It was lately introduced that The Flash’s author and director combo of Christina Hodson and Andy Muschietti would be the dynamic duo teaming up for the DCU’s first Batman film, The Courageous and the Daring. This has stirred a number of the largest controversies for the DCU because it was revealed that James Gunn was the co-chair of DC Studios.
With this author and director in place, the DCU’s future looks as if it’s ready to maneuver forward with Batman. It could be too quickly to say with any assure, however this might be an extreme course correction for the way the DCU needs to interpret its Batman with out having him conflict with that of The Batman’s DC Elseworld, with James Gunn leaning on a DC film he has repeatedly and publicly praised. As a result of The Flash is very condemned by a number of vocal audiences, this alternative hasn’t impressed a ton of confidence in what the way forward for the DCU will appear like.
The Flash Film Bombed
The Flash film was a field workplace failure, and its legacy goes to be some dodgy CGI and its popularity as a important and business failure for DC and Warner Bros. It’s staggering, then, that the author and director are being assembled for what might be one of many DCU’s most pivotal motion pictures.
In fact, there wasn’t rather a lot going for The Flash when it was launched. A duo like Christina Hodson and Andy Muschietti—whose particular person work contains the beloved Bumblebee film and the terrific It: Welcome to Derry present, respectively—given the sources and, extra importantly, oversight of the DCU might flip heads.
In addition to, with Christina Hodson having written the canned Batgirl film, The Courageous and the Daring might hopefully rectify that ultimately. The Courageous and the Daring might be far out from now if its author and director have solely lately been tapped, particularly if it feels an obligation to keep away from The Batman: Half 2 on the tail-end of 2027, so Christina Hodson and Andy Muschietti each have an exorbitant period of time to win followers over.
What’ll be most attention-grabbing about this pair reuniting is the tone and route that The Courageous and the Daring might have, and that may bear a better resemblance to The Flash than some followers are ready to reconcile with.
Batman’s Author/Director Combo is a Blended Bag
If James Gunn and the DCU need their Batman to be visually and tonally distinct from Matt Reeves’ The Batman, they’ll haven’t any downside undertaking that if it seems to feel and look something like The Flash. Plus, contemplating how a lot James Gunn adored The Flash, it wouldn’t in any respect be shocking if The Courageous and the Daring takes various cues from The Flash.
Followers’ considerations about The Courageous and the Daring being written by Christina Hodson and directed by Andy Muschietti aren’t solely misplaced, notably in the event that they vastly disliked The Flash. Nonetheless, it shouldn’t be dismissed solely. As an example, Christina Hodson wrote DC’s Birds of Prey film, which is arguably among the finest Snyderverse DC motion pictures and has phenomenal villain portrayals through Ewan McGregor’s Black Masks and Chris Messina’s Zsasz.
Batman additionally contributed to a number of the greatest sequences in The Flash, whose worst sins debatably had nothing to do with the script, which has its beautiful, poignant moments, in addition to hilarious ones. If Christina Hodson and Andy Muschietti rely wholly on what made The Flash endearing and entertaining, there’s a chance it might woo non-believers. In fact, a large half of what’s going to make The Courageous and the Daring engaging is its forged, together with who’s finally forged to be the DCU’s Batman.
The Flash is exclusive in a number of methods, and flawed in lots of extra. Regardless, The Courageous and the Daring is certain to be a polarizing Batman film.
The DCU’s Future is Positive to Be Colourful
It’s apparent that there isn’t a tightly wound throughline or inflexible construction to the DCU, not less than by way of what motion pictures and TV reveals are made and when. That’s, it actually doesn’t look like there’s one, with the tasks which have launched and are slated to be launched quickly not having a lot in the best way of coherence: Superman, Supergirl, and Man of Tomorrow releasing in three consecutive summers is unprecedented and prudent, for instance, however Clayface releasing in late-2026 amid all that seems extremely random.
It is a boon for the DCU if inventive groups and crews have the liberty to discover characters and tales at any level within the overarching continuity’s timeline, and it additionally demonstrates that the DCU isn’t terrified of getting most of its particular person tasks be nonconforming. Clayface doesn’t look like it’ll be even remotely comparable in tone to Superman, and that may give the DCU a spread that the MCU didn’t have till Taika Waititi made daring comedic swings with Thor: Ragnarok.
Nevertheless, on account of how extremely anticipated the DCU’s Batman is, The Courageous and the Daring has the potential to make or break the entire continuity. Solely time will inform if The Flash’s author and director combo will probably be what helps this extremely anticipated iteration of Batman exceed or fail.
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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Zachary Levi, Dwayne Johnson, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Sturdy, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, Ewan McGregor, Idris Elba, John Cena, Michael Keaton, George Clooney, Xolo Mariduena
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Man of Metal, Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice, Suicide Squad, Marvel Girl, Justice League, Aquaman, Shazam!, Birds of Prey, Marvel Girl 1984, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, The Suicide Squad, Black Adam, Shazam! The Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle, Superman, The Courageous and the Daring
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Superman, Batman, Marvel Girl, Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg, Harley Quinn, The Joker, Shazam, Darkseid, Amanda Waller, Lex Luthor, Doomsday, Deadshot, Deathstroke, Black Canary, Black Adam