John Oliver has some concepts for DC co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran as to who must be their subsequent Batman.
On the most recent episode of Final Week Tonight, Oliver mentioned the Supreme Court docket agreeing to tackle Donald Trump’s immunity case and whether or not ex-presidents could be prosecuted. The HBO late-night present host stated that the reply was an apparent, “Sure!”
Oliver went on to quote different apparent solutions like, “Did Robert Durst kill these individuals? Or Which cereal mascot f***s essentially the most? Or who ought to play the subsequent Batman? And for the file, the solutions are, completely, it’s not even shut [Tony the tiger], and Natasha Lyonne.”
The comic joked the Russian Doll star would make a terrific casting alternative each time they solid the subsequent Batman.
Robert Pattinson at the moment portrays the Darkish Knight in Matt Reeves’s The Batman, with the actor reprising his function in The Batman Half II, which is ready to be launched on October 3, 2025.
Gunn and Safran introduced they might create a brand new Batman-centered movie based mostly on The Courageous and the Daring because the duo reimagines the DC Universe. The Courageous and the Daring options Batman and his son, Damien Wayne, as Robin. Gunn teased the principle story of the comedian again in January 2023 saying Robin is an “Murderer, assassin who Batman takes on, who’s Batman’s precise son that he doesn’t know exists for the primary 8-10 years of his life….it’s a wierd father and son story in regards to the two of them and based mostly on Grant Morrison’s run of the Batman.”
In a latest social media submit, Gunn stated there have been no scripts for The Courageous and the Daring but and no casting had been began but.