"According to Variety, The Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Lobo, the Suicide Squad, and Shazam are all in different stages of development as films at Warner Bros."
You know how many times Mark Millar has shot his mouth off about various upcoming DC movie projects, only to be proven wrong time and again? Last year at this time, he was jumping on the bandwagon to criticize Green Lantern, saying it's failure was the result of DC characters being better suited to animation than live action.
Never mind his opinion. DC & Warners love to put out press releases, but it's all just talk for now.
So, whatever happened to that Doom Patrol move they got Akiva Goldsmith to develop, hmm? Or that Sgt. Rock movie set in the future?
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Well, that's a ridiculous statement, superheroes, no matter what the costume/powers can be translated easily to screen, Marvel have shown that repeatedly now.
It's the lack of will to come up with anything but origin stories and not having the style and atmosphere being the same all across the board. Don't want to tread on anyone's toes but had the Nolan Batman project been a bit more JL-friendly then with GL already in the bag and Superman coming up more DC characters would have been able to be fleshed out. As it is with it being disconnected from the other two it kind of halts the whole thing with having to do Batman yet again as well as taking a shot at other characters.
It sounds fake to me. That website has reported wrong information in the past so this wouldn't be the first time.
Seriously, they want a $270 million budget for the JL movie when the script most likely isn't even done yet. That's one of the reasons why it sounds fake to me.
DC needs to learn to stop overspending on their movie budgets. Green Lantern and Superman Returns were both ridiculous in terms of budgets.
They can't just assume Superman will make a Billion and Green Lantern Half a Billion. They need to take risks but not in a way that if something fails it will take them right back to the drawing board.
Right now everything's resting on Superman's shoulders. I still think they should capitalize on the success of Nolan's series and use Bale as Batman to lead the JL alongside a hopefully successful Man of Steel. I don't think audiences will like a Batman reboot so soon after a Batman franchise they loved.
Bale has always said that if Nolan does it so will he.. I understand the need to reboot however all WB/DC needs to do is have Nolan/Bale return and then get out of their way so they can continue their great work together
I don't think I would like the idea of the Nolan/Bale Batman in a JL movie. His take on Batman is too grounded in reality to fit in a JL film. Plus, I don't think the suit he wears in the Nolan trilogy can translate well into a JL film. The suit never looked that good to begin with IMO, as well as any other Batman suit used in live action IMO, but they weren't a big problem for me either because Batman spends most of his time in darkness so you can't clearly see his suit. But in a JL film, I'm going to assume he won't spend as much time in the shadows and more time during daylight or in a bright setting.
Remember Nolan "Godfathered" The Man of steel film
if the rumors are true he is also "Godfathering" the JLA film so it is very conceivable that he might have a lot of sayso and obvious WB should listen to what he has to say
Not sure why people think this. Batman is by nature quite a grounded character.
His world always has been the most "realistic" but that doesn't mean you can't include him in the JL.
I just think if WB/DC are serious about making a successful JL movie then they would be wise to have the Bale/Nolan Batman leading the way.
Look how heavily Marvel capitalized on the huge success of Iron man to lead the way for the Avengers movie. Despite Iron man not being the most powerful Avenger, and despite his movie suit not being on par with the comic version.
Even the trailers for Avengers and the movie itself had Downey's Iron man at the forefront.
Just because he is godfathering Man of Steel doesn't necessarily mean that he will make sure Man of Steel will fit in the same universe as BB, TDK, and TDKR. The DC cinematic universe (if the info in the link is accurate) has only been announced after the success of the Avengers. Man of Steel is now in post-production. In other words, chances are Nolan didn't even know there would be a DC movie universe until recently. Plus, he himself has stated that Batman is the only superhero that exists in the world he created in his trilogy. So it looks like he didn't bother to connect the franchises. On top of that, it also looks like TDKR will be the final chapter and other directors won't be able to continue the franchise from there.
Nolan did say that he will stay as producer for the next Batman, if it reboots. It's possible that he may godfather the reboot to a path that leads to a JL movie but it's unlikely he'll do that to his first trilogy. The first Nolan trilogy seems to be a sealed deal.
Not saying that it definitely won't happen. Just saying that it's unlikely.
I never said you can't include him in a JL film just because he's grounded. I said I don't think Nolan's Batman will fit too well in a JL film because he is TOO grounded in reality to exist in a JL universe.
It's true that he is by nature a grounded character. However, despite him being grounded, he can do stuff that no real human being can do. He can jump from rooftop to rooftop, jump from a building and land safely on his feet, dodge machine guns while gliding, is so fluid in martial arts to the point where he makes Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee take notes, goes 2 - 3 days without sleep and still fight at the peak human level, etc. All those feats have yet to be displayed by Bale's Batman.
Plus, the main reason why Batman is able to keep up with all the other superheroes in the JL despite not having any powers is his intelligence. While Bale's Batman is pretty intelligent, he has yet to show that he is the world's greatest detective.
I'm not bashing on Bale's Batman. I'm just saying that his Batman's nature is to be very grounded in reality. That is fine but we need a take on Batman that is both grounded in reality by nature but also able to fit in a less grounded setting such as a JL movie. The DCAU version of Batman would be a good example of a Batman like that. If you take a look at BTAS, it is very grounded in reality but at the same time, the DCAU version of Batman is also unrealistic enough to fit in the JL and JLU episodes.
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it's not really a matter of "if" they reboot it at this point. WB has more or less decided to reboot it.
I think it would be a great Idea to hand a DC shared universe in the hands of of a very great and savvy director. Someone that can consider the source material. TDK series however will not be tied in that's a sure thing...but I would say the current series wont have an entirely "tied up" ending as WB has announced they want the series to have an "ongoing" feel after its overs.
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