{"id":388332,"date":"2025-09-01T02:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T02:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/388332\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T02:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T02:23:18","slug":"reacher-star-alan-ritchson-addresses-batman-rumours-words-have-been-exchanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/388332\/","title":{"rendered":"Reacher star Alan Ritchson addresses Batman rumours: “Words have been exchanged”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reacher star Alan Ritchson has addressed rumours that he could be the next Batman<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The role, which was most recently taken on by Robert Pattinson, is currently up for grabs within James Gunn’s DCU reboot. <\/p>\n

Back in 2023, Gunn announced plans for a new Batman movie<\/a>, titled The Brave and the Bold, which would be completely separate from Pattinson’s existing version. <\/p>\n

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Since then, speculation regarding who would be wearing the black cape has been rife, with Ritchson rumoured to be in the running<\/a>. <\/p>\n

When asked about being on Gunn’s radar for the movie, the actor told Variety<\/a>: “Well, it’s not a rumour that James Gunn is a fan. He said it himself. And am I a fan of James Gunn? Absolutely.”<\/p>\n

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“I don’t want to mislead people. Words have been exchanged about Batman. But I strongly don’t think that Batman is in my future,” he continued.<\/p>\n

Despite this, Ritchson hasn’t ruled out a future within the DCU and shared his hopes for a potential appearance later down the line. <\/p>\n

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“I do think there is something in my future with DC. And I would like that to remain true,” he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ritchson’s action-thriller Motor City<\/a> recently had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival. Set in 1970s Detroit, the movie follows John Miller (Ritchson), a formerly incarcerated man hellbent on revenge after being framed by a local gangster. <\/p>\n

Speaking about the almost silent movie, the actor said: “It’s a super-unique and super-artistic film. Obviously it’s a huge choice to not rely on dialogue, but I want this to be commercial, I want everybody to enjoy this and it not just to be for a tiny niche audience. And I think we did it.”<\/p>\n

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Divya is a freelance writer with experience in entertainment and lifestyle news. Described as a “telly addict” since childhood, Divya was able to translate her interests into a BJTC-accredited, Honours degree in Journalism and Media. After working in communications and marketing, Divya joined Digital Spy<\/a>\u00a0as a Freelance News Reporter. She has also written for various publications including\u00a0Metro<\/a>,\u00a0Asian World News\u00a0and\u00a0TwitCelebGossip;\u00a0as well as interviews, features and reviews on her own blog. Divya prides herself on her TV,\u00a0film<\/a>\u00a0and showbiz knowledge, always offering (not so) fun facts to her long-suffering friends and family. From\u00a0soaps<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0superheroes<\/a>, Divya is the go-to person for tailored recommendations\u00a0and up to date information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reacher star Alan Ritchson has addressed rumours that he could be the next Batman. The role, which was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,1380,134680,1331,77,1330,134679,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-388332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-content-type-news","10":"tag-contentid-6587333b-c657-4632-b22d-5f4394b9e4f5","11":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-shorttitle-reachers-alan-ritchson-addresses-batman-rumours","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115126665846577505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}