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Post by jamofpearls on Mar 4, 2013 9:12:32 GMT -5
www.aintitcool.com/node/61264Nolan. Snyder. Goyer. Bale. Cavill. And players to be named later. Latino Review has done their due dilligence on their latest scoop: Warner Bros. is handing the DC Universe reins over to Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder and David Goyer. The tentative plan is for Snyder to direct JUSTICE LEAGUE from a story devised by Nolan and Goyer. Snyder's deal isn't in place, but considering how ecstatic everyone at WB is about MAN OF STEEL (I've been told it's the movie of Summer 2013), the studio will make that deal. One thing from Mayimbe's video that can't be stressed enough: franchises are at a premium in Hollywood, and Disney has the top two at the moment (STAR WARS and the Marvel Universe). DC is an asset that has been bafflingly mismaged by the usually shrewd WB, and after the latest failed development of JUSTICE LEAGUE (with GANGSTER SQUAD screenwriter Will Beall), the studio has turned to Nolan. And when you get Nolan, you get Christian Bale as Batman. That's worth $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Minimum. Henry Cavill's Clark Kent/Superman will obviously be a part of this JUSTICE LEAGUE. Beyond that, who knows? The smart money is on the characters WB has devleloped in the past: Wonder Woman, The Flash and Green Lantern. As for a villain? Man-Bat, obviously. Seriously, Darkseid was the focus of the previous script, but given Thanos's presumed involvement in THE AVENGERS 2, wouldn't that feel a bit copycat? That's definitely not Nolan's style. In the past, when big stories like this have leaked prematurely, the studios have issued firmed denials. Lately, they've changed their approach. Now, silence seems to be the preferred response. However WB attacks this, I feel confident in backinig up El Mayimbe's story. This is what's going on with the DC Universe right now. One plus for the studio: I doubt fans are going to get up in arms over this. Conceptually, this is a home run.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2013 9:35:31 GMT -5
I think it'll still be tough to get Bale to commit, but with Nolan part of the executive team I think it'll be easier than before to get him back as Batman.
The guy who just took over at WB Entertainment last week - Kevin Tsujihara - was a very big supporter of DC in his prior roles (he was Paul Levitz's go-to exec guy), so this is a very good sign if true. And I'm suspecting this move has his involvement (Goyer knows both the movie and comic side of DC very well).
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Post by jamofpearls on Mar 4, 2013 9:38:57 GMT -5
I just read on Newsarama, that Bale is high on doing another Batman story if Nolan is behind it.
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Post by Jiren on Mar 4, 2013 9:42:36 GMT -5
"a story devised by Nolan and Goyer" + Christian Bale
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Mar 4, 2013 9:44:27 GMT -5
PANIC!!!!
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Post by ronin705 on Mar 4, 2013 10:10:22 GMT -5
Never though I'd say this, but go with the classic Starro story, and I'm In. Maybe even riff the current Atlantis invasion story from the comics, and get Aquaman in there (and have a Vince Chase easter egg in there lol)
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 4, 2013 10:13:41 GMT -5
Rumors are news?
Also. It would be quite a feat to see them jump through all those hoops to make Bale Batman again. Probably creating more plotholes than Rises did.
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Post by jamofpearls on Mar 4, 2013 10:20:36 GMT -5
Sorry, I can't put "GREAT NEWS IF THIS RUMOR IS TRUE" in the heading. Also, came from a site called AINTITCOOLNEWS.com
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Post by bob on Mar 4, 2013 10:43:19 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Coello on Mar 4, 2013 11:55:44 GMT -5
No, its dumb as hell, cause it makes no sense. If Bale returns, he's returns as Nolan's Batman, the "down to Earth" one who was in the series, the one who made that billions of dollars, the one that other members of the League wouldnt fit in. Magic and alien demigods and speedsters all make Bats stand out like a store thumb, even more than normal.
Plus,since cant use TDK & TDKR Batman,cause of how each ends, you only have rookie Batman to work with, if you want this shared Dc universe thing to work. That also makes the dumb moments in those films even dumber.
There's no shame in starting from scratch, guys.
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Post by Danimal on Mar 4, 2013 12:00:52 GMT -5
Nolan's Batman movies obviously don't fit-in with a JLA universe. So are they ignoring that or is this Bale playing Batman but not the Nolan-trilogy Batman?
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 4, 2013 13:37:05 GMT -5
I think Nolan's Batman can work great in this film series, provided how Man of Steel is handled. If the new Superman film is presented as an alien showing up out of nowhere into that hyper-realistic world, then all bets are off. Think about it, Bale's Batman lives in a very grounded and pseudo-realistic universe. Suddenly, a flying alien shows up and Batman is just as shell-shocked as everyone else. The best alien movies always come from a place where the world is super normal, and then BAM, aliens. Now I'm almost intrigued to see if they can pull this off...
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Post by mjolnir on Mar 4, 2013 14:13:07 GMT -5
I think Nolan's Batman can work great in this film series, provided how Man of Steel is handled. If the new Superman film is presented as an alien showing up out of nowhere into that hyper-realistic world, then all bets are off. Think about it, Bale's Batman lives in a very grounded and pseudo-realistic universe. Suddenly, a flying alien shows up and Batman is just as shell-shocked as everyone else. The best alien movies always come from a place where the world is super normal, and then BAM, aliens. Now I'm almost intrigued to see if they can pull this off... Exactly why I'm cautiously optimistic about this. If they play this up like Superman's first contact in his movie, Flash is some freak that's so quick nobody's able to track him, Wonder Woman's a new discovery and so on...I think it could work. In fact, I think it would be a really neat idea. And, it would hopefully defuse any potential "Batman's ready for anything" excuses, as Batman's thrown on his ear and trying to adapt. If it is Nolan'verse's Batman too, one can easily wave away TDKR. Bruce is the JLA's Batman, Gotham's Batman is Blake. Explains how a mere man can do both, because he technically isn't.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 4, 2013 14:14:03 GMT -5
How the hell would they get back to Bale as Batman though?
"Oh, I quit.....but then I came back. Guy that replaced me? Uhhhhhh.....look! The Flash!"
The other option is bringing back Levitt as Rookie Batman Cop no-name which is beyond lame. Just reboot Batman and be done with it.
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Post by Cela on Mar 4, 2013 14:36:35 GMT -5
So... if Nolan writes it, is Flash an Olympic sprinter?
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 4, 2013 14:38:07 GMT -5
How the hell would they get back to Bale as Batman though? "Oh, I quit.....but then I came back. Guy that replaced me? Uhhhhhh.....look! The Flash!" The other option is bringing back Levitt as Rookie Batman Cop no-name which is beyond lame. Just reboot Batman and be done with it. Eh, Bruce has been gone before. The world can always drag him back into the Batsuit because he's not strong enough to resist it. I'm not saying it's the ideal way for the film to go, but they could make it work and audiences would quickly forgive any "I'm not retired anymore" hangups because the most popular film incarnation of Batman is on screen again.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Mar 4, 2013 14:54:07 GMT -5
My only problem with re-using Bale and keeping him as the Nolanverse Batman is it takes away the closure he got in TDKR........and considering the reason I liked that aspect of TDKR so much is because it is the only Batman story every to actually give him closure, that would greatly piss me off.
Just make it JGL and be done with it.
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Post by The Ichi on Mar 4, 2013 14:56:34 GMT -5
I feel bad for JGL, he gets the torch passed to him and then taken away?
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 4, 2013 14:56:44 GMT -5
My only problem with re-using Bale and keeping him as the Nolanverse Batman is it takes away the closure he got in TDKR........and considering the reason I liked that aspect of TDKR so much is because it is the only Batman story every to actually give him closure, that would greatly piss me off. Just make it JGL and be done with it. If the first time Superman and Batman are on screen together is Clark Kent and... some fanfiction guy, what a god damn travesty. It'd be like Marvel having Bucky and Kate Bishop as Cap and Hawkeye in the first Avengers movie. I really, REALLY don't think Warner is that stupid.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Mar 4, 2013 15:04:53 GMT -5
My only problem with re-using Bale and keeping him as the Nolanverse Batman is it takes away the closure he got in TDKR........and considering the reason I liked that aspect of TDKR so much is because it is the only Batman story every to actually give him closure, that would greatly piss me off. Just make it JGL and be done with it. If the first time Superman and Batman are on screen together is Clark Kent and... some fanfiction guy, what a god damn travesty. It'd be like Marvel having Bucky and Kate Bishop as Cap and Hawkeye in the first Avengers movie. I really, REALLY don't think Warner is that stupid. Then create a new Bruce Wayne from scratch! Basically they can't use the Nolanverse Batman, unless they use JGL. The Bale Batman is done. Plus he's literally in no shape to be fighting, well....anyone. That and if they use JGL, well they already took care of all that pesky backstory/origin stuff, so they don't have to waste time with covering that. Really the biggest problem here is Nolan made his Bat-trilogy in a self-contained universe, they were never meant to be used in conjecture with the cinematic Justice League, and now they are trying to force the two to be compatible.
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