Peter Safran just gave DC fans the clearest signal yet that the DCU’s Batman movie is still alive.
During the same Brazil press stop where Safran appeared to accidentally reveal the Gorilla Grodd series is shooting this year, and deflected Justice League questioning, the DC Studios co-CEO also reaffirmed The Brave and the Bold, the long-developing Batman movie meant to bring the Dark Knight into James Gunn and Safran’s DC Universe.
Running through the current DC slate, Safran listed Supergirl, Lanterns, Clayface, Man of Tomorrow, and The Batman Part II, before adding that DC Studios is “going to do The Brave and the Bold” to bring Batman into the DCU.
“You know, we’re going to Brave and the Bold, it introduces Batman into the DCU,” he said.
Safran did not give fans a date, a cast, or a production window, but he did make clear the movie has not been shelved.
The DCU’s Batman Is Still On The Board
The Brave and the Bold is the movie designed to introduce a brand-new Batman into the main DCU continuity.
This is not Robert Pattinson’s Batman. This is not Matt Reeves’ Gotham. This is the Batman who is supposed to exist alongside Superman, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the rest of Gunn and Safran’s connected universe.
That connection is already getting awkward, with Supergirl director Craig Gillespie saying Kara “doesn’t care” about Batman, a comment that says even more when the DCU still doesn’t have a Batman in place.
The film is also expected to introduce Damian Wayne as Robin, bringing Bruce Wayne’s son into live-action as part of the new DCU Bat-family setup.
That makes The Brave and the Bold one of the biggest missing pieces in the entire DCU.
You cannot build a serious connected DC universe without Batman, and Safran has said as much before, calling it “imperative” that the DCU have its own Caped Crusader.
This Is Not Pattinson’s Batman
The distinction matters because DC now has two Batman tracks running at the same time.
Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II, starring Robert Pattinson, is still set for October 1, 2027, and remains under DC’s Elseworlds banner, outside the main DCU continuity.
The Brave and the Bold is the other Batman movie. It is the one tied to Gunn and Safran’s larger universe, and it is the one that would finally answer who plays the DCU’s Bruce Wayne.
Safran grouping both The Batman Part II and The Brave and the Bold in the same slate rundown is notable. It means DC is still publicly treating them as separate projects, not quietly folding one into the other.
Still No Batman, No Date, And No Locked Path
Christina Hodson has been tapped to write the script. Andy Muschietti has long been attached to direct, but his future on the project has been treated as dependent on the screenplay and his availability.
No Batman has been cast. No release date has been announced. No filming window has been set.
James Gunn has also repeatedly warned fans not to run with every rumor around the movie, saying the project needs an “actionable script” before DC locks in timing.
Safran echoed that same no-rush posture in Brazil, stressing that getting the story right matters more than forcing the movie onto the calendar.
On its own, that patience is easy to defend. Against the calendar, it reads differently.
The Brave and the Bold was one of the very first projects Gunn and Safran announced when they took over DC Studios back in 2023. The fact that it still hasn’t moved into production years later says something on its own, and the timing now cuts against it.
The DC Studios leadership contract is reported to run out in spring 2027, right as Paramount is expected to close its takeover of Warner Bros. and begin deciding what DC looks like under new ownership.
A Batman movie that keeps getting reaffirmed but never actually advances is exactly the kind of project that can quietly slip away when a studio changes hands. We’ve laid out the mounting signs of a DC reset here.
So the takeaway is simple: The Brave and the Bold is still the plan for the DCU’s Batman, and Safran just said it out loud again.
But the bigger questions remain unanswered. There is still no actor, no date, no production start, and no clear sign of where the movie fits after Man of Tomorrow.
For now, DC’s Batman is said to be still coming. The problem is that he is still arriving without a face, without a date, and without a finished roadmap — and the window to make him may be closing faster than the reassurances suggest.
(note: DCU Batman featured image is fan art)
