The Last Wizard
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Flash and green lantern sound awesome, only if it's Wally and John.
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I kinda hope that's a typo and it's a Flash/GA movie. Would make absolute sense with the shows sharing the same universe and by that time they should have plenty of crossovers. Plus Barry and Oliver had a nice dynamic in Arrow.
Look, I like Arrow a lot myself and think Amell does a pretty great job in the role...but no way in hell is WB entrusting two CW actors to headline a $200 million tentpole film.
HP_Wuvcraft
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That list smells like bullshit.
MiguelMexMIstery
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Flash and Green Lantern team-up?
Hell yes.
Hell yes.
They could tone it down (financially). WB said they want to do 50-80 million smaller Superhero movies. But sure I'm ok with Flash and GL too. It just would be super cool to see those two guys on the big screen.
Poofynamanama
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i'll nut all over the place if the shazam rumor is true. my main in injustice <3
I actually don't really know much about the character, but injustice made him look BADASS
black adam would be amazing also
I actually don't really know much about the character, but injustice made him look BADASS
black adam would be amazing also
Dark Ninja
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Not enough Batman, give him a cameo in each movie and give him top billing. BATMAN and shazam
Batman v Shazam: Dawn of Vlarem
I figured a lack of Batman is probably due to Affleck's price and his own filming schedule.
And he doesn't really need standalone films.
The way I see it.
The May film will be their big budget movie upwards of 200 million or so
July will be more modest maybe 100 million tops
And Dec or so will be a mostly moderate budget-film. Though not sure how that works for Flash/GL team-up film.
block tower
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it's DC and live action film making, are you really expecting these to be good? the Dark Knight movies were good because of Christopher Nolan as well as Tim Burton's Batman because of well.. Tim Burton. DC's character choices are terrible imo, they have a wide variety of adult oriented characters, but you can see by the list that they're attempting to capture that "everyone " market that Marvel and Disney have with their superhero films. DC if they were smart would simply start doing live action versions of some of their best written work, you have so many graphic novels and comic series that utilize some really good stories and characters. DC and Warner Bros. could easily become the go to people who give you a different Batman or Superman story every year or two years. just seeing that DC still wants to do another Green Lantern as well as Shazam tells me all i need to know lol. none of the characters that are on the list really come off as worthy of a big film, and given Marvels popularity and quality of films, DC only stands to loose by going with these muted heros.
you want DC blockbusters that get people interested in following DC films, do a Batman Beyond film, a Specter film, a Batman The Long Halloween film, Batman and Dracula Red Rain film, Superman Red Son film, and All-Star Superman film. DC should treat their live action films like their animated films, constant one-offs and no regard to a constant narrative, just a focus on making good films using iconic heros.
dark_inferno
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Sandman? I hope that one is not true.
Could be good. Could be bad. I don't know. They haven't been released yet; they don't even have trailers, let alone casts, directors, or even scripts as far as we know.
Call me crazy, but I prefer to have something to judge before I flip out.
Yes, movies tend to be good because of the creative talent behind them. That's...how filmmaking works, dude. Hence, why I'm not declaring these films dead in the water without knowing the creative talent working on them.
They've put out movies featuring those characters for years. Watchmen, V for Vendetta, A History of Violence, Swamp Thing, etc.
Because that's the audience superhero movies appeal to.
The last thing WB/DC needs is even more of a laser focus on Supes and Bats.
These characters have been around for 50-75 years. There's hundreds of good to great stories to pull inspiration from for movies. The idea that Wonder Woman or The Flash, two of DC's most beloved and storied characters, aren't "worthy" movies is insane to me. But to each his own, I guess.
This is projecting. These are movies you want, and you're saying because you want them, they would be most interesting to everyone.
The truth is, people have been clamoring for DC to make more use of their non-Superman and Batman properties for years. There isn't a single superhero property people talk about wanting a movie from more than Wonder Woman. Not a single one. If they make one, people will show up.
Also, this list seems to fly in the face of your earlier charge that these movies will be bad because DC can't do live action films. A potential Superman Red Son movie could end up as terrible as you're convinced a potential Shazam movie will be.
For what it's worth, though, I agree they should look into doing Teen Titans.
pieatorium
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On board with most of what you said except this, tonally i don't see any way teen titans fits into the snyder/nolan super serious super "real" world. Having some of the younger heroes/sidekicks could certainly work attached to their main character but a team up would be very hard to pull off imo. A separate unconnected film would be weird too.
Depends on how they develop the world from here on. If they continue with making every movie lineup with the more serious, then I agree Titans would be a poor fit. However, if they're willing to introduce more light-hearted fare into the world, then they should give it a go. And looking at how different "Flash" is tonally to "Arrow," adding lighter characters to a previously super serious world isn't something they have a problem doing.
Besides, they're gonna have to lighten up a bit if they want Shazam to work. You can not approach a character like Shazam - a little boy who gets superpowers from a magic word - and try to fit it into the MoS/Dark Knight style. You thought had a problem with MoS being too grim? No way they'd buy into it with Shazam.
pieatorium
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Its nothing to do with lightheartedness really my concern is how you bring all these kids together that makes sense
Play it like The Avengers played it (and how JLA will likely play it): just a group of heroes from different backgrounds being thrown together to fight a common threat. You can tie the threat to Raven, even; she reaches out for help and these kids are the only ones who show up. If you mean "how does it work logistically without the adult heroes," well, the Titans have been their own separate thing for years. I think the show was smart to have Robin be the only sidekick on the main team; rather than have them be tied to the adult heroes, they come across more immediately as their own thing. Use the same team from the show (swapping out Cyborg, obviously. I'd use Static or Terra myself), maybe age them up a bit (from 14-16 in the show to 16-18), and you've got something.
I think "Teen Titans" I think DC's cinematic equivalent to "Guardians of the Galaxy." A quirky team of heroes who don't get the same recognition as the big boys. Except instead of being a space faring "bunch of A-holes," they're a group of kids who are in over their heads. I think it could work as a film.
BladeoftheImmortal
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Which ones aren't by Zac Snyder?
He's only on for BvS and JLA. I'd assume he'd be back for MoS2 as well.
So all the other ones should be Synder free. lol
BladeoftheImmortal
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those are the ones i wanna see, then. lol
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Snyder still has credit for making the best superhero film in the last few years.
yeah have her reach out telepathically to some of the kids, then have them break into Cadmus to free Superboy and her. Except it isn't "Why don't he want me Uncle Phil?" Superboy, it's New Hotness Superboy.
Father_Brain
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Maybe. To be honest, it's not just the production schedule; it just seems hard to believe that WB is going to go from releasing one DC film each in 2012 and 2013, and zero in 2014 and 2015, to three films a year.
But if Tsujihara et al. can actually make it happen, and can deliver better films than Man of Steel - both big ifs - it's not a bad slate.
I can understand that, but I'd assume part of the reason their 2014/2015 is so empty of superhero movies is precisely because of the amount of prep work they're putting into the following three years.
Also, as Busty mentioned earlier, WB is running out of options for summer tentpoles. Harry Potter is done, Nolan Batman is done (and while he could still do his own blockbusters for there's no studio, there's no guarantee he won't also spend his time on later-season films like Interstellar and The Prestige), Hobbit is almost done, and the Wachowskis just aren't going to get there. So it kind of makes that they'd suddenly release a blitz like this, they've gotta be in a little bit of frenzy over there.
Sibersk Esto
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I looked over the credits of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but I didn't see his name attached. What role did he have with it?
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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Watchmen > Winter Soldier
Wiktor
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Weapxn
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Considering how not great the Spider-Man reboot has done, I could totally see Warner Bros. holding off on rebooting Batman. Nolan's films were very well received by the general public. Reboot them too soon, and there will be backlash.
Affleck is also one of WB's favored sons and a solo Batman movie, and whatever that would entail, probably depends entirely on his availability and willingness. I could totally see them letting Affleck figure out when and how to do a Batman movie, rather than risk pissing him off by planning one years in advance and forcing him to commit to it.
Bobby Roberts
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They're just going to put Batman in the other DC movies. Essentially, this sorta lends credence to the rumor that popped up awhile ago that the DC Live Action Universe (or whatever acronym we all decide on eventually) is essentially going to play out like Justice League Unlimited: There will be stand-alone movies, but there's going to be a LOT of team-ups. Essentially, even if you go to "Wonder Woman," chances are Batman might show up. Or Aquaman.
once the shared universe is established in Justice League, they're just gonna start rotating supporting characters in and out of the "main" movies, making almost EVERYTHING they put out afterwards a de-facto team-up movie.
once the shared universe is established in Justice League, they're just gonna start rotating supporting characters in and out of the "main" movies, making almost EVERYTHING they put out afterwards a de-facto team-up movie.
And I am completely okay with that.
I don't know if it'll be THAT exaggerated. There are contracts to consider, and if Cavill and Gadot are any indication, WB seems to be going for more standard 3-picture deals than Marvel's insane 6-9 obligations. If this schedule is accurate, Cavill and Gadot at least would already be tapped out by 2017 and would have to be resigned -- which is plenty possible, but also ends up getting pretty costly.
Sibersk Esto
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This comes across as really entitled. So, what just because you don't view these characters as worthy of a big film they don't deserve a shot? And at the same time you cry out for a Spectre film, a character who's shown up almost exclusively in stories starring other heroes. Here's an idea; let's see who the people behind these films are and what their plans are before we judge them. I personally look forward to seeing other DC heroes on screen.
Bobby Roberts
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Probably not THAT costly. And even if it was - considering they're saving on whatever licensing they'd be paying to grab up someone else's IP as opposed to just mining DC for their blockbuster material, they can probably afford it. Especially if the profits coming in are what they're hoping for.
I mean - if we get to 2017 and this thing isn't working like they expect, I doubt they're going to be all that worried about extending a losing proposition's contracts, anyway.
Future Foundation
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And I assume by "people", you mean yourself right?
Yes, that's what people want. Not a Wonder Woman, but Batman/Dracula: Red Rain.
I would love to see how that would play with people who already get on DC for being too Batman/Superman specific. Sorry, no Wondy, no JL, no Flash, but here are two more Supes and Bats films - with a Spectre movie thrown in.
WyndhamPrice
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Justice League definitely has one in the works, and Sandman probably has a treatment kicking around somewhere (aside from Gaiman's own from a long time ago)
Plasticine
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I'm more interested in seeing Batman v Sandman: Dawn of the Endless.
Bruh, if the Spectre got a movie before Wonder Woman, the whole comic movie online community would be crushed under the stress from holding all dat nerd rage. I imagine people will already feel some type of way about Shazam going first. lol
Plasticine
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We're never going to see a Wonder Woman movie. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see WB scrap this list entirely the moment Shazam bombs. They'll skip ahead to Man of Steel 2 and then think about a Batman reboot.
I don't think that's how this works since the movie would be heavy into production by the time Shazam comes out based on this list
And why would they equate Wonder Woman to Shazam?
yes, Shazam script has been in development for a couple years and Sandman has been in development forever, with JGL and Gaiman just recently teaming up to work on it this year or last year.
BobTheFork
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If you had asked them 2-3 years ago I bet their 'shuedule' would have looked similar. It's getting it done that's going to be a challenge.
tringworldso
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Yeah, that's true. A cameo or archer position in JL would be good enough. Not really sure about the CW Flash though. Dude smiles like the Joker.
block tower
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so you think the general public is actually going to see Shazam and another Green Lantern film?
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