How The Batman Can Still be Brought into the DCU

After the set photos revealed our first good look at the Superman suit a lot of people kept on posting about how good this version of Superman would look next to Robert Pattinson’s Batman. The contrast between the two is perfect with Superman’s bright colors and superhero costume material and Batman’s dark colors and armor based suit perfectly encapsulating the world’s finest dynamic of two heroes with drastically different approaches to the same goal. In this video, I’ll be looking at how well The world of the Batman can fit into what we know about the DCU and how it would affect things.

Credit to the creators of the fan art used in the video:

0:16 - Batman and Superman by Gabriel Fonseca and David Pinheiro
0:20 - Batman and Superman by SPDRMNKYXXIII
0:59 - Batman by The Black Lion
3:41 - Joker by Bobby_Art
6:03 - Robin by JaxsonDerr
6:39 - Robin by Mathias Nicolaisen
7:23 - Robin by GaryPopins
7:23 - Nightwing by Savagecomics
7:23 - Aqualad by Savagecomics
11:46 - Batman by SMARTSHEEP
11:48 - The Batman Part II by Jaxonderr
11:50 - The Batman Part II by diamonddead-art
12:12 - The Batman Part II by 2ktylorwillams16
12:18 - Batman and Robin by Clements.Ink
12:46 - Robin by AwedopeArts

[samshughart]

iron man started off fighting a guy in a bigger metal suit, years go by and he’s fighting a purple alien. pattinson batman CAN exist in a world with james gunn other powered characters. it just takes time. Batman and Superman, Metropolis and Gotham work well together because of the different tones. and also, The Batman movie had SUCH a great interpretation of the character i don’t even know how we can have another batman that holds a candle, just having him wear blue and have more bright colors feels like a cop out. I feel like pattinson can exist and become the batman that joins the justice league if done right.

[Nwman]

I do want Pattison to be part of the DCU, he’s already a had a great film which the public made financially and critically successful, as well, it would mean perhaps actually seeing the robins grow up (there are of course work around for the robins if James Gunn wants to get to Damian).

[attaelhusen]

Anyone that says that The Batman is too realistic to be in a fantastical setting baffle me even though Arrow started of grounded and introduced THE FLASH and it was amazing while it still was good to watch

[TaseWthease]

I think that were past the point where the audience is going to be confused like dcu Batmans title is '' The Brave and the Bold'' and Matt reeves Batman is just ''The Batman'' and the sequel is just going to be titled ''The Batman Part 2'' like im like 99% the audience isnt gonna be confused

[Obamanomicon]

The battinson/cornswet fan art is the routh/bale fan art all over again

[KhaosKontroller]

People sure are keen on doing the exact thing Matt Reeves DIDN'T want.

[Tanatswa]

I honestly think "The Batman" should be incorporated into the DCU coz I've never seen a batman evolve from threats like the riddler to threats like Darkseid in live action and it would be interesting to see that play out, building Batman from the ground up

[TheRealCSD]

And older batman that has Damian just sounds so much better than a younger batman

[sup]

3:09 If you read The Riddler Year One comic by Paul Dano himself, it's confirmed that Metropolis exists in the Batverse

[metallixstudios]

What’s wrong with having some heroes debut before Batman? I know it makes more sense to have him be the first and be like “Masked Vigilantes before Metahumans”, but why not shake things up to be different, and have him be like second or third on the scene?

[TheFilmFanatic_Handle]

As fun as it is speculating, Reeves DOES NOT WANT his Batman to be brought to the DCU. Lets not get our hopes to high and just let them cook

[gwyn]

I hope Batman becomes a part of the universe. We don't need an old Batman and a young Superman. We need a young Batman and a young Superman. I hope that Damian will not be Robin, but Dick Grayson will be.

[sentinel]

Look, I'm an actor and I do a lot of film study, The Batman doesn't fit the tone that James Gunn is setting for the DCU. As much as I would love it to be a part of it, you can't just change the tone of a beloved movie to fit a universe it was never meant to fit into. Yeah, Batman is darker but the DCU seems to me like they're trying to pull directly from the comics, The Batman doesn't do that, it's more of a conceptual kind of Batman, it really is an elseworlds story

[PoDawg]

James Gunn already said that Matt Reeves is not putting Pattinson in his universe.

[nysimcharles]

Why do people still have this delusion? Reaves doesn’t want the Batman Connected so it won’t be connected, end of discussion

[Monkeykinq]

These two universes exist in very different worlds: The Batman is a dark purely realistic portrayal of the iconic caped crusader, while the DCU leans into several different tones but exist in a different world where all these tones can tie together to make a greater whole.

To put Patterson's universe in the DCU would be to ruin the depiction both he and Matt Reeves are trying to create, not because of the tone not fitting—but because the worlds THEMSELVES don't fit.

Sure, a piece from a different puzzle CAN FIT—but not without taking away from that other puzzle the piece originated from.

[Japple_Junior]

Even though I believe Pattinson and Corenswet would make a great Batman and Superman duo, I don’t think it would likely be happening. 😔

[BusterBarnes]

I dont think itll confise general audiences to be honest. If the tones / looks are different and The DCU Batman had the Bat Family etc it just wont be confusing imo

[prime_zeroo]

2019 — Bruce returns to Gotham and becomes Batman. A few months later, Clark becomes Superman, and over time, the rest of the superheroes.

2020 — Iconic villains like the Joker appear this year.

2021 — The first Batman film takes place. A few months later, in the same year, Bruce adopts Dick, who soon becomes Robin.

2022 — Barbara becomes Batgirl, Kara becomes Supergirl.

2023 — Dick becomes Nightwing, Jason becomes Robin, but a couple of months later the Joker shoots Barbara and kills Jason.

2024 — Tim reveals Batman's identity and becomes the new Robin. Barbara becomes the Oracle.

2025 — Superman Legacy takes place and Cassandra becomes Batgirl.

2026 — Batman the Brave and the Bold takes place.

[christianswan]

I think Robert Pattinson should definitely be the dcu Batman since he’s my favorite Batman actor because it wouldn’t make sense for their to be 2 Batman actors at once