NEW LIVE ACTION BATMAN MOVIE IN 2015

[SuperKevin]

Nobody notices the fact that article was written on April Fools day like 5 years after the fact?

 

[Palooza]

Nobody notices the fact that article was written on April Fools day like 5 years after the fact?

I posted it in relation to everyone comparing this to Ledger being cast, which this is nothing like.

Either way, that is something I wouldn't be surprised that Dustin Rowles (known retard) seriously wrote/thought at some point in his "career"

edit - also lol at you acting like 100 people replied thinking it was legit.

 

[Tailback U]

It's fucking Batman, so who cares. Not like it's a difficult role to play.

Snyder directing is a much bigger problem.

Exactly. I love how all the geeks are going ape shit over Affleck.

The guy is in a costume and talks in a silly voice for half of the movie, the other half he's in a suit and doesn't really say much at all.

It's all about directing.

Plus, Affleck doesn't look half bad in a suit.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

For you Snyder bashers...whats the deal, yo?

 

[NAHSTE]

For you Snyder bashers...whats the deal, yo?

It's not that I think he's terrible, but he has a pretty spotty track record and he has some weaknesses as a film maker that have hurt most of his films. I enjoyed 300 and Watchmen quite a bit, own them both, but the same issues were there for me. He's got a weakness for over indulgence and sometimes it borders into cartoonishness. Sucker Punch was probably the biggest example of this, but anyway I just think it's dangerous to let him handle a project like Batman which requires very delicate control of tone without coming across as either too self-serious or too campy.

 

[Houston]

For you Snyder bashers...whats the deal, yo?

Up until The Walking Dead I thought any project featuring zombies automatically came with a level of watch-ability, but being proved wrong I have to give him credit for Dawn of the Dead.

I do suggest that one watch the Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix parts of Watchmen. Other than that, everything else he's done has been really passable. None of it even gets close to a "top 10 movies of the year" list. And he's had some good ideas/concepts to work with.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Up until The Walking Dead I thought any project featuring zombies automatically came with a level of watch-ability, but being proved wrong I have to give him credit for Dawn of the Dead.

I do suggest that one watch the Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix parts of Watchmen. Other than that, everything else he's done has been really passable. None of it even gets close to a "top 10 movies of the year" list. And he's had some good ideas/concepts to work with.

Not saying he's right for this... But DOTD and 300 were incredibly kick ass movies.
I thought watchmen was forgettable and sucker punch miserable buy they were both beautiful movies.
Haven't seen Crapperman of steel but this is a battle movie not an origin movie. He's not rebuilding anything. I figure a good writer and good screenplay and all he has to do is make these fight scenes Famazing and it'll be good.

 

[Glenbino]

Dawn of the Dead was a great zombie movie but it would be a terrible Batman film.

 

[j.hen]

Watchmen is easily one of the greatest comic book movies ever. Only gripe with that movie was the prolonged/awkward sex scene, and the fact that they sorta missed some details on Dr. Manhattan's origin. Other than that the flick was flawless. Snyder definitely has the goods, I think if Affleck is 100% behind this we could have a pretty awesome movie. :dunno:

 

[Palooza]

For Ben Affleck, all the hate is the best thing that could happen for him. Set expectations low because "fuck you" is always better than "i told you so".

If it's good, then cool I like good movies.

If it sucks, then oh well; a lot of movies suck.

 

[Goober]

For Ben Affleck, all the hate is the best thing that could happen for him. Set expectations low because "fuck you" is always better than "i told you so".

If it's good, then cool I like good movies.

If it sucks, then oh well; a lot of movies suck.

This casting is drawing a lot of press, good press or bad press, at this stage it generates curiosity. People know Ben Affleck, and they know Batman. It will only help the box office draw.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

It's not that I think he's terrible, but he has a pretty spotty track record and he has some weaknesses as a film maker that have hurt most of his films. I enjoyed 300 and Watchmen quite a bit, own them both, but the same issues were there for me. He's got a weakness for over indulgence and sometimes it borders into cartoonishness. Sucker Punch was probably the biggest example of this, but anyway I just think it's dangerous to let him handle a project like Batman which requires very delicate control of tone without coming across as either too self-serious or too campy.

I outlined my thoughts on Synder above...I happen to think he's got a pretty good track record, especially when it comes to comic-to-movie. Sucker Punch is the only stinker, but I do acknowledge it as a cult type of film, and one that just wasn't for me. Man of Steel, I felt had good direction, its just source material and the script were a let down.

For those of you that are down on The Watchmen...did you see The Ultimate Cut of the film? Personally, I feel The Ultimate Cut of The Watchmen is a worthy magnum opus. The theatrical version is a bit of a let down, just because its incomplete.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

This casting is drawing a lot of press, good press or bad press, at this stage it generates curiosity. People know Ben Affleck, and they know Batman. It will only help the box office draw.

Nolan doesn't want bad press. Remember when they had bad press for The Dark Knight...they countered that with the biggest and best viral marketing campaign ever. The very first still of Ledger as The Joker eliminated any worry about Ledger being an adequate Joker.

 

[Goober]

Nolan doesn't want bad press. Remember when they had bad press for The Dark Knight...they countered that with the biggest and best viral marketing campaign ever. The very first still of Ledger as The Joker eliminated any worry about Ledger being an adequate Joker.

At this point, Nolan is about as involved as an executive producer as George Lucas is with the Transformers films. He's moved on.

There were a lot of fanboys upset with that initial Joker picture too.

OMGz NOT PERMA WHITE JOKER

OMGz SMILE IS NOT RIGHT

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

At this point, Nolan is about as involved as an executive producer as George Lucas is with the Transformers films. He's moved on.

There were a lot of fanboys upset with that initial Joker picture too.

OMGz NOT PERMA WHITE JOKER

OMGz SMILE IS NOT RIGHT

There may have been 10 people that hated on that initial still. Also, Nolan's henchmen are pretty involved...of course that stuff flows upward to Nolan. Don't be silly.

 

[Goober]

There may have been 10 people that hated on that initial still. Also, Nolan's henchmen are pretty involved...of course that stuff flows upward to Nolan. Don't be silly.

Read a couple of pages here, plenty of nerds upset:
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=263757&page=237

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Read a couple of pages here, plenty of nerds upset:
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=263757&page=237

8 votes for no.

EIGHT.

 

[Palooza]

Nolan left Superman in the hands of David S. Goyer. Not someone to be proud of, he's pretty much the Paul W.S. Anderson of comic book movies.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Nolan left Superman in the hands of David S. Goyer. Not someone to be proud of, he's pretty much the Paul W.S. Anderson of comic book movies.

Didn't he do the last Ghost Rider film?

 

[Palooza]

Looks like Affleck will have his hand in the script and also signed a multi-film contract..

Ben Affleck is Batman. You could have knocked me over with a feather. (He didn't even land on our Batman poll, which was won handily by Michael Fassbender.) I liked Affleck as Jack Ryan. But not so much as Daredevil. (To his credit he turned down the sequel.) He will take over from Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in the next Zack Snyder Superman-Batman feature now slated to open on July 17, 2015, that Warner Bros. announced with great fanfare at Comic-Con. Returning to the next “Man of Steel” movie are Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane.

Snyder approached Affleck months ago, reports THR. Affleck would not take on this role unless he had some say in how this script turns out. He will have a strong hand at Warner Bros., which backed him on "The Town" and the Oscar-winning "Argo" and is invested in telling the town he's sticking around the studio. Affleck signed for multiple pictures. If this works out he'll have a major franchise to play with for years ahead. And a major studio where he can hang his hat, as his hero Clint Eastwood has done for decades.

Affleck tends to do better as an actor in his own pictures--which are often smarter than average studio fare. He shared a screenwriting Oscar with Matt Damon, after all, for "Good Will Hunting." The irony: Affleck turned down directing "Man of Steel." And did fine as George Reeves, TV's Superman, in little-seen "Hollywoodland." The LAT looks at which of his past roles prepared him for this one.

He can do this. Fans are reportedly 70% against this casting, but they opposed Michael Keaton and Robert Downey, Jr. initially, too, as Batman and Iron Man, respectively. Joss Whedon, the EW cover man and Marvel's "The Avengers" writer-director, gives trending #Batfleck a thumbs up. While Affleck is still on board to star in David Fincher's "Gone Girl" opposite Rosamund Pike ("The World's End"), he's letting go of the remake of Guillaume Canet's "Tell No One" (based on Harlen Coben's book) and his adaptation of Stephen King tome "The Stand." ("Crazy Heart" writer-director Scott Cooper is picking up the rewrite.) Affleck is hanging onto his plans to direct Dennis Lehane's "Live By Night" at Warners.

According to Warner Bros.:

"Affleck and filmmaker Zack Snyder will create an entirely new incarnation of the character in Snyder’s as-yet-untitled project—bringing Batman and Superman together for the first time on the big screen and continuing the director’s vision of their universe, which he established in 'Man of Steel.'"

Warners is banking that Snyder's rebooted original story “Man of Steel,” which has earned more than $650 million worldwide to date, is the right way to go. But now he and writer David S. Goyer will bring the two DC Comics icons together in a story they created together, in effect importing Batman into Superman's world. Where will Clark Kent work, Metropolis or Gotham? They are two very different places.

“Ben provides an interesting counter-balance to Henry’s Superman," says Snyder. "He has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter, but retain the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne. I can’t wait to work with him.”

Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan and Wesley Coller serving as executive producers. Production is expected to begin in 2014.