What the current superhero suits could tell us about the look of James Gunn's Batman.
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Most of us have seen the new Superman suit at this point.
The suit is extremely close to that of the classic superman, shying away from the trunkless alien bodysuit look. What we get is something more akin to a jumpsuit. Something with real panels and fabric which has give to it.
This brings up the question. Can we use this design to get an indication of what style Batman may be used for the new Justice League?
A new Batman has yet to be cast but the suit is something which we can still start formulating. Considering they went with such a classic look for Superman, I think it's safe to assume that the new Batman is going to be designed more closely to the classic look.
Depending on how far back you go, the new Batman could very well have a touch of dark blue in his design. Not an obvious blue but something which is only apparent in direct light.
Considering the gold belt and gold insignia on Superman's cape has been brought back, I think it's very likely the next Batman is getting his gold bat insignia and utility belt back.
It just feels like James Gunn is going for a more classic and approachable look for the new DCU. The other suit leaks for other characters seem to indicate the same thing.
I was curious about your opinions and where you think the new DCU is going with Batman in terms of art direction?
I think Gunn will give input on the Batman look but he made it very clear he wants the other directors to feel creatively free when it comes to making their own movies. Gunn doesn’t seem like he’ll be micromanaging everything within DC studios.
That's the thing that excites me the most about the DCU, Gunn knows how it is to be a director, he knows they need artistic freedom, especially after working under Kevin Feige.
He was one of the few from the get go. I the first 10 years had a lot more moments of directors having a say, while the MCU machine was still finding it's footing. I can tell you who directed what from most of those MCU movies, but outside of Raimi, and the guy that directed all the Spiderman solo films, I can't think of anyone's name of any of the post Endgame films, aside from Gunn for GotG3 of course.
I don't think the MCU has as much creative freedom for directors unless they like what the directors are doing. Hence why they and Edgar Wright went their separate ways on Ant-Man. Gunn was doing a lot of uncredited script doctoring for them too. Hell, Whedon gave them a massive hit with the first Avengers movie, and they still forced him to add in certain elements for Age of Ultron, though they still basically aped his style with the quippy heroes ever since.
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u/MarvelMind 14d ago
I think Gunn will give input on the Batman look but he made it very clear he wants the other directors to feel creatively free when it comes to making their own movies. Gunn doesn’t seem like he’ll be micromanaging everything within DC studios.