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Affleck's The Batman Set for 2018, Filming Starting Spring 2017
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oh ok
the_firewithin
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Hopefully batfleck is good enough to have the "I'm the god damn batman" line 
They are not going to pull the plug if Wonder Woman flops. They'll "learn" that people don't want female superheroes, that's the only lesson they'll "learn".
That's the lesson the industry took from Supergirl, Catwoman and Elektra after all.
That movie has 'disappointing box office' written all over it (for me).
I liked her guitar wail. I had zero feelings about her.
For a base comparison point
Only made $370.6 million
Release that film today and it tops 700 million.
Please. Even Ant-Man only made 520m. A solid, safe movie with an unnamed hero (and barely connected to MCU) is not going to magically gross 700m.
Marvel aberration - even Doc Strange is passing 700m
Nah. Wonder Woman is going to underperform, they'll draw the wrong conclusion from that and move on. I admit that I'm cynical and bitter regarding this.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Save us, Batfleck
Doctor Strange also has a much better lead actor attached to the title role, at least compared to Ant Man or Wonder Woman
BadAss2961
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Avengers just about doubled every Marvel movie's gross going forward.
Anyway, Affleck's got a great base to work with as Snyder drew up the best Batman put on screen. This should be good.
Since the Avengers released, the only Marvel/DC Superhero film that failed to hit $400M worldwide was Fantastic 4. The only other Marvel/DC superhero film that failed to hit $500M worldwide was The Wolverine. This is across Disney, WB, Fox, and Sony.
Prior to the Avengers, Thor made just under $450M, and was the biggest 8th Marvel/DC superhero film of all time Worldwide after The Dark Knight, the 3 Raimi Spider-man films, Iron Man 1 and 2, and X-Men 3 (by $10M).
Since May 2012, there have been 18 superhero films that have topped Thor's worldwide gross.
Comparing pre-Avengers films to post-Avengers films is useless in the Superhero genre.
Prior to the Avengers, Thor made just under $450M, and was the biggest 8th Marvel/DC superhero film of all time Worldwide after The Dark Knight, the 3 Raimi Spider-man films, Iron Man 1 and 2, and X-Men 3 (by $10M).
Since May 2012, there have been 18 superhero films that have topped Thor's worldwide gross.
Comparing pre-Avengers films to post-Avengers films is useless in the Superhero genre.
What did he mean by this?
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Kept you waiting huh?
Didnt yall learn your flop detection lessons from Suicide Squad already? Needed half a trillion to get out the red or somesuch
Didnt yall learn your flop detection lessons from Suicide Squad already? Needed half a trillion to get out the red or somesuch
paragonpro
Banned
Cool I really like the more comic booky direction that this version of batman is going in. I cant wait to see what affleck does especially if deathstroke is involved
RustyNails
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Keep Hack Snyder as far as you possibly can from this production and I think Affleck can get a good shot at this.
FullMetaltech
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Good to hear. I hope they only focus on one villian. Never liked the idea of multi villains in comic movies. I despised Leto's Joker in Suicide squad and would hate to see it bring this down. Deathstroke for me is a better challenge for the Bat.
Lots of inexplicable Plastic Man sequences.
nothing that dramatically changes the film
ZackieChan
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They often have 2nd unit directors shoot these things. I wouldn't worry.
Ampersands
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I'd wager the majority of people who go see these comic book movies couldn't tell you which is DC or Marvel. The thing that stops the superhero movie train is people getting bored of superheroes.
Triggerhappytel
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He's gonna beat the living shit out of Joker. They're going to have to give him some really strong physical enemies otherwise he'll just cave their faces in. I'm guessing Killer Croc will not be one of the enemies, and it's probably too soon to use Bane again, so who does that leave?
At worst they would remove Snyder from directing/overseeing, but there's no way at all they'll cancel the whole universe. There's too many people involved they would have to pay off.
LordOfLore
Banned
They've already signed up Deathstroke for it so that fight will probably be great.
Thatonemoor
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So can someone tell me if DC is still doing their original movie slate? Is there still gonna be a standalone Aquaman and Flash movie?
Yes.
LordOfLore
Banned
Yes, AFAWK only Cyborg might've gotten scrapped and his character rolled into the Flash movie but they're back to finding a director for that one again so...
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Save us Ben, you're our only hope.
LordOfLore
Banned
And Johns!
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Aquaman is alreadly filming, JL 2 and Cyborg I don't see any time soon.
Triggerhappytel
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Oh yes; I'd forgotten about that. Is he the only confirmed villain?
LordOfLore
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Thus far. Since it's Deathstroke there's probably another villain behind him at the very least like Hugo Strange for example.
broncobuster
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Going off memory the current known cast is:
Affleck as Batman
Simmons as Gordon
Irons as Alfred
Joe M as Deathstroke
Leto, Robbie, and others are only rumored I think.
On story, Affleck said he wants a mystery, detective story, citing Maltese Falcon.
edit: Titus Welliver is in every one of Affleck's movies, but I don't know the status of his MCU character.
Affleck as Batman
Simmons as Gordon
Irons as Alfred
Joe M as Deathstroke
Leto, Robbie, and others are only rumored I think.
On story, Affleck said he wants a mystery, detective story, citing Maltese Falcon.
edit: Titus Welliver is in every one of Affleck's movies, but I don't know the status of his MCU character.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Ooooh yes.
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RustyNails
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Amen to that. Leto Joker needs to retire. Easily the worst portrayal of Joker on screen. He just channeled Jim Carrey from Ace Ventura and made it seem "edgy".
Banderdash
Member
DC should throw as much money at Dini as it takes to get him back too.
LordOfLore
Banned
He's back. Only doing comics for now(check out Dark Night by him which is on a ton of Best Of lists this year).
Kibbles
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BvS and SS were box office successes.
Banderdash
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I thought he was working with Marvel Cinematics... or am I confusing him with Bruce Timm?
Triggerhappytel
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That would be cool, as I think having a 'mastermind' pulling the strings as well as Deathstroke as a more physical enemy would be a good mix. Hugo Strange would also be a good choice as he's not been in a Batman movie before.
Samurai G0SU
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Affleck at the helm?! Well that is something i didn't know about!
ARGO levels of hype?
ARGO levels of hype?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Deathstroke will probably be hired from Luthor. At least that's what it looked like on the story board.
Kibbles
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Ben can fix Leto Joker. Jared's the best actor to play the part. Ayer just had a fucked up version of it and no direction.
Yeah, I thought that'd make sense if they wanted to make an Arkham Asylum based movie. A mastermind like Lex Luthor gets locked in there and manages to take over.
Hopefully batfleck is good enough to have the "I'm the god damn batman" line
Affleck's build looks imposing as Batman but I can't get past his face or voice, former looks weird, he isn't menacing at all and his voice is terrible, Bale was so bad at times but actually okay sometimes. Hope Affleck improves a lot in his delivery and look.
Financially, no.
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