James Gunn released a new podcast today with his wife Jennifer Holland and Steve Agee titled "The Suicide Squad: Is It Canon? The Official Podcast". In the nearly one hour episode Gunn touched on all aspects of the DCU, including casting Batman.
Gunn said that casting the DCU Batman "isn't far away" and also gave some clues as to who might land the role. First, Gunn doesn't seem keen on casting a movie star, which echos his co-CEO Peter Safran's recent comments. Lastly, Gunn said that his DCU Batman will be "around the same age" as Superman, so we can expect the actor to be in his 30s.
“It won’t be too long before we’re casting Batman. We haven’t cast yet, by the way — all the people thinking he’ll show up in this or that, it’s all bullshit. When we do cast the DCU Batman, which isn’t very far away, if I gave somebody a day role in ‘The Suicide Squad’ that is going to be the best Batman, I’m not going to rule him out from that. I want to get everybody into account. One of the things that excites me about casting Batman is being able to pick a Batman who’s actually the best actor for that role. Superman’s have always been chosen based on who the best actor for that role is. And for some reason, Batman’s are always chosen as movie stars.”
“People are always looking for little hints about the casting of Batman. Roughly, Batman and Superman are around the same age. I don’t think they’re drastically different ages. They’re future best pals, contemporaries.”
The comments about DCU Batman start at the 56:16 mark in the video below.
Peter Safran also talked about casting an unknown actor as Batman recently. Would you guys prefer that? Or would you like a more well known name?
https://batmannews.com/2026/10/21/peter-safran-benefit-casting-unknown-actor-batman/