Michael Corvin

Kilmer was terrible in B:Forever and Keaton is old, so no.

Solid Snake

Yet Kane thought Kilmer was great for it. lol.

Shannon Nutt

I've got two words for Warners:

Richard. Donner.

Thank you.

The Valeyard

If you're talking about Bob Kane, then he doesn't know a thing about Batman!

kgrogers1979

Donner made some good Silver Age Superman movies, but I don't know if he could do a more modern Superman or JLA.

Keaton might work in a Dark Knight Returns or Batman Beyond adaption, but anything else no way.


Kane spelled it Bat-Man. Who the hell hyphenates Batman???

stingermck

Just write Bale a blank check. The movie is going to need a big star to rally around like Downey in Avengers. Superman and Batman are the leads, and I dont think Cavill can do it on his own, so the choice of Batman better be a good one.

Mr. Cinema

I love Affleck as a director, but I'm not surprised he passed. I think he'll stick to dramas mostly and avoid any major blockbuster films.

Assuming Man of Steel turns out well, why not Zack Snyder? I think he's got the visual eye to put together a pretty kick ass film.

I think Duncan Jones would be an interesting choice, but he appears to be involved in an Ian Fleming biopic.

TGM

Michael. Bay.

devilshalo

I'm surprised WB doesn't give Guy Ritchie a look since his Sherlock Holmes films have brought in some nice boxoffice for them and I liked the look and feel of both. Plus he's capable of handling ensemble casts.

Deftones

bay is a ridiculous choice but at least we'd get some awesome action scenes with explosions and whatnot.

Solid Snake

...this can be debated. *cough*

Problem w/ that is that Wayne isn't as likeable or as enjoyable as Stark. Stark has all this personality and flare that you just follow that so easily as a viewer. Wayne/Batman is a character you observe never really getting that close to their core, if you know what I mean. Beyond that...I think as a storied character in these films...it'd be kind of mean to get Bale's Wayne back. Cuz you know...he finally has his peace. Also...it'd kind of kill Alfred's wish of Wayne.

This is all besides that I think Bale is very loyal to Nolan. Guess they hit it off really well. 4 films together, granted...3 Batman films. I'd love to see something from Nolan that is as thematically interesting as The Prestige. Fucking love that film. So morally and ethically twisted those characters were in a way. Fascinated me so much.

Mike86

The more I think of it Affleck's reasoning probably makes some sense. He seems to want to do films that have a good story behind them now and doesn't just want something that's thrown together, which let's be honest is what this Justice League film is feeling like. Warner is simply looking to ride on Marvel's coattails and hoping for a smash hit like The Avengers was.

Ugh..no. Don't get me wrong Donner did a good Superman film but it was 34 years ago. DC needs to look to fresh directors and not rely on nostalgia to try and fuel their new movies.

Yeah, I loved Bale as Bruce Wayne and Batman both. Easily my favorite actor who's played him to date, but I can't see him coming back without Nolan's involvement and I don't know that I'd want him to either. They really gelled well together and created some great films. Plus as Snake mentioned the way The Dark Knight Rises ends bringing him back would kind of put a damper on it in my opinion.

The whole problem is I have absolutely no idea who a good candidate for a new Bruce Wayne/Batman is at the moment. I will say Nolan's films are going to be tough to recast in my opinion. Every actor basically owned their roles. The one person who's been floating around my mind for a part though is Bryan Cranston. Either as Dr. Hugo Strange or possibly Commissioner Gordon.

Hokeyboy

He's 800 years old by now, and hasn't made a half-decent movie in decades.

No thank you.

Mike86

I will say though even though it's not a great film I do sort of enjoy 16 Blocks as kind of a guilty pleasure film. No way in hell do I want him near a new DC movie though.

Hokeyboy

Lethal Weapon was 25 years ago. Everything since has been swill.

Mr. Cinema

Another good choice. Sherlock 2 had some really nifty camerawork.

Ash Ketchum

At this point, all I really want from DC/WB is a really top-notch animated JLA feature. Something along the lines of the "New Frontiers" DTV feature from a few years ago, only with theatrical-quality 2-D animation.

superdeluxe

I don't think Affleck has passed at least fully. If had passed, why would he waste his and WB's time and having meetings over JL?

superdeluxe

Bleedingcool:

Matthew Chmiel

Here's why the film won't work: there's no backstory. The Avengers worked because it had five prior films to explain the team's actions and motivations allowing Whedon to go full tilt with the story of them coming together and defeating evil. Marvel's plan was risky, but it paid off.

Film audiences won't know (or care) about Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Shazam, and whatever other superheroes that they decide to throw in there.

While Ben Affleck is a great and inspired choice, I'd rather see him focus on something that actually has the potential to be great.

Deftones

maybe, just maybe that's the reason why it will be successful. people don't care about the backstories. they just want to see a good movie.

Hokeyboy

The Avengers audience was already involved with the characters for 4 years leading up to the movie. We knew who these people were (mostly) and were invested in their development, i.e. wanting to see Steve Rogers interact with the modern world, Thor's duty to protect Earth, Tony Stark become more responsible and altruistic, Black Widow whip out some titty, Hulk become more self-controlling, Hawkeye develop a personality, etc. Without all that sense of character arc, Avengers could have been just another Michael Bay-styled shitfest.

Maxflier

And given the way The Dark Knight Rises ends,

devilshalo

Nolan verse Batman doesn't exist for this film. We will have to see how Cavill as Superman works. Green Lantern didn't do all that great.

You have the mythos of Superman and Batman (who would most likely be in costume for most, if not all the film) to carry the other heroes through their introduction. They (WB) don't have the time to wait to build up their other heroes as the Marvel film making machine keeps steamrolling.

The biggest problem is finding a reason for all of them to get together in the first place other then using Darkseid, which people will compare to and accuse DC/WB of being a copy cat.

devilshalo

Thinking about it... the one big thing that DC/WB has in its back pocket to explain away the diffferent media variations of Superman, Batman, Catwoman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Legion of Super Heroes.

Crisis.