The Batman (2022)

Started by -Pr-82 pages
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
I think they'd have to focus first on making Supes more relatable & less alienated to humanity before they could even try & mellow Bats.

TBH, I don't trust them to do a damn thing to fix Supes, so I figure I might as well hope they fix Batman.

Zack you can't believe the official statements they put out. Affleck being all over the place in interviews then pulling out as director tells us a lot more than official statements which are clearly put out for damage control.

Hell I don't claim to know Affleck personally....but he's always struck me as a person/actor/director who quickly starts to doubt himself & his abilities the moment he gets negative criticism.

I can imagine the idea of tackling Batman after Nolan's Trilogy may seem like a daunting task. So I imagine it may be hard to find another top director to take it on.

Originally posted by Kazenji
The Lego Batman movie probably Scared him.

I find all the lego movies just terrible.

Originally posted by Surtur
I find all the lego movies just terrible.

They look stupid as f#ck to me, too. Would never watch.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I can imagine the idea of tackling Batman after Nolan's Trilogy may seem like a daunting task. So I imagine it may be hard to find another top director to take it on.

I don't think they'll have any trouble as regards getting people that want to make Batman. He's a bigger character than any director. It's WB that i'd be worried about.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
They look stupid as f#ck to me, too. Would never watch.

I despise the lego video games as well, they sucked to me. I also blame those for why we got lego movies.

Hey, those games are largely excellent.

Originally posted by -Pr-
I don't think they'll have any trouble as regards getting people that want to make Batman. He's a bigger character than any director. It's WB that i'd be worried about.

Yes, WB and the DCU have been extremely poor, but what I mean is I don't see many high-caliber directors wanting to take on a Batman film after Nolan did it so well. You see how we just got Zack Snyder who just does shit to "look cool," but in reality the movie sucked harder than a hooker with a special on BJs.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Yes, WB and the DCU have been extremely poor, but what I mean is I don't see many high-caliber directors wanting to take on a Batman film after Nolan did it so well. You see how we just got Zack Snyder who just does shit to "look cool," but in reality the movie sucked harder than a hooker with a special on BJs.

I'd honestly be surprised if many directors said no purely because of Nolan, especially after the somewhat less-than thrilling reception Rises got from some.

Well, even besides Nolan, many top directors don't like to do things that have been done before and have been done to death. So it's probably just going to keep falling into the lap of people like Snyder and Tim Burton who seem to value visual flare more than story or characters. And DC is probably fine with that, as long as it looks flashy enough to get butts in seats. So this may bode poorly for the future of Batman films.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Well, even besides Nolan, many top directors don't like to do things that have been done before and have been done to death. So it's probably just going to keep falling into the lap of people like Snyder and Tim Burton who seem to value visual flare more than story or characters. And DC is probably fine with that, as long as it looks flashy enough to get butts in seats. So this may bode poorly for the future of Batman films.

I'd honestly imagine that a lot of directors have their own vision of what they'd do with Batman, but true, there would be a good number that wouldn't want to touch it either.

Saddens me that WB has DC over a barrel like this.

Warner Bros needs to fall on their swords and sell DC to Disney.

Then the magic will happen.

Originally posted by -Pr-
Hey, those games are largely excellent.

👆

Originally posted by MF DELPH
Warner Bros needs to fall on their swords and sell DC to Disney.

Then the magic will happen.

They'd lose too much money. They're making bank now, so that wouldn't make any sense.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Zack you can't believe the official statements they put out. Affleck being all over the place in interviews then pulling out as director tells us a lot more than official statements which are clearly put out for damage control.

It's from Variety, so they're pretty spot on. Plus Ben never said anything bad about the scrip, so..

Announced today:

"Matt Reeves, of War of the Planet of the Apes, will take the helm of The Batman."

Not yet confirmed, but HELL YES!

http://www.cbr.com/the-batman-director-matt-reeves-ben-affleck/

Originally posted by Dreampanther
Announced today:

"Matt Reeves, of War of the Planet of the Apes, will take the helm of The Batman."

not a surprise..

might be too late though