"James Gunn, Please!": House Of The Dragon Star Wants To Play Batman Character In New DCU Era

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Sign in to your ScreenRant account DC Studios is actively working on rebooting Batman for James Gunn's DC Universe property. The Brave and The Bold is one of the many films that are currently being developed for the DCU's Chapter 1: "Gods and Monsters" line-up. While the Dark Knight has yet to be cast, there are also various characters in the Batman family that will get a chance to be part of Gunn's reboot.

In a new interview with ComicBook, House of the Dragon star Harry Collett was asked about people who are fancasting him as Nightwing in Gunn's DCU franchise. He stated that “people have been DMing me saying … I mean, I’m not familiar with the character yet …

with Nightwing in DC." But once the host shared his agreement and pointed out that Collett does have "a great Dick Grayson look," the English actor is onboard, concluding his response with, “James Gunn, please." ScreenRant.

com | BAT The Dark Knight Interactive Quiz ScreenRant/ Movies/ Batman/ Trivia From the Caped Crusader to The Batman · Eight Questions How Well Do You Know Batman? “I’m Batman.” 🦌Bob & BillDetective Comics #27, 1939 🥘The Camp EraAdam West, 1966 🎣Burton & SchumacherKeaton to Clooney, 1989–97 💉The Dark KnightBale & Ledger, 2005–12 🕵The BatmanPattinson & Reeves, 2022– LIGHT THE BAT-SIGNAL → QUESTION 1 / 8DETECTIVE COMICS #27 01 Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939.

Cartoonist Bob Kane received sole credit for creating the character for the next 76 years — on every comic, every TV series, every film — despite being only half of the real partnership. His uncredited collaborator wrote much of the original story, designed the cowl and cape, invented the name “Bruce Wayne,” named Gotham City, and helped create the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler and Catwoman. DC finally added his name to all Batman credits in 2015.

Who? AJerry Robinson BBill Finger CJoe Shuster DOtto Binder ✓ Correct! Bill Finger (1914–1974).

Kane’s original 1939 pitch was a Superman-style figure in a red leotard with a domino mask and bat-wings; Finger talked him into the cowl, scalloped cape, gauntlets and grey-and-black colour scheme that have defined the character ever since. Finger also wrote Detective Comics #27 itself, named Bruce Wayne (after Robert the Bruce and Anthony Wayne), created Gotham as a stand-in for New York, and co-created most of the rogues’ gallery — while signing a 1939 contract that gave Kane exclusive byline credit. Kane received millions in royalties; Finger died poor and uncredited.

After a 2014 documentary and a 2015 family campaign, Warner Bros. and DC added “Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger” to every credit starting with Gotham (Fox), Batman v Superman (2016) and forward. ✗ Wrong.

The answer is Bill Finger. Jerry Robinson (option A) really did co-create the Joker and Robin alongside Finger and Kane — he was the third member of the early studio — but the cowl, cape, “Bruce Wayne,” Gotham City and the actual script of Detective Comics #27 were Finger’s. Joe Shuster co-created Superman, not Batman.

Otto Binder created Supergirl and Mary Marvel. Finger signed away his byline in 1939 and didn’t receive on-screen credit until 2015. NEXT → QUESTION 2 / 8THE FIRST FEATURE 02 Batman: The Movie — released in July 1966 between the first and second seasons of the ABC TV series, featuring the “Holy Whatever, Batman!”

tone, the four super-villain team-up (Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman), the shark-repellent Bat-spray, and the Batmobile/Batboat/Batcopter — is generally considered the first theatrical Batman feature film. Two earlier 1940s movie serials don’t qualify as standalone features. Which actor played Batman in this first theatrical feature?

AAdam West BLewis Wilson CRobert Lowery DMichael Keaton ✓ Correct! Adam West (1928–2017), with Burt Ward as Robin and Cesar Romero as the Joker. West played the role across 120 ABC episodes (1966–1968) and the 1966 theatrical feature, hammed up the camp tone to perfection, and then spent decades typecast before reclaiming the role in animated form (Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, 2016) and as Mayor West on Family Guy.

The two traps are real: Lewis Wilson played Batman in Columbia’s 15-chapter 1943 serial Batman, and Robert Lowery played him in the 1949 sequel serial Batma