[SuperAndroid17]

I can see ben affleck as flash

[Dram]

Agreed. Where's this talk about rebooting Batman coming from? It's a terrible idea since the Nolan trilogy just finished and should stand for a long time.

Warner Brothers Wants ‘Batman’ Reboot To Hit Theaters In 2016

http://latino-review.com/2012/08/03/...theaters-2016/

Cosmic Books News is reporting that Warner Bros. wants the new Batman movie to follow the Justice League movie (tentative release date for that is 2015). However, this reboot won’t be another origin story (like The Amazing Spider-Man), instead it’ll focus on Batman’s second year as a hero. The film may be titled The Batman. But wait, there’s more details. This new Batman “will be part of the same shared DC Universe that features the Justice League Movie as well as having Henry Cavill in the role of Superman in Justice League and subsequent sequels to the Man of Steel.”

[Penguin]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/ben-...medium=twitter


Seems like he may have already passed

[DMczaf]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/ben-...medium=twitter Seems like he may have already passed

Don't bother with that story, Deadline is pissed that Variety beat them to the scoop so now it's time to discredit Variety's story. Media feuds are the worst.

Following the feud on twitter is fun though.

[Rafa=FedKilla]

All I need is confirmation that they are using my Jimmy Olsen found footage style script.

[Penguin]

Don't bother with that story, Deadline is pissed that Variety beat them to the scoop so now it's time to discredit Variety's story. Media feuds are the worst. Following the feud on twitter is fun though.

There's an actual feud between the two?

And it's happening now?
Links?

[DMczaf]

There's an actual feud between the two? And it's happening now? Links?

https://twitter.com/TheInSneider

He's the one who reported the initial story.

Affleck can still say no though lol.

[params7]

They need to do the Flash.

And fucking Aquaman.

[Expendable.]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/ben-...medium=twitter Seems like he may have already passed

Ugh, don't ever link to Deadline. They are the worst. They only published that story to get a leg up on Variety.

[Acrylic7]

They seriously have to introduce at least Batman (rebooted), Superman, Wonder Women, Flash or Green Lantern (please reboot Green Lantern).

I'm going to guess that they aren't going with Martian Man-hunter and Hawk Girl; but AquaMan and Cyborg instead. I would rather have Man-hunter and Hawk Girl, but they new 52 thing so... you know how that works.

Maybe they can introduce one of the lesser known/popular characters in one of the bigger stars movie.
Like in the Superman movie they could introduce (would be so much better with Martian Man-hunter) Aquaman.
In the Batman movie they can introduce Cyborg ( Or maybe Bats needs his own flick to himself;) Ehh, Cyborg should just be introduced in Justice League.
And GL can be introduced in the Flash.

I really don't care how they do it, I just don't want them to half ass this just to rake in cash. I'm pretty sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that we are passionate about comics and the lore. please don't mess this up. Please.

[Guzim]

I really hope Affleck directs this.

[Scullibundo]

LOL Deadline.

[jtb]

Afleck's first two flicks were incredible. Gone Baby Gone was fantastic, and The Town added great action to his repertoire. Would be very hyped if this panned out; would fit the general feel WB have given Superman and Batman with the reboots, a stark contrast from Whedon in the best way possible.

[Scullibundo]

LOL Deadline again.

Nikke Finke has recently appointed herself the moral compass for all studios in terms of what is appropriate in the wake of Aurora victims. Last week she was lambasting WB for not immediately deciding to take the scene out of Gangster Squad when they had reported they would 'Discuss the matter internally.'

This week it's about title cards flying at the screen to the sound of gun shots. Maybe she just has some sort of feud with WB?

Why Didn’t Warner Bros Silence Gunshots? By NIKKI FINKE AND DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday August 8, 2012 @ 3:31pm PDT Tags: Gary Sanchez Productions, The Campaign, Warner Bros Maybe Hollywood should be extra careful in light of recent events. Or at least extra sensitive. This weekend, movie theatre audiences may be disturbed by the first sounds from a new Warner Bros film. During the opening credits for The Campaign, which releases Friday, two gunshots are clearly heard when the title treatment card for Gary Sanchez Productions comes up on the big screen. “The gunshots really stuck out,” one unnerved moviegoer at the studio screening told Deadline. Warner Bros easily could have muted the handgun sounds especially since this wasn’t the actual film action but the title treatment. The studio had no comment. But a spokesman for Gary Sanchez Productions, which is Will Ferrell’s and Adam McKay’s banner, told Deadline, “Obviously we are very sensitive to the tragedy in Colorado and we will re-evaluate on future productions the use of the title treatment.”

Goddamn I hate that woman.

[akira28]

wat

*shrug* what's the problem?

I'd prefer the movie to be done by a quiet maniac for details and setting, or someone who "gets" it, gets the Justice League, gets the characters, understands the viewers and how to relate to the audience and let a story unfold masterfully. I want it to be a fucking masterpiece. Not a good effort by someone who made a really good movie that one time.

So that, plus no Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, and we're cool.

[Penguin]

So what I learned is Deadline is a terrible source?
Gotcha!

Also with this news/non-news day, I am re-watching New Frontier. Really dig the style, but the movie feels like it could have used a lot more time to breathe.

Also, came up with a list of possible villains/threats would like to see in the movie

[VaLiancY]

"Park the car in Gotham Yard."

I lol'd too hard at this comment, I don't know why I read that in a Boston accent.

[shintoki]

I'd rather just have this as a one shot or separate universe. It worked for Marvel because they built it up over 4 years, but I'm also going to say. We had four years of meh movies to till Avengers. Each of the movies also share that very similar style between them, since they want to keep them all in the same universe.

[shira]

They seriously have to introduce at least Batman (rebooted), Superman, Wonder Women, Flash or Green Lantern (please reboot Green Lantern). I'm going to guess that they aren't going with Martian Man-hunter and Hawk Girl; but AquaMan and Cyborg instead. I would rather have Man-hunter and Hawk Girl, but they new 52 thing so... you know how that works. Maybe they can introduce one of the lesser known/popular characters in one of the bigger stars movie. Like in the Superman movie they could introduce (would be so much better with Martian Man-hunter) Aquaman. In the Batman movie they can introduce Cyborg ( Or maybe Bats needs his own flick to himself;) Ehh, Cyborg should just be introduced in Justice League. And GL can be introduced in the Flash. I really don't care how they do it, I just don't want them to half ass this just to rake in cash. I'm pretty sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that we are passionate about comics and the lore. please don't mess this up. Please.

Like, totally.

[bangladesh]

Batman Superman Green Lantern Flash Wonder Woman

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[jaxword]

Man, has Kevin Smith fallen from grace. I remember when everyone loved everything he wrote no matter how good or bad, funny or infantile, rushed or thoughtful, it was.

Now all the internet comic nerds have turned against him.

Though in fairness his last 3 movies were terrible.

[jey_16]

I want this too, to be honest. Everyone is so insistent DC copy the Marvel method, but why? It's a team movie. You don't need to know every aspect of the characters for it to work: just their powers and how they interact with each other.

Yep....use Man of steel to tease JL and use the JL movie to introduce the new Batman which then links up with them doing a year 2 film in 2016.

We dont need origin films for every hero!

[SMT]

We can make a new a DareDevil character, just have a bird gauge Nightwing's eyes, and voila, Nightvil.

[layzie1989]

I really think they all need to have individual movies for this to work. I know they're popular characters but you really need to set up the universe that they live in. I really think that's why Avengers did so well. We'd been hearing about the Avengers initiative since Iron Man 1. How could you NOT be looking forward to it. You spring the Justice League on everyone out of nowhere and we're not going to be attached to the people in the movie.

edit: and make the Batman reboot the very last thing you do before the Avengers

[Error]

a batman 'reboot' would work if they don't bother with an origin story and have batman already be an established entity in Gotham.

[J2 Cool]

Haven't read the rest of this thread, just the OP. Maybe they're thinking "If fans could extend their belief for the 'The Bat' in DKR, could we conceivably.."

I think this movie as a possibility depends a lot on the success of Man of Steel, with it's evolved "Nolan feel", or whatever you call Dark Knight font and Hans Zimmer composing. I'm sure they want to keep evolving the brand, ala Avengers as opposed to Spider-man esque reboot. Even if it means collapsing in on itself when fans realize how silly it is to involve Batman (as he's know in TDK) with any of this. It's still more cash than anything else they can come up with.

I don't have a problem with Ben Affleck directing. Favreau for Iron Man was weirder. With The Town/Gone Baby Gone, he's got good potential and somewhat fits into the aesthetic I'm imagining they would try to achieve (keeping gritty, whilst getting into the most sci-fi of shit.. think a slightly more earthy Star Trek).

[spanks]

Weren't the Wachowskis trying to get Plastic Man made a couple years ago? I guess he could replace one of the lesser heroes. Then there's The Rock pushing Lobo. So,

Henry Cavill
JGL
Keanu Reeves
The Rock
Ben Affleck
Jennifer Garner

Nah

[Slayven]

If they are doing Superman gritty then they have already failed. They might as well make a movie where Superman walks across the country.

[ReiGun]

The "Man of Steel" stuff didn't feel at all gritty to me, but then, I don't know what the hell people mean when they say "gritty" nowadays. Seems like nothing but a buzzword. *shrug*

They might as well make a movie where Superman walks across the country.

You don't want to watch Superman playing basketball with inner city youth and condescendingly quoting Henry David Thoreau?

[Forgotten_Taco]

I really don't see this working well unless it's built up over a few movies like Marvel did.

[boinx]

Wow, never expected this. Interesting choice. I loved The Town. But what kind of tone will the JL movie have? Hmmm...

According to Mark Millar who has heard some rumors or something about the script, it's supposed to have a similar tone to the Nolan Bat movies. Not necessarily realistic or dark, just more serious and not as light hearted as the Marvel movies for example. But who knows, at this point these are just rumors.

[Evolution_1ne]

ok can we please keep the damn Avengers out of EVERY DC movie thread, especially Justice League related ones?

the two have about as much in common as Halo and Killzone

OT: not sure how I feel about this, but interested none the less

[Caja 117]

According to Mark Millar who has heard some rumors or something about the script, it's supposed to have a similar tone to the Nolan Bat movies. Not necessarily realistic or dark, just more serious and not as light hearted as the Marvel movies for example. But who knows, at this point these are just rumors.

Based on Man of Steel teaser, it seems they are taking that serious road in their movies, if its going to be like this, the Flash is going to be a centerpiece character for this movie to hold itself (comic relief, just like it was with JL animated show).

[J2 Cool]

The "Man of Steel" stuff didn't feel at all gritty to me, but then, I don't know what the hell people mean when they say "gritty" nowadays. Seems like nothing but a buzzword. *shrug*

The trailer seems little more self-serious, moving away from Superman Returns colorful take on the character; The saturated look, attaching Nolan's name, the font, Zimmer. It's a subtler more earthy take they're going after, depicting the mundane to greater relate the fantastic; Kent hitchhiking or sneaking in Superman's cape on a clothing line akin to how Batman's makeshift bat signal in BB. Maybe "gritty" is the wrong word, but the studio is definitely look to push Man of Steel towards Dark Knight's tone.

[CorrisD]

Sounds like a silly idea to get a director that has to be in his films, if he does the first and doesn't want to be a part of it afterwards they lose the director and what could be a main character actor.

[THE-Pink-Dagger]

Ben wasnt anywhere in Gone Baby Gone, so it's not a necessity it seems.

[Busty]

Affleck would be a fascinating choice and I have a feeling that WB would expect him to put together an 'Ocean's 11' style cast of big names to play the Justice League members. Matt Damon for Green Arrow. Jennifer Garner for..., Martian Manhunter etc.

I suppose that's one way to differentiate yourself from the Avengers films.

But what could be interesting is (as of a few months ago) Warners were apparently adamant that Snyder's potential Man Of Steel/Superman film series would be SEPARATE from any Justice League film which could be..., interesting.

If Affleck really wanted to do a Justice League movie and had a unique vision for it I'd definitely be excited to see what he does. But what would this mean for the 'sequel machine' should the film be a success?

Would Affleck be stuck directing a series of Justice League films or would he do the first one and then just act in subsequent films? While that might be all very well and good for Whedon I'd prefer to see Afflek do other stuff over the next few years rather than Justice League part 4 etc, etc.

Ben wasnt anywhere in Gone Baby Gone, so it's not a necessity it seems.

The Variety article says all his films 'going forward'.

[homerule]

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[smurfx]

so many of the characters from DC fly so it would look weird.

[Busty]

This is excellent news; Jennifer Garner is the perfect Wonder Woman.

Meh. She's always seemed a bit too 'girl next door cute' to play Wonder Woman convincingly to me.

I know she kicked all types of arse in Alias but her modern persona seems a lot softer.

Eh. I could be wrong.

so many of the characters from DC fly so it would look weird.

Opposed to the 'grounded' Iron Man established in the first film hanging out with a 'god' and battling an alien invasion of Manhattan?

[boinx]

Meh. She's always seemed a bit too 'girl next door cute' to play Wonder Woman convincingly to me. I know she kicked all types of arse in Alias but her modern persona seems a lot softer. Eh. I could be wrong.

I say Olivia Wilde would be a cool choice. I mean take a look at this video too and listen to what she says https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHnufoX77lU

[smurfx]

Opposed to the 'grounded' Iron Man established in the first film hanging out with a 'god' and battling an alien invasion of Manhattan?

iron man is in a suit so it hides the weirdness. same reason why spiderman doesn't look as weird as the suit can be cgi and it doesn't look so out of place. imagine peter parker zipping across the city without the costume. it would look really weird.

[Busty]

iron man is in a suit so it hides the weirdness. same reason why spiderman doesn't look as weird as the suit can be cgi and it doesn't look so out of place. imagine peter parker zipping across the city without the costume. it would look really weird.

I thought the Raimi films already did this and it looked cool. It's all about context and I don't see why a 'metal man' flying should be any less fantastical than a 'human' doing it.

[Salvor.Hardin]

The "Man of Steel" stuff didn't feel at all gritty to me, but then, I don't know what the hell people mean when they say "gritty" nowadays. Seems like nothing but a buzzword. *shrug*

It seems melancholic to me. Definitely not gritty/dark.

[Solo]

I really hope Affleck directs this.

I don't. Such a waste of his talent.

[akira28]

I don't. Such a waste of his talent.

OK you nerds, I'll finally watch The Town, and it better be gud.

This "talent" everone keeps mentioning better be apparent, because I want an Oscar-worthy Superhero movie for once, not just another blockbuster popcorn pumper. I don't want someone who will 'do ok' or can 'make it work'. Fucking Hollywood clockpunchers who have no imagination and no soul! I want to feel real, manly tears as Batman and Superman notice their strong kinship and basically become brothers. I want to laugh as 3rd Wave Feminist Wonder Woman shuts neo-chauvinist Hal Jordan down for the 20th time, crushing his ego, but carefully not breaking his spirit. I want to see Martian Manhunter eating Oreo cookies, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold bro-ing out, playing video games on the global crisis monitor screen. Common comparisons between what it means to balance your humanity against your superhero identity, how you relate to your family and friends and normal reality, etc. Basically a 'this is why we fight' story, against someone like Starro or Desperro or something big. Something that will make your mom cry and your little brother scream, "cool". A movie everyone wants to see. They don't make those anymore.

Goddammit, I want the perfect story, not a great action movie, but the balance of action, humor, self-identification, drama and emotion. I want people to get attached to the Justice League. I want them to get up at the end of the movie after the teaser-stingers that play throughout the credits, already demanding a sequel. This is my vision. It can be done.

I just don't think that one half of beautiful Bennifer can accomplish it.

[Schweini]

.

Holy fuck. :lol

No place for Casey Affleck?

[Str0ngStyle]

I say Olivia Wilde would be a cool choice. I mean take a look at this video too and listen to what she says https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHnufoX77lU

While I like the way she thinks about the character, I just don't see her as what Wonder Woman needs to be. To me WW needs to be that chick that when she walks into a room everyone just stops and reassesses the situation. It could be because of her looks, or brains, or ability to kick your ass. Wilde just doesn't seem that imposing to me.

I guess I am just the type of guy that thinks that WW would be the key to getting JL off the ground. Treat her with the same respect you treated Batman and the money will just come rolling in. I mean the comic fans are already gonna show up, lets get the women in and don't pander to them in the process. Once we got them, everyone else will follow

[Ninja Scooter]

Get Gus Fring to play Martian manhuntsr just cgi up his body and use facial capture like in Avatar

[Blader5489]

OK you nerds, I'll finally watch The Town, and it better be gud. This "talent" everone keeps mentioning better be apparent, because I want an Oscar-worthy Superhero movie for once, not just another blockbuster popcorn pumper. I don't want someone who will 'do ok' or can 'make it work'. Fucking Hollywood clockpunchers who have no imagination and no soul! I want to feel real, manly tears as Batman and Superman notice their strong kinship and basically become brothers. I want to laugh as 3rd Wave Feminist Wonder Woman shuts neo-chauvinist Hal Jordan down for the 20th time, crushing his ego, but carefully not breaking his spirit. I want to see Martian Manhunter eating Oreo cookies, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold bro-ing out, playing video games on the global crisis monitor screen. Common comparisons between what it means to balance your humanity against your superhero identity, how you relate to your family and friends and normal reality, etc. Basically a 'this is why we fight' story, against someone like Starro or Desperro or something big. Something that will make your mom cry and your little brother scream, "cool". A movie everyone wants to see. They don't make those anymore. Goddammit, I want the perfect story, not a great action movie, but the balance of action, humor, self-identification, drama and emotion. I want people to get attached to the Justice League. I want them to get up at the end of the movie after the teaser-stingers that play throughout the credits, already demanding a sequel. This is my vision. It can be done.

So basically, Avengers.