Batman Superman Movie

[iamcolossus]

:batman: If they go with a Batman/Superman flick, do you stick with the current actors for the leading roles?:supes:

[Lots o lafs]

Maybe Id like that. It might not be good but it wood be interesting

[Two-Face]

Yes I would so:

Bruce Wayne/Batman: Christian Bale
Clark Kent/Superman: Bradon Routh
Joker: Paul Bettany
Lex Luthor: Kevin Spacey
Lois Lane: Kate Bosworth
Alfred: Micheal Caine
James Gordon: Gary Oldman

[iamcolossus]

where would the story take place? Gotham or Metropolis? would Lex be the primary villian?

[IzzyJG99]

At the risk of sounding like a Bruce Timm nerd...I'd be happy with a movie version of the "Worlds Finest" episodes of S:TAS.

[Calendar Man]

The villians should be Clayface and Parasite.

[XCharlieX]

The only batman i could see in the same universe with Superman is Joel Schumachers.

[XCharlieX]

A crossover movie would spell another problem with the batman films lol.. "batman begins again" in 10 years ;)

If you open that door of a guy with powers meeting batman from Nolans gotham city, some ass will come along and think its cute to make batman silly again.

[Katsuro]

A crossover movie would spell another problem with the batman films lol.. "batman begins again" in 10 years ;)

If you open that door of a guy with powers meeting batman from Nolans gotham city, some ass will come along and think its cute to make batman silly again.

Doesn't mean WB will just let them do it. I highly doubt we'll ever see a light-hearted, campy take on Batman again for the rest of our lifetimes. Of course, that's not to say it can't be ruined some other way, but it wont be because of camp. WB realized what happens when they make Batman kid-friendly. Surely they arent' that dumb.

[Batman the 6th]

I don't think Penguin should be in the movie. And I also think it would be interesting if Luthor and Joker team up, and Lex has some sort of mechanical object, and a voice is heard, calling itself Braniac.

[BatB]

Yunno what would be interesting would be a smallville tv movie worlds finest. Just though Id put it out there. Maybe taking place after the shows last season or somethin.

[Mr.Dent]

I don't know why, but I really can't see Nolan's Batman being in a world where he is surrounder by alien, men with power-rings, Flash-es, and a Superman.
Although gosh-darn it if it wouldn't just be the coolest thing ever to get the cast from both films to do it. It would have to be a pretty damn long movie though.

[GL1]

I'd prefer a film where Batman and Superman are at clear odds for the first portion of it, and there was a villain who could offer physical resistance to the man of steel... perhaps Metallo could be built by a partnership between LexCorp and Wayne Industries and John Corben could have some history with Brucey... maybe have been Joe Chill's driver that night. And we need the obligatory Batman and Superman guise switch. That puts Batman in a one on one with surprisingly capable Talia (running LexCorp in Lex's abscence due to events from the Superman franchise) while Superman takes on the robot body of John Corben.

[Mee]

:batman: If they go with a Batman/Superman flick, do you stick with the current actors for the leading roles?:supes:
Yes.

[Batman the 6th]

For the Smallville movie, I'm thinking of five years after it ends, becuse it will still be fresh in peoples minds. How many Growing Pains movies did they make? I saw the first in 98, and it was 8 years after the show ended. Didn't they have a Dukes of Hazzard reunion? Plus the whole Serenity/Firefly thing. I think we should have that movie with T Welling as Supes and he just started dating Lois. And they can have flashbacks of him exploring and traveling the world.

[StorminNorman]

I have to wait until I see Superman Returns to really have an opinion of Singer's Superman but I think the two could work in the same film.

As far as the plot goes I too would like to see a version of the STAS Worlds Finest Movie. Lex and the Joker have to be the villians, the Joker has to have Kryptonite so he can actually take down the MOS. IMO it would make for a great movie.

[Ongie]

Apparently Wolfgang Peterson REALLY wants this film to become a reality before he dies... I wouldn't mind seeing it.

[bradleykavin]

its cool caus in superman returns, when the whole east coast is in a panic, they mention gotham city :)

[thedarks0ldier]

At the risk of sounding like a Bruce Timm nerd...I'd be happy with a movie version of the "Worlds Finest" episodes of S:TAS.
Whats wrong with being a Timm nerd, I would proudly call myself a Timm nerd. The only thing i would suggest is have another very powerful villian for Superman.

[StorminNorman]

After watching the greatness that is Superman Returns I really really REALLY want to see Routh and Bale on the same screen. Make it after the Nolan Trilogy - or make it the 3rd movie of the Nolan trilogy I really dont care, as long as Routh and Bale do the film (add in Bettany and I will have a joygasm).

[Nightwing92]

ya on a movie preview they said that they are going to work together on the silver screen.... thats gonna be so badass.......... ya and bryan singer and Chris Nolan should work together as well.... that'll be a great team

[cerealkiller182]

I really like the crossover in Superman TAS in the episode World's Finest. I'd like to see something like that

[Batman the 6th]

I'd like to see that too, but maybe another storyline as well. Branaic takes over Lex's body, and then once he is done w/ Lex, he jumps into Jason, and Jason has to fight Supes, but of course Supes holds back. I think I'll make my fanfic about that.

[jbone55]

They mentioned Gotham in SR, so I'm thinking the wheels are spinning in Nolan and Singers minds. They made each character the way it should be so I'm hype for a combo movie.

Routh and Bale are Superman and Batman in my eyes.

[Borat]

They mentioned Gotham in SR, so I'm thinking the wheels are spinning in Nolan and Singers minds. They made each character the way it should be so I'm hype for a combo movie.

Routh and Bale are Superman and Batman in my eyes.Ya I totally agree. If this movie ever happens it can be something beautiful. :supes: :batman:

[Fanticon]

well, I hope they would but...how many years down the line is this...8? if it even happens...maybe 10 years down the road...new actors might be considered by this time...unless the next two Batman movies and the next two Superman movies are bigger successes than the originals boxoffice wise...I think they'd stick with the same actors...and I think they should do it because it would be a first...a crossover of two major characters finally sharing the screen...and the same actors....then people would be interested...but again this movie isn't on the horizon anytime soon. Perhaps if the BB sequel and SR sequel underperform...they'll do the BatmanSuperman movie to save or end the franchises for the time being on an early note...and then bring em back 10-20 years later. Doesn't it suck to think about this stuff?!:O

[Kane]

Batman Begins 2005

Superman Returns 2006

Batman Sequel 2008

Superman Sequel 2009

Batman III 2011

Superman III 2012

World's Finest 2014


Thats about 8 years from now, not bad... Bale will be close to 40 (early 40), Routh with be mid 30s....Perfect.

The universe of SR seemed very real world realistic, made it seem like Superman was really flying around in NY State (where Metropolis is).

It could easily fit with Begins.

Timing-wise, Routh's Superman first appeared about 7 years ago...

He disapeared about 5 years ago... The world turned to Darkness..

Batman Began a year ago...in a dark world that needed a hero like him.

Now Superman has returned to bring light to the darkness.

The emergence of Batman and the return of Superman could also cause other superheroes to establish themselves...

The timeline works quite well.

And if any Batman fans had any doubts about Brandon, Hes the perfect Superman. I saw it and wow.....he nailed it.

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I would do justice in the Nolan universe and blend in with it's greatness well.

[Aren]

That would be awesome to see Routh and Bale in the same movie, SR and BB fans joining to watch the movie, though I'm not sure that would be a good movie, but hey, love the concept ^^

[StorminNorman]

Batman Begins 2005

Superman Returns 2006

Batman Sequel 2008

Superman Sequel 2009

Batman III 2011

Superman III 2012

World's Finest 2014


Thats about 8 years from now, not bad... Bale will be close to 40 (early 40), Routh with be mid 30s....Perfect.

The universe of SR seemed very real world realistic, made it seem like Superman was really flying around in NY State (where Metropolis is).

It could easily fit with Begins.

Timing-wise, Routh's Superman first appeared about 7 years ago...

He disapeared about 5 years ago... The world turned to Darkness..

Batman Began a year ago...in a dark world that needed a hero like him.

Now Superman has returned to bring light to the darkness.

The emergence of Batman and the return of Superman could also cause other superheroes to establish themselves...

The timeline works quite well.

And if any Batman fans had any doubts about Brandon, Hes the perfect Superman. I saw it and wow.....he nailed it.

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I would do justice in the Nolan universe and blend in with it's greatness well.

:up:

Both Singer and Nolan brought comlpexity to their Superhero's. Nolan made Batman a much darker figure who still had demons to deal with, and still had to keep up the image of Bruce Wayne. Singer made an imortal being into a relatable figure, really humanizing Superman.

Before Superman Returns I wanted the two franchises to stay the hell away from each other - now I demand they cross over. :)

[GL1]

Yeah, a few batfans tend to have a pet peeve about the "realistic" superhero being around something that is obviously not real, but the tones of the movie fit nicely together, and there many be a slight lighting issue, but Superman shows he can work without overshadowing human characters, and we all know Batman can kick more butt and take more names than Richard White.

Also, I must say that using Joker and Luthor would be a cheesy way to go... I'd much rather see Metallo and Talia or something like that... something that hasn't been done before... the cartoon was great... but movies should NOT be remakes of cartoons... it never works out... and you've seen the story done already...

[Cdawg751]

I Wonder If Wolfgang Peterson Is Still Interested? But Still It'd Be Amazing If Singer/Nolan Co-Directed!!!

[Katsuro]

I Wonder If Wolfgang Peterson Is Still Interested? But Still It'd Be Amazing If Singer/Nolan Co-Directed!!!

Can't happen (Singer and Nolan co-directing). You get kicked out of the Director's guild for co-directing. It's a lame rule, I agree.

[Loup]

Its funny, cuz right when I stepped out of the superman returns, that was the first thing I said to my friend. Then my a***ole friend told me that the two character's have been licensed to two different studios. He said that it would never fly, but what if. If they put their two heads together it would be so symbolic. Two powerful studios combining two powerful heroes. It could be the first time in history, to make a historic movie.


The problems:

1. The Batman begin universe is young, and it doesn’t seem that they have been introduced to super-powered beings.
-we would need a clever producer or writer or whatever to take care of that most difficult angle. It was the real world feel that made begin soo soo sweet. how the hell can we keep that and introduce all of these the super powers, HOW HOW HOW!!!??????

2. This movie can be done in an alternate future, but dam. it could be a new approach to superhero movies, kind of like graphic novels. not everything has to be synchronized. Dam us fan boys for demanding so much. We don’t have to wait for these actors to age into their characters, what if they don’t want to be type-caste and escape the superhero movie genre. If only they can turn Bale and Ruth (whatever the superman actor’s name is) into what Sean Connery was for bond.

ok ok I need help here...I need to think this through. We need to put our heads together and figure this out. we all want it, we need to agree on the formula.

OH CRUEL CRUEL WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

[Darth Nata]

Its funny, cuz right when I stepped out of the superman returns, that was the first thing I said to my friend. Then my a***ole friend told me that the two character's have been licensed to two different studios. He said that it would never fly, but what if. If they put their two heads together it would be so symbolic. Two powerful studios combining two powerful heroes. It could be the first time in history, to make a historic movie.

Errr your friend is wrong. Warner Bros own DC and therefore putting Batman and Superman in a movie isnt legally very hard.

So who would people want to direct? Im not sure if Wolfgang Petersen is right for it and as it says above Nolan/Singer co-directing can never happen.

Even though they can't do that they would definately have to be involved

[GL1]

1. The Batman begin universe is young, and it doesn’t seem that they have been introduced to super-powered beings.
-we would need a clever producer or writer or whatever to take care of that most difficult angle. It was the real world feel that made begin soo soo sweet. how the hell can we keep that and introduce all of these the super powers, HOW HOW HOW!!!??????

Dude. Relax.

Batman Begins and the series should, imho, NEVER involve any Superpowers. Batman will simply appear in Metropolis for whatever storyline reasons, the story would take place completely in the Batman Superman movie. The Batman Begins universe, would remain untouched and purists who wish it had never happened will never have to see or hear anything about it...

[Kane]

Also, I must say that using Joker and Luthor would be a cheesy way to go... I'd much rather see Metallo and Talia or something like that... something that hasn't been done before... the cartoon was great... but movies should NOT be remakes of cartoons... it never works out... and you've seen the story done already...


Hmm Metallo is the definition of cheesy for me. Hes pretty much a Kryptonite freak like on Smallville; something that has already been done to death.

Talia would be great for a Batman film as the love interest (to tie into the first film with Ras), but not for a WF movie.


I'd say if you want to make things different; Man-Bat and Bizzaro would be interesting as they are dark reflections of the WF duo.

[Nightwing92]

Hmm Metallo is the definition of cheesy for me. Hes pretty much a Kryptonite freak like on Smallville; something that has already been done to death.

Talia would be great for a Batman film as the love interest (to tie into the first film with Ras), but not for a WF movie.


I'd say if you want to make things different; Man-Bat and Bizzaro would be interesting as they are dark reflections of the WF duo.

I agree... it'd be good to have the imperfect duplicated of both characters as villians.... but i was thinking to have killer croc and brainiac.... or bane and Doomsday....

[Kane]

Man-bat and Doomsday would be insane! Best fights ever.

[Batman the 6th]

Are you sure the 2nd sequels are 3 years apart, and not 2 years? Like Supes 3 2011 and Bats 2010. And why can't they have both movies in the same years?

[Batman the 6th]

Thats what I didn't like about X-men. Sure the 2nd one came in 3 years later, but why can't the 3rd one have been 2 years? Thats a long time to wait.

[y2jversion1]

It would be awesome - but I don't think I'd want Singer/Peters nearby the project.

[DV8]

Yes I would so:

Bruce Wayne/Batman: Christian Bale
Clark Kent/Superman: Bradon Routh
Joker: Paul Bettany
Lex Luthor: Kevin Spacey
Lois Lane: Kate Bosworth
Alfred: Micheal Caine
James Gordon: Gary Oldman

Dam . . . you UK-ians have to wait 10 more days for Supes!? That blows . . .

[DV8]

who would direct though? maybe a 2-parter with Singer directing one, and Nolan the other? (or Nolan could just do the whole dam thing)

[Loup]

Errr your friend is wrong. Warner Bros own DC and therefore putting Batman and Superman in a movie isnt legally very hard.





Yeah but sups is owned by a different studio...paramount? And the license is a binding contract for a certain amount of years.

[Darth Nata]

Yeah but sups is owned by a different studio...paramount? And the license is a binding contract for a certain amount of years.

NO IT ISN'T. WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THIS FROM?

[Mee]

All of DC's stuff is done by WB.

[Darth Nata]

All of DC's stuff is done by WB.

Yep. Nothing to do with Paramount or any other film studio.

[GL1]

Hmm Metallo is the definition of cheesy for me. Hes pretty much a Kryptonite freak like on Smallville; something that has already been done to death.

Talia would be great for a Batman film as the love interest (to tie into the first film with Ras), but not for a WF movie.


I'd say if you want to make things different; Man-Bat and Bizzaro would be interesting as they are dark reflections of the WF duo.

A killer robot with a kryptonite attack on Smallville... I guess I haven't seen all of season five :)

While ManBat and Darkseid make for good fights, there's no plot there... they're just monsters. You need a mastermind villain. Talia can provide that, assuming she doesn't get used in the Begins series (pretty unlikely, honestly). With no mastermind, Man-Bat and Bizarro working together not only does not make sense, but there's no reason for the audience to care what the fight of the outcome is. Everything has to be connected for the movie to be good, not just a cool fight scene or two.

[Fanticon]

if Wolfgang Petersen is still interested in doing a Batman/Superman movie then maybe he should prove himself and move on to a project closer to this genre rather than turning out these epic disaster at sea movies. I know he's respected and has done a lot of big pictures with big budgets...I bet he'd be good choice because I've read he's a huge Batman/Superman fan...but he can't just jump in the middle of a successful re-launch of Batman and say "I want to do Batman/Superman movie"...he was ignored before BB came out, considered maybe but still passed on...he needs to let these franchises breathe a little and sit back and enjoy them like the rest of us...and then wait to get the job once the sequels come out...because the studios need to be absolutely sure that the public is ready and if they even want to see these two characters finally join forces and share the screen.

[Darth Nata]

I'd like to see a story where Lex Luthor and Ra's Al Ghul team up together with another villian too. The Penguin as an arms dealer or Lex Luthor doing shady business deals with Earle from Batman Begins would also be cool too.

[StorminNorman]

Kevin Spacey + Liam Neeson + Paul Bettany v. Routh and Bale = Magnus Laetus Homo.

[Hollywoodland]

emmm I dont know its wise to have Homo in the same sentence as Superman

[Nightwing92]

emmm I dont know its wise to have Homo in the same sentence as Superman


hahaha.... true dat

[gambitfire]

i just read that little bit about Singer interested in BvsS. Well although i must say i love both movies i think a crossover would be the best way to go.

i don't like the idea of making Batman the bad guy :down. There are much better approaches.

[Katsuro]

i just read that little bit about Singer interested in BvsS. Well although i must say i love both movies i think a crossover would be the best way to go.

i don't like the idea of making Batman the bad guy :down. There are much better approaches.

Agreed. I hate how everyone wants them to fight eachother, which is just a bad move. Why would they fight? It's ridiculous, and would probably end up just as bad of a movie as every other vs. film (Freddy vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator). I'm a huge Batman fan, I dont want them butchering my favorite character so they can make up a reason for them to fight. It'd end up like Marvel's Civil War, characters acting the opposite of how they've been written for decades just so there's a reason for them to fight.

[Michael Allred]

Errr your friend is wrong. Warner Bros own DC and therefore putting Batman and Superman in a movie isnt legally very hard.

So who would people want to direct? Im not sure if Wolfgang Petersen is right for it and as it says above Nolan/Singer co-directing can never happen.

Even though they can't do that they would definately have to be involved

Of course Singer and Nolan can co-direct. The guild's rules mean squat, look at "Sin City" where Rodriguez shared credits with Frank Miller. Rodriguez simply quit the director's guild.

The question is, would Singer or Nolan want to quit the guild too? Even more importantly, would these two men with loads of talent and vision want to share the "boss" title with each other?

[Batjml]

The universe of SR seemed very real world realistic, made it seem like Superman was really flying around in NY State (where Metropolis is).



i'm not sure now, but i believe that in the comics, Metropolis is actually located in Delaware. i know for sure, however, that Gotham is located in New Jersey.

imo, since the movie is called "Batman vs. Superman", thats what it should be. heres the story: Bruce Wayne falls deeply in love with some chick and she becomes his fiance. they get married. while on a plane flight on their honeymoon some terrorists decide to hijack Bruce's private jet. hey its Bruce Wayne, hes loaded, so it an easy way to snatch him and his new wife, and hold them for ransom. however, supes is in the neighborhood and tries to stop them, resulting in the accidental death of Bruce's wife. blaming Superman for killing his wife and ruining his life yet again by taking away his loved one, he goes on a vendetta against supes. after getting his ass handed to him bey supes several times, Bats does some kind of mastermind plan a la Hush, and kicks Superman's ass. however, after seeing supes try to help someone after being seriously whupped by Bats, Batman realizes that Superman isn't a villian, and goes back to Gotham. so, essentially Bats would be the villian, yet at the same time the victim.

btw, this movie should be in two parts. first part coming out for Thanksgiving, second part for Christmas. or you could also do Christmas and New Year.

[zeptron]

Batman vs Superman: No

Batman and Superman vs Joker and Lex Luthor: Yes

[NinjaTurtleFan]

I don't want a live-action "World's Finest" movie. I want Superman vs. Batman and have Superman being controlled by Brainiac.

It's time we get Darkside or Brainiac into a Superman movie, not stick with Lex. While I liked "Superman Returns" I think it's time we get some new villains from the rogue gallery for new Superman films and Richard White should've been a bad guy.

Also what was up with Lex's henchmen being so quiet and one-dimensional. Kal Penn was in the movie and he didn't even mutter a word and he's ****ing hilarious! :mad:

[CConn]

With this statement from Singer coming out, personally I'd much rather have Singer direct the film than Nolan or even somebody else. Now I really hope it happens. After BB3, after SR3, and with Singer.

[CConn]

Agreed. I hate how everyone wants them to fight eachother, which is just a bad move. Why would they fight? It's ridiculous, and would probably end up just as bad of a movie as every other vs. film (Freddy vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator). I'm a huge Batman fan, I dont want them butchering my favorite character so they can make up a reason for them to fight. It'd end up like Marvel's Civil War, characters acting the opposite of how they've been written for decades just so there's a reason for them to fight.Personally I think when Bats and Supes first meet, they could have a little tussle, and have it be completely in-character and sensical.

Batman and Superman have often been written as being stand-off-ish with each other, when they first mean, it wouldn't be surprising at all if they were a bit at odds.

[CConn]

Of course Singer and Nolan can co-direct. The guild's rules mean squat, look at "Sin City" where Rodriguez shared credits with Frank Miller. Rodriguez simply quit the director's guild.WB has a deal with the Director's Guild that it will not finance any film that isn't directed by a Guild member. So unless Singer and Nolan and their producers can dig up about $250 million dollars for the film's budget, the Guild's rules to in fact mean a little more than squat.

[Flexo]

With this statement from Singer coming out, personally I'd much rather have Singer direct the film than Nolan or even somebody else. Now I really hope it happens. After BB3, after SR3, and with Singer.

So no studio would dare finance a sequel? :confused:

[CConn]

So no studio would dare finance a sequel? :confused:Not every movie can be a box office juggernaut like your precious King Kong.

[Flexo]

Not every movie can be a box office juggernaut like your precious King Kong.

Touche, except that King Kong did make its budget back (And more) domestically.

But don't worry, you still have DVD sales to factor in. You could easily tack on... $2,000 to SR's total...

[StorminNorman]

With this statement from Singer coming out, personally I'd much rather have Singer direct the film than Nolan or even somebody else. Now I really hope it happens. After BB3, after SR3, and with Singer.

I agree with CConn.

[CConn]

Touche, except that King Kong did make its budget back (And more) domestically.

But don't worry, you still have DVD sales to factor in. You could easily tack on... $2,000 to SR's total...You do realize...SR is on pace to make its budget back (And more) domestically.

[StorminNorman]

You do realize...SR is on pace to make it's budget back (And more) domestically..

and it should make a good deal internationally as well.

[Flexo]

You do realize...SR is on pace to make its budget back (And more) domestically.

I doubt that it will. After Pirates comes out, business will drop sharply.

[CConn]

It's made half it's budget back in a week. Despite the success of Pirates, SR still has months to go in-theaters.

[FCEEVIPER]

Routh and Bale are Superman and Batman in my eyes.
AMEN TO THAT!


I say a Worlds Finest movie after Batman and Superman 1, 2, and 3 movies are complete, and only if Routh
and Bale are available and willing to do it.

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:up:

[Darth Nata]

Of course Singer and Nolan can co-direct. The guild's rules mean squat, look at "Sin City" where Rodriguez shared credits with Frank Miller. Rodriguez simply quit the director's guild.

The question is, would Singer or Nolan want to quit the guild too? Even more importantly, would these two men with loads of talent and vision want to share the "boss" title with each other?

Well they wouldnt be able to direct a movie for Warner Bros if they quit the DGA so there goes that theory

[gambitfire]

Agreed. I hate how everyone wants them to fight eachother, which is just a bad move. Why would they fight? It's ridiculous, and would probably end up just as bad of a movie as every other vs. film (Freddy vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator). I'm a huge Batman fan, I dont want them butchering my favorite character so they can make up a reason for them to fight. It'd end up like Marvel's Civil War, characters acting the opposite of how they've been written for decades just so there's a reason for them to fight.

HEY!! :mad:

im reading Civil War and it has good reason to pit them against each other besides no body's killed each other yet so atleast they have a good way of doing it.

:p sorry im a Marvel kid, My only exceptions are Batman and Green Lanter (Hal Jorda)

[Michael Allred]

WB has a deal with the Director's Guild that it will not finance any film that isn't directed by a Guild member. So unless Singer and Nolan and their producers can dig up about $250 million dollars for the film's budget, the Guild's rules to in fact mean a little more than squat.

Well, assuming what you say is true.......what idiot at Warner Bros. came up with that deal? Talk about tying your hands behind your back.

[Katsuro]

HEY!! :mad:

im reading Civil War and it has good reason to pit them against each other besides no body's killed each other yet so atleast they have a good way of doing it.

:p sorry im a Marvel kid, My only exceptions are Batman and Green Lanter (Hal Jorda)

Don't get me wrong, I love Marvel, and I'm also reading and enjoying (for the most part) Civil War, I just think some of the characterizations are a bit off. I really dont think Tony, Reed, and Peter would be supporting the registration act, based on how they've been written for the longest time. And even if they might support it, some of the things they've been doing and saying still seem a bit off. It just seems like they're all acting out of character just for the sake of forcing this fight on them.

So that's basically how I'd feel about a Batman vs. Superman movie. The two should not be fighting, and I think any story where they end up fighting is gonna end up with one of these characters written poorly. I guess the only real solution to getting them to fight would be mind control, which is always nice. Perhaps we could have a World's Finest movie, where they team up, but with one small fight in the movie. Perhaps Superman is under mind control, Batman puts on the Kryptonite ring he prepared just in case, and the two slug it out for a bit (basically the fight in HUSH). But I definatley dont want their fighting to be the focal point of the film.

[Bullseye]

This was an interesting rumor about a Batman vs. Superman film, but nothing has been said about it since then and it is over a year ago old rumor.

'DarkHorizons' has posted this rumor, Word of warning, the following is strictly a rumor at this time: "'Frequent Flyer' claims to have met the lovely Christian Bale (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/) at Heathrow last week and dropped in this: "He's still quite bulky from the Batman part! Anyway, I said Hi, got an autograph, wished him luck with Batman (asked me if I was going to see it - like, duh) and I said I hoped he's back for Batman again. "Two more actually, and then Brandon Routh (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746125/), the new Superman, and I, are doing Batman vs. Superman as a movie"." - My opinion? Well, I don't think Bale would drop something as big as that to a regular fan. I could be wrong, time will only tell. Take this with a grain of salt, as they say. -Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

[FaT_tONle]

What would be the time table for this film... if they both finish around 2012??? maybe 2014 Batman/Supes??? Then hopefully a DKR in 2017 or a new trilogy... any thoughts?

[sickining]

Of course you would have to stick with the cast from 'Begins' and 'Returns'. Superman(1978)and Batman(1989)were too far apart for there to be a crossover IMO. Just imagine...
http://kinoguru.com/images/poster/superman-returns-6.jpg
http://www.impawards.com/2005/posters/batman_begins.jpg
See, even the movie posters were made for each other...

[iamcolossus]

Of course you would have to stick with the cast from 'Begins' and 'Returns'. Superman(1978)and Batman(1989)were too far apart for there to be a crossover IMO. Just imagine...
http://kinoguru.com/images/poster/superman-returns-6.jpg
http://www.impawards.com/2005/posters/batman_begins.jpg
See, even the movie posters were made for each other...

Wow...eerie...

[GL1]

Don't get me wrong, I love Marvel, and I'm also reading and enjoying (for the most part) Civil War, I just think some of the characterizations are a bit off. I really dont think Tony, Reed, and Peter would be supporting the registration act, based on how they've been written for the longest time. And even if they might support it, some of the things they've been doing and saying still seem a bit off. It just seems like they're all acting out of character just for the sake of forcing this fight on them.

So that's basically how I'd feel about a Batman vs. Superman movie. The two should not be fighting, and I think any story where they end up fighting is gonna end up with one of these characters written poorly. I guess the only real solution to getting them to fight would be mind control, which is always nice. Perhaps we could have a World's Finest movie, where they team up, but with one small fight in the movie. Perhaps Superman is under mind control, Batman puts on the Kryptonite ring he prepared just in case, and the two slug it out for a bit (basically the fight in HUSH). But I definatley dont want their fighting to be the focal point of the film.

I think you're a bit too scared of a Superman Batman confrontation... they do it a lot and their ideologies clash drastically and often. They are also very slow to give up. If Superman stands in Batman's way, Batman will take him down. If Superman feels Batman is a threat, he will stop him. If you have some villain manipulating the situation for these two to come to blows, then it's not far fetched for Superman and Batman to have a full on fight scene before they team up to take out the bad guy. I don't think mind control is necessary in anyway...

And while their physical fighting should be a cool action thing, their ideological conflicts SHOULD be a goal of the film... Batman is, barring death, an end justifies the means type of guy, Superman is a perrenial idealist. They have different methods and it's not until the end that they develop that grudging respect for each other... I don't think Superman and Batman should be teamwork at first sight... not even close, at least, not from Batman. Clark's nice to everybody.

Basically, I don't think mind control is necessary to get these two to becomes physical if they beleive the other is a serious threat and I think the Batman vs Superman physical conflict should be a major fight scene, somewhere around half way through... and that their conflict of methods should be an overriding theme in the movie... no true friendship should be developed until the very end, though both should appear hesitant to admit it.

[Spider-Kurt!]

Bats and Supes vs President Luthor (with Metallo as his bodyguard) and the seemingly back from the dead Ra's Al Ghul (with Bane as his bodyguard). Lois Lane and Talia as the love interests.

[GL1]

Bats and Supes vs President Luthor (with Metallo as his bodyguard) and the seemingly back from the dead Ra's Al Ghul (with Bane as his bodyguard). Lois Lane and Talia as the love interests.

Drop Bane and President Luthor and use Talia as Head of LuthorCorps like she was in comics and you be a lot less crowded and actually have some good character development...

[FaT_tONle]

Dude Talia in the cross over would be awesome... Ra's comes back and has a and eeven bigger plan on destroying "evil" and restoring balance... introduce Talia as a love interest... throw in Supes maybe Louis... that way you wouldn't even have to make a fourth Batman film tying up BB and you can just throw it all into one flick... creative but almost impossible to make a movie out of... who knows...

[Spider-Kurt!]

You know it!

[tinister]

Just noticed this thread. I made these for a different thread.

I think it could work.

http://signalburst.org/tintruong/batman&superman2.jpg

http://signalburst.org/tintruong/batman&superman.jpg

People think he's aiding Superman in this one. I meant it to look like they're fighting (ala the DKR comic)...

http://signalburst.org/tintruong/batman_vs_superman.jpg

[Borat]

People think he's aiding Superman in this one. I meant it to look like they're fighting (ala the DKR comic)...

http://signalburst.org/tintruong/batman_vs_superman.jpgI love it!! :up:

[kingdomhearts]

Let's keep this two franchise separate.

[gambitfire]

Why?

[superfriends]

Christian Bale -Batman
Donny Osmond -Superman
Heath Ledger - Joker
Kevin Spacey -Lex Luthor
Kirk Cameron - Jimmy Olsen
Dick Van Dyke - Perry White
John Schneider - Johnnathan Kent
Marie Osmond -Martha Kent
Michale Caine - Alfred
Owen Wilson - Robin

:batman: :ff: :batty:

[tinister]

Owen Wilson - Robin

:batman: :ff: :batty:


LOL! Classic!

[superfriends]

Yes Owen Wilson He Would Be Great As Robin

[superfriends]

I think that Cahterine Zena Jones should play the role of wonderwoman in the batman superman movie :supes: :batman:

[FaT_tONle]

A question??? Who are the villains... Luthor/Joker is redundant as *****... if this movie is ever made who is the antagonist?

[Thespiralgoeson]

I think you're a bit too scared of a Superman Batman confrontation... they do it a lot and their ideologies clash drastically and often. They are also very slow to give up. If Superman stands in Batman's way, Batman will take him down. If Superman feels Batman is a threat, he will stop him. If you have some villain manipulating the situation for these two to come to blows, then it's not far fetched for Superman and Batman to have a full on fight scene before they team up to take out the bad guy. I don't think mind control is necessary in anyway...

And while their physical fighting should be a cool action thing, their ideological conflicts SHOULD be a goal of the film... Batman is, barring death, an end justifies the means type of guy, Superman is a perrenial idealist. They have different methods and it's not until the end that they develop that grudging respect for each other... I don't think Superman and Batman should be teamwork at first sight... not even close, at least, not from Batman. Clark's nice to everybody.

Basically, I don't think mind control is necessary to get these two to becomes physical if they beleive the other is a serious threat and I think the Batman vs Superman physical conflict should be a major fight scene, somewhere around half way through... and that their conflict of methods should be an overriding theme in the movie... no true friendship should be developed until the very end, though both should appear hesitant to admit it.

Great post. I completely agree. Batman and Superman are just too radically different to be buddies. The only time I ever really enjoyed the two encountering each other was in Dark Kight Returns. That is the definitive interpretation of their relationship IMO. They know each other, have a mutual respect for each other, and might even consider themselves friends of sorts. But they do NOT work well together, and neither will let the other stand in their way. They might not want to, but each one will take the other down without hesitation if need be. Batman knows what Superman is capable of, so he's always sure to keep some kryptonite handy. Superman, well, he's Superman, so he keeps an eye on Bats.

Personally, I'm on the fence about the idea of a crossover film. I think it's really an impracticle idea. Truthfully, the two heroes are just too iconic and beloved in their own right for either one to share the screen with the other IMO. Also, both films (Batman Begins and Superman Returns) were done in such drastically different styles that a crossover film wouldn't really be able to resemble either a Batman or a Superman movie and would just be very, very challenging to get right and please both heroes' fans. However, all that being said, I'm simply in awe at how phenominal both heroes look on screen and I would love to see Bale's Batman take on Routh's Superman.

And frankly, I'm one of the few definitely do want to see to two fight. Honestly, the movie I'd want to see probably would be closer to a straight-up Batman vs. Superman movie than it would be to "World's Finest." In fact, the only thing I really liked about the World's Finest was the scene when Bats and Supes first meet and clash. It's just so much more believable IMO than the two of them being chums. I'd much rather see a film that's ultimately about a clash of ideas, wherein the two opposing forces (Bats and Supes) resist each other throughout the movie, and then ultimately find their common ground and compromise to achieve a greater goal (saving the world or Gotham or Metropolis or Lois Lane's dog or whatever)

At the very least I'd want to see them have a good, jaw-dropping fight. And when I say fight, I mean a REAL fight, i.e. Superman not being under a transe. I'm talking Dark Knight Returns clash of the Titans. Superman is practically immortal, but Batman, well, he's got tricks up his sleeve that Superman would never think of and... he's got kryptonite.

And let's all remember that for all intents and purposes the two heroes are equals, and always should be. I swear nothing pisses me off more than hearing Superman fans ranting about how powerful he is, and that Batman wouldn't stand any kind of remote chance against him. Kryptonite, people. Kryptonite. Batman has it, and that's all he needs to even the odds. I mean honestly, if Lex Luthor is a worthy adversary to Superman, you damn well better believe Batman is.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Just noticed this thread. I made these for a different thread.

I think it could work.

http://signalburst.org/tintruong/batman&superman2.jpg

http://signalburst.org/tintruong/batman&superman.jpg

People think he's aiding Superman in this one. I meant it to look like they're fighting (ala the DKR comic)...

http://signalburst.org/tintruong/batman_vs_superman.jpg

Don't forget this one. If they ever did make this movie, this scence would HAVE to be included, otherwise it would be wasted:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1153205/owned2.jpg

:D

[batmaluco]

Don't forget this one. If they ever did make this movie, this scence would HAVE to be included, otherwise it would be wasted:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1153205/owned2.jpg

:D
lol!
Great manip! :up:

[Thespiralgoeson]

lol!
Great manip! :up:

I wish I could take credit for it. I'd give major props to whoever did make it, but I honestly don't remember. If that person reads this thread, then major props!

[batmaluco]

I wish I could take credit for it. I'd give major props to whoever did make it, but I honestly don't remember. If that person reads this thread, then major props!
OK. :up:
Welcome to the hype.