How will Batman be rebooted

shadowcomplex

This is probably the end of Chris Nolans take on Batman but even if it is , we will surely see it being rebooted by someone else in the not too distant future, its too much of a cash cow for it not to be.

I personally would like to see a return to a more fantasy element without the campness of the Joel schmacher movies.Ithink a movie based on how batman is in the game would be good

coolisin

Not trying to be smart but letting people see the last installments first.

While the games are great it's basically the cartoon from the 90's which has an awesome movie.

I hope they don't rush too quick to make another one.
Just yet.

Kinski

You won't have to wait long; Warner have a Justice League film in the works.

I_smell_fear

More Adam West!

Bullseye1

Justice League is years away.

Hopefully they go for a more dark gritty look than both Burton and Nolan. I'd love to see something based on Frank Millers work.

Ray Palmer

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Justice League is years away.

Hopefully they go for a more dark gritty look than both Burton and Nolan. I'd love to see something based on Frank Millers work.

Batman begins was based on Frank Millers Year One.
They should tie him into a Superman movie then do Justice League.
Strangely doing a robin/night wing movie could be a good way too.
A Chris Nolan batman beyond would be nice.

Kinski

Nolan regards the wider DC universe as anathema to what he's done with Batman. He has zero interest in making movies where Batman and Superman rub shoulders. It's pretty silly even in the comics, what with one being an alien with an almost endless repertoire of superpowers, and the other just being a really rich bloke who happens to dress up in a batsuit.

barone

think once ya see the DKR it will become somewhat apparent what happens next

paddy kerins

Live action version of Mask Of the Phantasm

ricero

id put my life on it that the riddler is the next villain

MJ23

ricero wrote: »

id put my life on it that the riddler is the next villain

Let's just hope it's not Johnny Depp.

krudler

barone wrote: »

think once ya see the DKR it will become somewhat apparent what happens next

thanks for that, ffs :rolleyes:

Elfinknight

Start by opening his laces

tupac_healy

How will batman be rebooted.....

Badly

Denerick

Spiderman didn't take very long to get rebooted - and I was one of those who thought Tobey Maguire was decent! I could see a new Batman series in a decade or so. Batman is definately the most adult of the comic book pantheon and offers the best potential for Shakespearean-esque drama and intrigue of the highest order.

PerrinV2

Denerick wrote: »

Spiderman didn't take very long to get rebooted - and I was one of those who thought Tobey Maguire was decent! I could see a new Batman series in a decade or so. Batman is definately the most adult of the comic book pantheon and offers the best potential for Shakespearean-esque drama and intrigue of the highest order.

Next decade? Next few years I imagine

omahaid

I'll just drop this in here

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877830/

Someone else has the same questions...

stateofflux

Kinski wrote: »

Nolan regards the wider DC universe as anathema to what he's done with Batman. He has zero interest in making movies where Batman and Superman rub shoulders. It's pretty silly even in the comics, what with one being an alien with an almost endless repertoire of superpowers, and the other just being a really rich bloke who happens to dress up in a batsuit.

anathema? hardly . Nolans vision of batman has frank miller written all over it without a doubt...

Turtyturd

stateofflux wrote: »

anathema? hardly . Nolans vision of batman has frank miller written all over it without a doubt...

Hardly, he didn't even say 'I am the goddamn Batman' once throughout the trilogy.:pac:

Liam O

I'd say Nolan will drop it now and they'll get someone else in to do

a continuation and attempt to get Bale back but if not just continue with Levitt...

BrookieD

Liam O wrote: »

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you might want to edit that for those that have not seen DKR yet???:rolleyes:

Liam O

BrookieD wrote: »

you might want to edit that for those that have not seen DKR yet???:rolleyes:

No idea why anyone would read a thread about Batman being rebooted if they hadn't, added spoiler tags anyway...

Now presumably you'll take out the quote in your post??????:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

BrookieD

Liam O wrote: »

No idea why anyone would read a thread about Batman being rebooted if they hadn't, added spoiler tags anyway...

Now presumably you'll take out the quote in your post??????:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

re read my quote.........;)

Opinicus

BrookieD wrote: »

re read my quote.........;)

your quote unspoilers some of his now spoilered stuff

MJ23

I said this before, and I'll say it again, but i think Christian Slater would be perfect to play the Joker.

WatchWolf

barone wrote: »

think once ya see the DKR it will become somewhat apparent what happens next

The ending wasn't a setup for a sequel. It was just proving the film's main arch. Batman is a symbol and it will live on.

There will be no "Nightwing" sequel. It's ridiculous to think there will be a fourth sequel.

Squ

WatchWolf wrote: »

There will be no "Nightwing" sequel. It's ridiculous to think there will be a fourth sequel.

Studios are greedy. There's a lot of time in tdkr given to a sequel..

speedboatchase

Here's my big theory that I posted on Reddit tonight. Don't read if you haven't seen TDKR:

I reckon Man of Steel will have a huge cameo at the end.

I could be way off but here goes. I think that Nolan gave so much emphasis to JGL's role and particularly in the passing of the torch from Bruce Wayne that it would no commercial sense for WB to reboot Batman and start afresh. Why leave the universe Nolan has built behind when we have Blake, a Batcave and the Bat signal repaired?

After watching the very grounded, Nolan-like Superman regular and Comic-Con teasers, I think that DC are going to use the bankability of the Nolanverse as a jump-off point to expanding the world. In other words, either a final or post-credits scene with JGL in Batman regalia speaking to Superman.

From here DC could do the opposite of The Avengers and jump straight into a stripped-down cast for a Justice League movie. Rather than individual films for each character, create the individual films after they've been introduced in Justice League.

Am I nuts or do you think DC and WB are already going down this path? I think Nolan is a lot more involved in Man of Steel than we think and could be the narrative architect for expanding DC's line of heroes.

Hell, even if they're not doing this, they should look at that Avengers box office gross and realise that this way to go already has a substantial built-in audience.

If it's a full on reboot, I think DC should look at Scott Snyder's work on the comic in the past year - his Court of Owls villains are hugely original and very cinematic.

Renn

There won't be a fourth one, just like there won't be a fourth Bourne...

al28283

speedboatchase wrote: »

Here's my big theory that I posted on Reddit tonight. Don't read if you haven't seen TDKR:

I reckon Man of Steel will have a huge cameo at the end.

I could be way off but here goes. I think that Nolan gave so much emphasis to JGL's role and particularly in the passing of the torch from Bruce Wayne that it would no commercial sense for WB to reboot Batman and start afresh. Why leave the universe Nolan has built behind when we have Blake, a Batcave and the Bat signal repaired?

After watching the very grounded, Nolan-like Superman regular and Comic-Con teasers, I think that DC are going to use the bankability of the Nolanverse as a jump-off point to expanding the world. In other words, either a final or post-credits scene with JGL in Batman regalia speaking to Superman.

From here DC could do the opposite of The Avengers and jump straight into a stripped-down cast for a Justice League movie. Rather than individual films for each character, create the individual films after they've been introduced in Justice League.

Am I nuts or do you think DC and WB are already going down this path? I think Nolan is a lot more involved in Man of Steel than we think and could be the narrative architect for expanding DC's line of heroes.

Hell, even if they're not doing this, they should look at that Avengers box office gross and realise that this way to go already has a substantial built-in audience.

If it's a full on reboot, I think DC should look at Scott Snyder's work on the comic in the past year - his Court of Owls villains are hugely original and very cinematic.

It's a tough one to call. The trailer for Man of Steel shows that they're going for a Nolan type tone for Superman but clearly, becasue he's Superman, it's gotta be more fantastic and less real.

Basically the superman reboot is based on Batman , so if they're going to reboot batman completely it can't be that far from Nolan's Batman. DC really worked themseleves into a corner but they could pull it off.

Personally I'd love to see Levitt continue as the new Batman, it's be such a great twist if these movies led into JL without anyone knowing but still, Justice League without Bruce Wayne?????

Bruce wayne is really the only Batman who could live up to Justice League expectations.

My guess, and it's very early, is that Superman tracks down Bruce Wayne and convinces him to become Batman again, but after TDKR that'd be a very, VERY tough sell. and hard for an audience to buy I'd imagine. The whole Justice League movei would have to be about getting Batman on board, that might not be a bad thing

Am Chile

shadowcomplex wrote: »

This is probably the end of Chris Nolans take on Batman but even if it is , we will surely see it being rebooted by someone else in the not too distant future, its too much of a cash cow for it not to be.

I personally would like to see a return to a more fantasy element without the campness of the Joel schmacher movies.Ithink a movie based on how batman is in the game would be good

Whenever the reboot comes if it has more fantasy element to it-Id personally would love to see a Batman Vs Dracula live action film-there has been an animated version-but Id much rather a live action version-we have had crossovers with freddy vs jason and alien vs predator- take the two dark characters batman and dracula up against each other dark superhero and dark villian- reason why I would pick Dracula as a main villian-at some stage in a future Batman film Id love to see a vampire character being used as the main villian no other well known vampire character other then Dracula-the film could be Inspired by the graphic novel Batman and Dracula Red Rain.

al28283

Am Chile wrote: »

Whenever the reboot comes if it has more fantasy element to it-Id personally would love to see a Batman Vs Dracula live action film-there has been an animated version-but Id much rather a live action version-we have had crossovers with freddy vs jason and alien vs predator- take the two dark characters batman and dracula up against each other dark superhero and dark villian- reason why I would pick Dracula as a main villian-at some stage in a future Batman film Id love to see a vampire character being used as the main villian no other well known vampire character other then Dracula-the film could be Inspired by the graphic novel Batman and Dracula Red Rain.

Ok, that's not going to happen

krudler

Am Chile wrote: »

Whenever the reboot comes if it has more fantasy element to it-Id personally would love to see a Batman Vs Dracula live action film-there has been an animated version-but Id much rather a live action version-we have had crossovers with freddy vs jason and alien vs predator- take the two dark characters batman and dracula up against each other dark superhero and dark villian- reason why I would pick Dracula as a main villian-at some stage in a future Batman film Id love to see a vampire character being used as the main villian no other well known vampire character other then Dracula-the film could be Inspired by the graphic novel Batman and Dracula Red Rain.

thats sounds retarded

LH Pathe

..well i think Catherine Hardwicke, should be its new overlord

Oranage2

Last one was a little bit disappointing, catwoman was too nice and the guy is meant to run away from the circus.



I think the only director i could see top nolans version would be Michael bay and cast Daniel Craig as batman similar to his take on Bond.

for baddies i Would love to see Jim carrey back as the riddler one of the best bad guys of all time. Maybe do another take on catwoman
but cast Megan fox as a darker more disturbed character.


If not Craig then the only other actor i see is Nicholas Cage but cast him as an over the top unpredictable character that likes too much whiskey.

Though over all it'll take some doing to beat those 3 Batmen.

IncognitoMan

Oranage2 wrote: »

Last one was a little bit disappointing, catwoman was too nice and the guy is meant to run away from the circus.



I think the only director i could see top nolans version would be Michael bay and cast Daniel Craig as batman similar to his take on Bond.

for baddies i Would love to see Jim carrey back as the riddler one of the best bad guys of all time. Maybe do another take on catwoman
but cast Megan fox as a darker more disturbed character.


If not Craig then the only other actor i see is Nicholas Cage but cast him as an over the top unpredictable character.

Though over all it'll take some doing to beat those 3 catmen.

Is this a joke?

paddy kerins

Oranage2 wrote: »

Last one was a little bit disappointing, catwoman was too nice and the guy is meant to run away from the circus.



I think the only director i could see top nolans version would be Michael bay and cast Daniel Craig as batman similar to his take on Bond.

for baddies i Would love to see Jim carrey back as the riddler one of the best bad guys of all time. Maybe do another take on catwoman
but cast Megan fox as a darker more disturbed character.


If not Craig then the only other actor i see is Nicholas Cage but cast him as an over the top unpredictable character.

Though over all it'll take some doing to beat those 3 catmen.

And I thought my jokes were bad

Sad Professor

Guys, please make sure you use spoiler tags. Warners announced the Batman reboot months ago, long before anyone saw TDKR, so don't assume that anyone entering this thread has seen the film.

Sleepy

Surely if they were to attempt a Justice League movie

based on a Blake's Batman, they'd need to either do a hell of a lot of flashbacks or a "how Blake becomes a ninja" movie or Batman is going to just be a cop in a suit standing beside the Man of Steel...

Apolloyon

I believe David Goyer will be involved with the Batman Reboot. He was involved in the writing of the story (but not the screenplay) for each of Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. So we'll be starting with a good grounding. Nolan himself as far I know has no interest in producing any more DC Heroes' movies after Man of Steel. So Goyer will need someone top notch in his corner.

Although having seen DKR, I do not think this will be a continuation. I think it will be a straightfoward reboot with a new cast and approach. The ending of DKR is simply a nod to the fans. With a brand new franchise, the pressure will be on to deliver. But I think it will exist in a broader superhero universe. This will give Warner Bros what they want, an opportunity to compete against the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Whether this reboot comes before Justice League is anyone's guess at this stage. But you can be sure someone at WB is talking about this right now.

Elfinknight

I don't know about the rest of ye, but I feel that there is nothing but reboots and sequels coming to the cinema lately.

There was only 8 years between "Batman and Robin" and Batman Begins"

Barely 5 years between "Spiderman 3" and "The Amazing Spiderman"

How many "Starwars", "Star Treks", "Shreks", and "Ice Ages" have there been ?

And now, with the third Nolan Batman movie barely in the cinemas, there's already talk of another reboot of that franchise.

And with the Transformers franchise they can't even make up their minds saying the next transformers movie is going to be partial sequel/ partial reboot.

And It's just not the movies, it seems to be on the TV too, where anything original seems to get cancelled before it gets going except for the rare non-reboot that gets through.

Thats just my tuppence worth, sorry about the rant.

Bullseye1

I've been reading a few forums and Batman Beyond seems to be a favourite among alot of them.

pixelburp

Ockham's razor should be applied here - the simplest answer to this question is that after the high-minded crime epic that was the Dark Knight trilogy, the most obvious direction would be to head into the kind of territory the Marvel movies currently occupy: family-friendly, colourful epics that embrace the inherent silliness of the comic via a lighter touch & some of the more overtly fantastical elements.

I'd be genuinely surprised if WB try to maintain Batman as the grim, dark franchise, but that won't mean they'll go off on some random tangent like Batman Beyond or anything. Expect modern Gotham once against, with a 'marvel' style filter and forget about anything else / more complicated than that. Look to Spiderman (shudder) for the benchmark here.

silvine

How will Batman be rebooted?

Badly TBH.

Can someone tell me if Batman Beyond is worth a read and where to start?

krudler

pixelburp wrote: »

Ockham's razor should be applied here - the simplest answer to this question is that after the high-minded crime epic that was the Dark Knight trilogy, the most obvious direction would be to head into the kind of territory the Marvel movies currently occupy: family-friendly, colourful epics that embrace the inherent silliness of the comic via a lighter touch & some of the more overtly fantastical elements.

I'd be genuinely surprised if WB try to maintain Batman as the grim, dark franchise, but that won't mean they'll go off on some random tangent like Batman Beyond or anything. Expect modern Gotham once against, with a 'marvel' style filter and forget about anything else / more complicated than that. Look to Spiderman (shudder) for the benchmark here.

we already got that in the Schumacher ones. I'd like to see it something along the lines of the Arkham games, dark but still has the gothic/comic stylised aspect as well. purely because you could have villains like Mr Freeze and Killer Croc in there.

Professey Chin

silvine wrote: »

How will Batman be rebooted?

Badly TBH.

Can someone tell me if Batman Beyond is worth a read and where to start?

Batman Beyond is an animated series mainly (or Batman of the Future its sometimes known).
Id recommend watching its movie Return of the Joker (the uncut version anyway) Its really good

Professey Chin

krudler wrote: »

we already got that in the Schumacher ones. I'd like to see it something along the lines of the Arkham games, dark but still has the gothic/comic stylised aspect as well. purely because you could have villains like Mr Freeze and Killer Croc in there.

I think one of the best things they could try build is something based on the War Games arc. Would be very difficult to copy directly since a massive amount of relatively unknown characters contribute a lot to it though.

Thwip!

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Batman Beyond is an animated series mainly (or Batman of the Future its sometimes known).
Id recommend watching its movie Return of the Joker (the uncut version anyway) Its really good

From which there spawned some TPBs
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_scat_266239_ln?rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Abatman+beyond&keywords=batman+beyond&ie=UTF8&qid=1343083287&scn=266239&h=de5cdb05af3775ee6b1b698a3c9052d05a3961dc

Ape X

Ray Winstone as the Penguin.

That is all :pac:

Professey Chin

jpcarlow wrote: »

From which there spawned some TPBs
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_scat_266239_ln?rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Abatman+beyond&keywords=batman+beyond&ie=UTF8&qid=1343083287&scn=266239&h=de5cdb05af3775ee6b1b698a3c9052d05a3961dc

Have to look into those. Any well received?

pixelburp

krudler wrote: »

we already got that in the Schumacher ones. I'd like to see it something along the lines of the Arkham games, dark but still has the gothic/comic stylised aspect as well. purely because you could have villains like Mr Freeze and Killer Croc in there.

In fairness, the Schumacher movies are nothing like the current crop of Marvel stories: both might be family friendly allright, but that's where comparisons stop. The Marvel movies occupy a slightly larger-than-life version of reality, not the sheer pantomime excess that was Schumacher's Gotham.