James Gunn’s new DCU will already have a metric ton of superheroes in it, going back 300 years. But the character status in the DCU everyone is dying to know about isn’t metahuman at all, it’s Batman.

With 2025’s upcoming Superman film set to kick off the DCU in earnest, James Gunn has explained how the new universe might co-exist with the world established in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. The Batman’s “Epic Crime Saga” universe introduced fans to several new versions of iconic villains from the comics,

There is perhaps no industry figure more visible at the moment (besides actors themselves) than James Gunn, the new head of the DCU. Now he's talking Batman.