DC Films head/Twitter support tech James Gunn shoots down George Clooney Batman rumors
Who knew the role of studio head could be so glamorous?
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When contemplating the role of a studio head—a position that precious few people, even in the upper echelons of Hollywood power, have ever attained—there’s a certain amount of mystique that tends to crop up. You imagine backroom dealings, steely negotiations across expensive dinners, fortunes made and lost on little more than gut instinct and an uncanny knack for telling people what they want, before they even know they want it.
Fielding Twitter rumors from randos on a Saturday afternoon, not so much.
And yet, such is the strange tenure of DC Films co-head James Gunn, who hopped on to the social media site to toss out a cute dog pic (and it was!), only to find himself, per usual, quashing some random-ass rumor some “insider” huffed into existence earlier in the day about his and Peter Safran’s forthcoming plans for the revitalized DCU.
At least, for a slightly refreshing change of pace, this latest game of whack-a-fact wasn’t about Superman, who’s been at the nexus of so much DC-related confusion of late. Instead, the topic was Batman, with a rumor passing around online this weekend that the upcoming The Flash movie would feature a cameo from a former film Batman (in addition to Michael Keaton, who’s already set to return to the cowl for the movie)—so, presumably, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, or Christian Bale. Said rumor then spun itself off to the idea that this returned Bats might become the new DCU’s full-time Batman, since Robert Pattinson’s version of the character is sticking to his Elseworlds branding. This is the sort of thing people convince themselves of, see, if allowed sufficient free time and access to the internet.
Anyway, Gunn broke off at least one specific spoke of the rumor mill, flatly denying that 61-year-old, single-film Batman George Clooney would become the main Caped Crusader of the rebuilt DCU. And while Gunn didn’t address any cameo rumors, he did make it clear that the new actor playing the prime Batman in his universe won’t be anyone we’ve seen in the part before, stating “New actor” when someone raised the question.
So, yeah: Thanks, James! Now please put the phone down.
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Somebody get Danny Pudi on line, stat
You know who’d be perfect for the role of Batman? Santa Claus.
I mean. That’s one of my favorites from the show, but I don’t get it. Are you just trying to shoe-horn a “I Think You Should Leave” reference into the comments?
His rate is way too high for this bullshit.
He gets the $2 million whether he does a good job or not.
Batman and Robin is better than Batman Forever which is only good thing is Jim Carrey unsanctioned buffoonery. B&R has strong Adam West energy, the whole Bat family, Arnold and Uma are pretty gold and a kick ass Smashing Pumpkins song over the credits
Nah.
Agreed. Especially considering that odd Jim Carrey “good” assessment.
Call Bat in the Sun-they are genius casters. AV’s no slouch in the poorly written/click bait articles these days, gotta say.
Twitter support techI don’t get it.
I guess because he seems to respond to every bad-faith Twitter rumor that pops up like he’s DC’s own personal Google Reviews customer support?
That’s the only connection I can think of, but it still doesn’t really make him a tech.
My running understanding is they usually don’t know what words mean and so end up using, as I’ve heard it called, “the second cousin of the word” they meant to use.
Oh thank goodness it’s not just me then.
Like, I’ve seen them using the word “extant” recently more than once and been second-guessing myself as to whether it’s a needed word or even the correct usage.
I assume they’re just needing to meet a word quota.
At least they didn’t use “uneven” or “poignant” or complain that a movie/series haven’t explore a side character that suppose to die as collateral damage.
This explains a great deal about this site
Yes, sometimes the writing is a bit slipshod here. You nailed it.
At least they didn’t use “penultimate” again. They really need to give that one a rest. The second to last of anything doesn’t warrant special recognition.
You know, it really is a shame that Clooney was only in Batman and Robin, because that man in his prime looked like the platonic ideal of Bruce Wayne.
Thanks, James! Now please put the phone down.Or just post more pictures of your dog being adorable.
Still don’t understand how they can keep Ezra Miller after all that he did. Plus his run is super goofy as The Flash (my favourite superhero) I’m so conflicted whether I want to see this movie or not.
You can’t say cute dog pic and then not post the cute dog pic.
Clooney will be playing Superman.
I would be straight up embarrassed to actually ask James Gunn this. This is just like the Tom Cruise Iron Man thing. The internet convinces itself of these things and then gets mad when it remembers that it made it all up. Do better, internet.