News The Brave and the Bold New Batman Movie in the Works With Birds of Prey Writer on Board Gadzooks! The film will focus on the Caped Crusader and Damian Wayne as Robin By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on January 21, 2026 Credit: DC Comics Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: DC Comics DC Studios is moving forward with their plans for a non-Matt Reeves Batman film. According to The Hollywood Reporter (first reported by the InSneider newsletter) Christina Hodson—whose previous credits include Birds of Prey (ed note: EEEEE!!!!), Bumblebee, and The Flash—is working on a script for The Brave and the Bold. The movie will focus on the relationship between Batman and Robin, and the Robin in this instance will be Damian Wayne, the biological son Batman didn’t know he had, who meets up with his dad after being raised by a group of assassins.   The Brave and the Bold was one of the first ten projects that DC Studios announced after James Gunn and Peter Safran took over. Andy Muschietti (IT: Welcome to Derry) has been attached to the project since it was first announced, though THR reports that he might not be the director for whenever the movie makes it to production because of scheduling issues. That timing thing is currently nebulous; it’s not clear when Hodson will have a script ready to go, but DC Studios doesn’t seem to be concerned if it’s a few years before a Caped Crusader who isn’t Robert Pattinson heads to the big screen. Pattinson is currently starring as the Bat in Matt Reeves’ The Batman: Part II. That movie takes place in a separate universe from other DC films under Gunn and Safran, and there is reportedly a concerted effort to make the DC Universe Batman give off different vibes than Pattinson’s emo Bruce Wayne. The question remains, of course, as to who will eventually play Batman and Robin in this latest iteration of the characters. Time will tell, and we’ll keep an eye out for the Bat Signal announcing further news. [end-mark] The post New Batman Movie in the Works With <i>Birds of Prey</i> Writer on Board appeared first on Reactor.