movies. Besides the Reeves-verse, there is also the case of the DCU Batman who is going to be sharing a world with Gunn's Superman . So far, the only thing we know about him is that he's going to be coming with a Bat-family, but no actor has been attached, and the script is still being worked on by Gunn and a separate writer. The Batman: Part II is expected to come to cinemas on Oct. 1, 2027.
Geek Girl Authority
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
DC Studios' CLAYFACE Film Finds Its Lead in Tom Rhys Harries
Highlights Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries is boarding DC Studios' Clayface in the title role. Clayface The movie hails from director James Watkins with a script by horror auteur Mike Flanagan. Clayface will debut on the big screen after Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow next year. We've Got Our Clayface And, no, it's not Alan Tudyk, although he absolutely smashes it as the voice of Clayface in Harley Quinn . The James Watkins-helmed flick has tapped Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries to portray the titular character. The project is poised to be DC Studios' next massive film after Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow . RELATED: All Eyes Up Here for the Official Superman Trailer According to Deadline , Rhys Harries beat out a handful of high-profile British stars, including Tom Blyth, Jack O'Connell, Leo Woodall and George MacKay. DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn took to social media to sing Rhys Harries' praises: 'After a long and incredibly exhaustive search, we finally have our DCU Clayface in Tom Rhys Harries. Both Matt Reeves and I were just blown away by this guy, and can't wait for you to see this film, directed by James Watkins and written by Mike Flanagan.' Matt Reeves ( The Batman ) will produce Clayface alongside Gunn and DC Studios Co-CEO Peter Safran. As mentioned above, the film boasts a screenplay from Mike Flanagan. As for the premise, it zeroes in on a B-tier actor who consumes a substance to give his career a much-needed boost. However, it makes him more clay than human. RELATED: DC Studios' Sgt. Rock , Starring Colin Farrell, Halts Pre-Production Tom Rhys Harries Rhys Harries is an up-and-coming performer, whose credits include the 2020 Netflix series White Lines as Axel Collins, 2019's The Gentlemen as Power Noel and the Uma Thurman-led Apple TV+ series Suspicion as Eddie Walker/Liam McKenna. Last year, he appeared in the Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West-starring Tubi comedy Big Mood as Johnny and Doctor Who Season 1 as Ricky September. He also lent his voice to Netflix's Wolf King as Prince Lucas. He can next be seen in the Celyn Jones drama Madfabulous as Nick Durant. Clayface is scheduled to hit theaters on September 11, 2026. Achieving Peace Is a Team Effort in PEACEMAKER Season 2 Teaser Contact: [email protected] What I do: I'm GGA's Managing Editor, a Senior Contributor, and Press Coordinator. I manage, contribute, and coordinate. Sometimes all at once. Joking aside, I oversee day-to-day operations for GGA, write, edit, and assess interview opportunities/press events. Who I am: Before moving to Los Angeles after studying theater in college, I was born and raised in Amish country, Ohio. No, I am not Amish, even if I sometimes sport a modest bonnet. Bylines in: Tell-Tale TV, Culturess, Sideshow Collectibles, and inkMend on Medium. Critic: Rotten Tomatoes, CherryPicks, and the Hollywood Creative Alliance.
