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The Kristian Harloff Show

Kristian Harloff

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4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Who will be the DCU’s new Batman? On today’s Capes and Cowls episode of The Kristian Harloff Show, Kristian Harloff, Winston A. Marshall, and Coy Jandreau break down the latest rumors, casting buzz, and big superhero news making waves this week.

We start with THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: 7 Actors Who Could Play The DCU's BATMAN With Robert Pattinson Out Of The Running (Link) — who would YOU cast as the Dark Knight in James Gunn’s new DC Universe?

Next, we discuss the RUMOR: Sadie Sink's SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY Role Has Been Revealed (Again) And It's No One We Expected (Link), diving into what this means for the future of the Spidey franchise.

Marvel fans, we’ve also got an update on MARVEL ZOMBIES, which just got a new, earlier premiere date, will be very R-rated, and was originally going to be a film (Link).

In DC news, James Gunn on Margot Robbie's Potential Return As Harley Quinn; Wants Idris Elba's Bloodsport In The DCU (Link) — will we see these fan-favorite characters back on the big screen?

And finally, SUPERMAN Director James Gunn Reveals "Complicated" Reason For The Movie's Early Digital Release (Link).

If you love superhero movies, casting speculation, and Marvel/DC updates, this Capes and Cowls episode is packed with discussion you won’t want to miss.

📌 Topics Include:

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: Who could play the DCU’s Batman?

Superman’s early digital release explained

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0:00.0	Superman was just released on digital today.
0:05.0	Today, yeah, today, holy moly, today.
0:08.0	So we'll discuss whether or not it's a good idea,
0:10.0	but then it started me, I started thinking about it
0:12.0	because you got peacemaker coming up.
0:14.0	And one of the reasons I definitely think that
0:17.0	Superman was released on digital today was to promote that show
0:20.0	because it connects into it,
0:21.8	right? So then Wonder Woman is already being talked about. So how long is it going to be before
0:28.0	we get an announcement of who Batman's going to be? There are some people holding hope still
0:34.0	that it's Pattinson. I think you got to let that go in the DCU.
0:43.4	So the questions start to become who's going to play the Batman in the DCU?
0:44.6	It's been a conversation.
0:45.0	It's already. It's been, it's been happening already.
0:46.8	And now it's starting to heat up even more.
0:48.6	There's been tons of articles about it, talking about it, rumors about who it could be,
0:53.3	actors talking about it.
0:55.3	So the guys and I were talking and we're like, okay, why don't we put together our top five
0:59.7	list each? So we'll have friendly debates. I can tell you this. We were talking about it off
1:04.5	here. Winston and I are pretty much in the same zone. Coy is in a different, he's in a multiverse.
1:09.7	He's in an absolutely
1:11.3	different plane. But some of his picks I thought were inspired, as the kids say, other I think
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