Smallville star Tom Welling reveals what well-known DC function he would like to play in James Gunn’s DC Universe. With the DCU’s Chapter 1: “Gods and Monsters” underway, a number of main iconic superheroes and villains are becoming a member of Gunn’s superhero reboot, together with The Darkish Knight himself.
Throughout their look at Liverpool Comedian-Con (through Purple Nurple Critiques), the Smallville forged had been requested what characters they’d be right down to play within the DCU. When Welling gave his reply, he shared, “I imply, Batman,” for The Courageous and The Daring film.
Michael Rosenbaum, who performed Lex Luthor on Smallville for seven seasons, had a really becoming reply to Welling’s response, as he added, “I would play the Joker!” Staying on the Batman theme, Laura Vandervoort, who performed Supergirl in The WB/The CW drama, stated, “I feel I might select Harley Quinn.”
The Courageous and the Daring film has been in lively growth for the reason that preliminary reveal again in January 2023, when DC Studios unveiled their unique slate. On the time, it was introduced that the movie would deal with a longtime Caped Crusader, as he discovers the existence of his organic son, Damian Wayne.
Whereas the script remains to be being written, director Andy Muschietti, who was tapped to helm the Batman reboot in June 2023, informed Selection in late October 2025, that the world should wait a bit for extra updates on the movie. The IT franchise filmmaker and creator of Welcome to Derry acknowledged, “We’ve got to attend a number of, a few months to start out speaking about it.”
Gunn gave a distinguished replace on the undertaking’s course of earlier this yr, suggesting that issues could also be altering for The Courageous and The Daring. Whereas chatting with IGN in September 2025, he advised that the introduction of the DCU’s Robin might not be set in stone:
James Gunn: No, I feel it’s a must to wait to see the film. Some issues have modified. Loads of issues are in flux on what his state of affairs is together with his parentage and all that stuff, so I would not take any of it – Yeah, I imply, the actor who needs to… Hear, to start with, I can not inform you the quantity of huge actors which have informed me they wish to be Batman. I feel you’d have a tougher time discovering actors who do not wish to be Batman. He is the one character everybody needs to play. That is the reality.
The Courageous and the Daring at present would not have a set launch date.