Man of Steel sequel to feature Batman (and others) (2016)


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I nearly had a heart attack when I read the bit about Beiber. But at the same time I'm like theyarecomingforyou, I was disappointed with the Superman film (I didn't have high hopes before, but sitting there watching it was difficult) and so the only reason I'm interested in this is for Cranston and Batman himself.

A tired and weary Batman? I enjoyed the character in The Dark Knight Returns, I got a sense of his constant fight over the years bringing him down. That's the kind of thing that draws me to Batman, his human side, so I'm not adverse to this. But now my question is, can Affleck do an old, tired man well? Bear in mind that Batman was supposed to be in his 60's in The Dark Knight Returns, and for me Affleck would have a hard time portraying that.

i could definitely go for seeing Beiber get beaten mostly to death with a crowbar followed by a nice explosion.

I nearly had a heart attack when I read the bit about Beiber. But at the same time I'm like theyarecomingforyou, I was disappointed with the Superman film (I didn't have high hopes before, but sitting there watching it was difficult) and so the only reason I'm interested in this is for Cranston and Batman himself.

A tired and weary Batman? I enjoyed the character in The Dark Knight Returns, I got a sense of his constant fight over the years bringing him down. That's the kind of thing that draws me to Batman, his human side, so I'm not adverse to this. But now my question is, can Affleck do an old, tired man well? Bear in mind that Batman was supposed to be in his 60's in The Dark Knight Returns, and for me Affleck would have a hard time portraying that.

 

dark knight returns is my least favorite.

Batman really becomes a god. despite being in his 60s he's still buff as hell and able to beat criminals. He takes a bullet and multiple stab wounds to the gut from the joker before making an escape from the police and then after getting stitches just decides he can go for some vigorous horseback riding to keep calm on the gotham streets after an EMP... and after all that he beats superman, a character regularly shown to be a god,  in a fist fight..

 

That batman sucks. you have to suspend far too much disbelief. .. and the homo-erectic joker in that story is sickening.

dark knight returns is my least favorite.

Eh, to each their own. I agree that given his situation he takes a lot of **** and yet still manages to go against Superman. But I found it to be an interesting look at a superhero in their future. Worn, battered, old and tired, but still having to continue their crusade.

Eh, to each their own. I agree that given his situation he takes a lot of **** and yet still manages to go against Superman. But I found it to be an interesting look at a superhero in their future. Worn, battered, old and tired, but still having to continue their crusade.

he would have been lucky to be be back on the streets after 3 months of recovery from the bullet and stab wounds that he rightly should have died from.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0mHUlxWq7g

 

who really survives this sort of thing and walks it off after some stitches and a few hours rest?

 

 

 

This is a far better vision of Batman in his 60s

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ABcSoiDnFQ

he's just an old guy who is starting to have too many health problems and can't do it any more. 

he would have been lucky to be be back on the streets after 3 months of recovery from the bullet and stab wounds that he rightly should have died from.

 

who really survives this sort of thing and walks it off after some stitches and a few hours rest?

I can't watch the video at the moment as I'm at work, but I would point out that it's a comic book. If you've got an alien that can only be killed by a green rock, I think I can roll with the idea of a human making a remarkedly speedy recovery. But again, to each their own. I like the version of Batman in The Dark Knight Returns, you don't so much. Fair play.

I can't watch the video at the moment as I'm at work, but I would point out that it's a comic book. If you've got an alien that can only be killed by a green rock, I think I can roll with the idea of a human making a remarkedly speedy recovery. But again, to each their own. I like the version of Batman in The Dark Knight Returns, you don't so much. Fair play.

 

i get the point about personal preference. but what always made batman different in my eyes was that he was always just human. you could make the speedy recovery argument if a couple weeks went by... but this borders on wolverine's recovery time. as i said, for dark knight returns... there is simply too much disbelief to suspend.

I doubt that's the title, I think it's more of a "working title".  They're not going to hide what movie they're working on now, too late anyways, but many movies have fake titles to keep them secret.  

 

Yeah to plain of a title to have as a big film

  • 2 weeks later...

A top-secret, incredibly vague casting call has reportedly been sent out to agencies, looking for an actress who appears to be physically strong and somewhere between 25 and 35. While Warner Bros. and the movie?s production team is keeping mum about? well, about everything, the reported chatter at some of the agencies is that this casting call is actually for the part of Wonder Woman.

 

Now, we only have industry scuttlebutt to go on here ? and, technically speaking, not even insider industry scuttlebutt ? but Bleeding Cool argues that the secrecy surrounding the casting call means that the character must be very important, and Wonder Woman would fit the bill, most likely in some sort of small role that would set up a spin-off movie.

 

Of course, the more likely interpretation, assuming the actual casting call is even legit, is that the part is actually a villain of some sort. Still, I guess it?s officially not impossible that this movie will introduce not just the latest incarnation of Batman but also the third member of DC Comics? core trinity. But ?not impossible? is as far as I?m prepared to go with this one, for now. 

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/25/wonder-woman-casting-call-batman-superman/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

  • 2 weeks later...

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?The pair chatted about the idea with earnest abandon throughout the course of Emmy weekend. Larry has long been courted by the big budget superhero industrial complex, being linked to roles in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man sequels nearly a decade ago. But Ben is somebody he trusts and enjoys spending time with and this could be the right situation for Larry to finally appear in a huge-grossing hit film. Fun speculation that it could be for the famed Superman enemy role of Mister Mxyzptlk could make this piece more exciting, since Larry is a dead ringer for the character. Ben and his personality are taking over this whole production ? he could come out of this with a producer credit."

 

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/notyetamovie/news/?a=88200

 

 

However, when it comes to whether or not they believe those recent rumours that the mysterious character is Wonder Woman, they add: "No. I put in some calls and the professionals I know that work in talent don?t think so either. They think it?s a love interest for Bruce Wayne. Could both them and I be wrong?

 

This sounds more reasonable to me. I don't think we'll see Wonder Woman before the JL movie.

If/When they introduce Wonder Woman, I hope they go back to basics. I don't care for the

whole "Female Superman" take where she flies and so forth. Gimmie a straight Amazon

woman with magic items: wrist bands, lasso, etc.

If/When they introduce Wonder Woman, I hope they go back to basics. I don't care for the

whole "Female Superman" take where she flies and so forth. Gimmie a straight Amazon

woman with magic items: wrist bands, lasso, etc.

Wonder Woman will have to be tackled very delicately. The animated films have done a good job with her but live action is something different entirely. It's far too easy for her to end up being incredibly cheesy.

Wonder Woman will have to be tackled very delicately. The animated films have done a good job with her but live action is something different entirely. It's far too easy for her to end up being incredibly cheesy.

 

If they would just follow the lead of the animated films they would do fine.

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