Although Matt Reeves has his own Batman franchise for Warner Bros, James Gunn decided that it was a smart move to work on a separate Caped Crusader project for his upcoming DCU. Gunn hired Andy Muschietti to direct this Batman movie, titled “The Brave and the Bold,” for DC Studios.
The problem is that having two Batmans occurring simultaneously is maybe not the best business move. It doesn’t help that Muschietti directed “The Flash,” a film that lost more than $150M for Warner Bros and was ridiculed by critics upon release. Gunn hired Muschietti before anyone had seen “The Flash,” so as you can imagine, he’s in a bit of a conundrum here.
No surprise, Muschietti is now telling the California Secreta podcast that ‘Brave and the Bold’ has been postponed , and that he’s now working on another project instead:
The Batman [The Brave and The Bold] project has been postponed a little bit so I might do another film before that
The Argentinian-born Muschietti is the filmmaker behind both ‘It’ movies and recently shot the Max prequel series “Welcome to Derry”. He gained prominence with his 2013 horror film “Mama.” He’s a household name at Warner Bros and has made them a lot of money.
“The Brave and the Bold” is said to follow Batman as he learns to live with his biological son, Damian Wayne, who also happens to be Robin. This was supposed to be the first movie with Robin since Joel Schumacher’s 1997 misfire “Batman & Robin.”
Fact remains that no Batman has topped Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” Tim Burton’s “Batman” and “Batman Returns” should also be highlighted as seminal depictions of the character. We’ve already had Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson don the cape — audiences will eventually get tired by the overload of reboots.