Batman: The Brave and the Bold (DCU Batman & Robin movie)

[Holt]

So what will their own version of Batman look like? According to Gunn and Safran, the DCU Batman will be based on Grant Morrison's run with the series, which featured Batman's son Damian Wayne as a deadly protége trained by the League of Assassins.

"So this is the introduction of the DCU's Batman. It is not Robert Pattinson. It is not Ben Affleck," Gunn said. "[T]his is a story of Damian Wayne, who is Batman's actual son, who we didn't know existed for the first eight to 10 years of his life. He was raised as a little murderer and assassin. He's a little son of a bitch. He's my favorite Robin. It's based on the Grant Morrison comic book run, which is one of my favorite Batman runs. And we are putting that all together right now."

"This is obviously a feature film, and it's going to feature other members of the extended Bat-Family," Safran continued. "Just because we feel like they've been left out of the Batman stories in the theater for far too long."

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-bat...e-and-the-bold

I must say, starting with a Robin and an already existing Batfam seems like a good way to differentiate the DCU Batman from the Pattinson version. I’m guessing we’ll see Nightwing and maybe Oracle.

[dreyga2000]

So hopefully we finally get a full Batfam in the films with all FIVE Robins and all 3 Batgirls

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Damian is an interesting choice because he hasn't become an adult in canon. Currently he's 14 so we would be in uncharted territory. Unlike the comics his actor would age out the role pretty fast. So I could see them just doing the Harry Potter thing where he's older in each appearance.

So I'm curious where it goes. I'm hoping Helena pops up as I'm fond of John's take in JSA.

I'm fine with skipping Dick's time as Robin. He didn't interest me as much as Jason or Tim. But I rather use them instead of Damian.

[JBatmanFan05]

Big promotion for Damian indeed. I'm surprised. Hopefully we'll get some sort of international actor for Damian, because I think he needs an accent, perhaps a mixed British-ish one. I believe he was educated like a wealthy Western aristocrat, he always clearly sounded like one given how Grant wrote him.

[thwhtGuardian]

Pretty great news in my eyes, I've always thought a movie set latter in Batman's career could easily work and be the best way to get an extended bat-family on screen.

[phonogram12]

While I'm no fan of the character, it would be nice if they at least cast an actor that reflects his Arabic and Chinese ethnicity in addition to Bruce's waspy side.

[JBatmanFan05]

it would be nice if they at least cast an actor that reflects his Arabic and Chinese ethnicity in addition to Bruce's waspy side.

Yeah, you say well my sentiment on casting him. Gotta capture some of that waspy/aristocratic side.

I figure it will perhaps be nearly impossible to find a suitable actor that perfectly checks off Damian's many boxes. So I figure we'll have to understand that.

[nepenthes]

When Gunn was first announced I did think for a brief moment, if anyone could do the Morrison run, it could actually be him. Incredible to see it announced. It’s a style of Batman on film that is looong overdue, the perfect foil to the miserable black hole the films have become stuck in, bringing in bat family and pulp adventure and fresh stories in one swoop. Ninja Man-Bats. Alarming twist

[ZuLuLu]

I'll wait to see if this movie happens but I'm glad that it going to be with the establish Bat-family.

[Frontier]

Can I just say how much the title doesn't fit? This sounds like a Batman and Robin movie, or Son of Batman, not the Brave and the Bold. If they wanted to call it Brave and the Bold they should've made it about Batman teaming-up with various heroes in one movie.

It does kind of feel funny to me how much this feels like the DCAMU starting off with Damian for their first Batman movie and probably introduce their take on the Batfamily in similar fashion (although they might not excise Jason like they did). I guess the question is if we'll see Dick as Nightwing in it and whether they want Babs as Oracle or Batgirl.

It is nice to know we'll finally have Batman and Robin on-film again after so long.

[Drako]

It's pretty funny how the most iconic run of Batman and Robin that features Damian doesn't even have Bruce.
Almost all of the images that are being used to talk about this movie have Dick on the cover.

[Frontier]

It's pretty funny how the most iconic run of Batman and Robin that features Damian doesn't even have Bruce.
Almost all of the images that are being used to talk about this movie have Dick on the cover.

Granted it wouldn't be that hard to get some images from Tomasi/Gleason's Batman and Robin which is the main BrucexDamian run.

[Drako]

Granted it wouldn't be that hard to get some images from Tomasi/Gleason's Batman and Robin which is the main BrucexDamian run.

They are probably googling "batman and robin grant morrison".
I doubt the person writing the press release even knows the story anyways, so i don't blame them.

[Godlike13]

Surprising, but very happy about it. The Batfamily is one of the best things about Batman but the movies can never quite get to it. So to just start with it, yes please. At this point general audiences have enough understanding that they won't be lost.

[Frontier]

Surprising, but very happy about it. The Batfamily is one of the best things about Batman but the movies can never quite get to it. So to just start with it, yes please. At this point general audiences have enough understanding that they won't be lost.

We did literally get a Batfamily game, although the execution was mixed .