James Gunn Wants to See Pattinson’s Batman Battle DC’s Funniest Foe: Bat-Mite

James Gunn just can’t seem to let Bat-Mite go, and honestly, we’re here for it. The tiny, chaotic character from DC’s stranger side keeps popping up in conversations, and now Gunn’s even joking about throwing him into Robert Pattinson’s gritty Batman world.

Speaking recently with HBO, Gunn laughed about the idea of Bat-Mite going toe-to-toe with Pattinson’s Caped Crusader. “I talked to Matt Reeves yesterday, I’ll talk to him today, I’ll call him and go ‘how about Bat-Mite??’ Matt’s gonna love that idea!” he joked.

This isn’t the first time Bat-Mite’s name has been tossed around. There were rumors he might show up in Peacemaker Season 2, but Gunn quickly shut those down on Threads. Another time, when host Josh Horowitz joked about Bat-Mite getting his own series, Gunn played along, saying, “Yeah, the HBO Bat-Mite show. $150 million an episode.”

For anyone not familiar, Bat-Mite is one of the weirder characters in the DC universe. He first showed up in 1959 in the comics, created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff. He’s basically a tiny version of Batman from the Fifth Dimension, the same place as Mister Mxyzptlk, Superman’s own reality-warping nuisance.

Bat-Mite idolizes Batman so much that he tries to help him… which usually ends in chaos. Some comic writers have even hinted that Bat-Mite might just be something Batman imagined, making him even more of a mystery.

Bat-Mite was written out of the comics in the 1960s when DC tried to take things in a more serious direction. But every once in a while, he pops back up. Recently, there were even whispers that he might be part of The Batman Part II, though nothing has been confirmed. When Deadline asked Gunn if Bat-Mite would appear in that movie, he just smiled and said, “It’s great,” referring to Matt Reeves’ script.

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Right now, it seems like Bat-Mite is staying in the realm of running jokes. But with James Gunn steering the DC ship, anything’s possible. He’s never been shy about embracing the weird stuff, and Bat-Mite fits that bill perfectly. Whether he’s just having fun or planting a future seed, the idea of Bat-Mite facing off against Pattinson’s serious Batman is wild… and kind of brilliant.

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