The DCU is still in the early stages of Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters, and one of the most highly anticipated new DC movies on the slate is the upcoming The Brave and the Bold. James Gunn and Peter Safran’s reboot of Batman will introduce Bruce Wayne alongside his son, Damian Wayne, and the wider Bat-Family, but we currently don't know anything about who could play Gotham’s new Dark Knight. Still, that hasn’t stopped actors (and fans) from speculating about who might take on the role. One actor in particular is throwing his cape in the ring, and he is a former Superman star.
At FAN EXPO Canada, Screen Rant hosted a “Men of Steel” panel with several Superman actors, and the conversation took a surprising turn when the panel was asked if they thought Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight could fit into the larger DCU. Tyler Hoechlin, best known for playing Clark Kent in The CW's Supergirl and Superman & Lois, admitted he has a selfish reason for thinking the Matt Reeves version of the Caped Crusader wouldn’t work in the larger DCU:
