I'm gonna go on a limb here and say that The Batman Part ll being delayed guarantess this movie will happen. Not for any of the reasons people commonly think but rather because if it takes Matt Reeves as long to do The Batman 3 as it did to do the second one then The Batman Saga will only conclude until 2031. Hell, it might take him longer 'cause third installments are always the hardest so it might even be 2032.
Needless to say that's way too ****ing long lmao.
So long in fact it gives Gunn plenty of time to do BaTB in-between. Hell, in theory maybe even a sequel to BaTB or a crossover that involves Batman like JL or something. So that'll work out pretty well for him. And I can't imagine the money people at WBD are happy over the fact they have to wait 4.5 years to get that sweet Batman cash so if Gunn and Safran can solve that issue AND let Reeves have enough time to do as he pleases then have at it. Everybody wins. Well, assuming the movie is good of course.
And as for the quality of the movie.
We all know Muschietti's ass is out, right? Great. So who's gonna direct the film now?
Well, I'll go out on another limb here and say: Unless Gunn manages to get a Christopher McQuarrie or something, I now wholeheartedly believe it'll 100% be him who writes and directs and The Batman Part ll delays guarantees it lmao.
How does it guarantee it? Because now BaTB doesn't have to come out until late 2027 or early 2028 at the earliest. So that means that even if Gunn began writing BaTB until he finishes filming in Peacemaker, he more than likely would still be able to meet that release date.
And why would he want to do it?
Because Batman has been Gunn's favorite comic character for a long time
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He already said he might have directed a Batman film if Matt hadn't been doing The Batman at the time:
“I’m not saying I’d never be interested in Superman, but if it was Batman, which Matt [Reeves] was already doing, it might’ve felt differently because I understand Batman. I understand Harley Quinn; I don’t understand every character.”
We know James Gunn declined WB's offer to helm a Superman movie, but it turns out there was another DC character he might have been interested in... if Matt Reeves wasn't already directing The Batman.
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And there's an extremely easy emotional hook for him: He loves, LOVES to tell stories about fathers and sons, about nature vs nurture, about family. Which are all the thematic elements this film is bound to have and he's very familiar with.
Cherry on top?
His favorite female character in comics is Cassandra Cain who would be ridiculously easy to put in this movie.
Add to that the fact he's probably the most qualified to make this movie in general, the fact that it's the #2 most important film in the DCU... yeah this man is gonna write and direct this lmao No ****ing way he has this much love for Batman and his characters and won't want the fun of directing the film, figuring out the batcave, batmobile, batsuit, gadgets, action scenes with complete and total creative freedom which is a once in a lifetime opportunity for any Batman fan. And I'm here for it. I do think realistically he's the best actor/director this film could have.