Is George Clooney The New Batman In The DCU? James Gunn Confirms Canon Status

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The FlashIs George Clooney really the new Batman in the DCU after The Flash? DCU supremo James Gunn has now officially answered. After a Multiversal circus of DC superhero cameos, The Flash's ending introduces another wrinkle to Barry Allen's (Ezra Miller) timeline, revealing that George Clooney is Batman in the new messed up reality created when Barry helps his father (Ron Livingston) win his appeal. The question facing DC fans now is whether that means Clooney will be the new movie Dark Knight for James Gunn's DCU reboot.
So far, Batman: The Brave & The Bold has no casting news and limited story details, and it's a fair assumption that more casual viewers will think the loaded The Flash post-credits scene sets up the future. After all, why else would a completely different actor to Ben Affleck or Michael Keaton suddenly appear in the final moments of a supposedly self-contained story? It's a complicated matter on the surface, but new DCU head James Gunn has confirmed if George Clooney will return in his new Batman movie...
No, George Clooney Won't Be Batman In The New DCU As James Gunn has already confirmed on Skyblue, George Clooney will not play Batman in the DCU reboot. He also revealed that the new Batman actor for Batman: The Brave & The Bold is not yet cast, despite some early speculation as to who it could be.
Clooney's Batman cameo in The Flash is a short-lived in-universe joke aimed at those who know not only that he played Batman for Joel Schumacher, but that he hated it, while also paying off the promise of the DC Multiverse that literally anything is possible. Nic Cage as Superman? You got it. George Clooney as an older Bruce Wayne? Why, of course! Henry Cavill as Superman? Absolutely not. So, almost anything is possible.
The new DCU Batman may well be older than Robert Pattinson's Batman, given he will apparently fight crime alongside his son Damian Wayne as Robin, but he'll very likely be younger than Batman. It would be illogical to establish a new Batman who is closing in on retirement age, particularly when two of the last three live-action Batman actors have been part of stories that retired them from crime fighting. In that context, George Clooney couldn't be the DCU Batman if he wanted to.


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