A Live Action Batman Beyond movie is it a good idea?

The only way it would work is if they made sure to set it up the way the original show was set up--you'd have to have that 10 minutes at the beginning with Bruce Wayne's last night out before giving up the mask, then the skip forward 20 years. Otherwise people are going to be confused about whether this is set in the Nolanverse continuity.

I think that goes without saying though. If you're not going show Batman's last hurrah (2019 for him in BB) and the subsequent heart issue that forces him into retirement there is no point in doing the movie at all.

Even though I want Eastwood for Older BW of the futuristic era..I think the plausible way would be to find your Bruce Wayne for the first 10-15 minutes(whether it's Keaton, Caviezel or whoever) and use make up and/or CGI to age him forward.

Another thing you have to avoid is people comparing it to Spider-Man. The 17 year-old hero, the futuristic setting with the super science, the fantastic villains with super powers--the general public might see it as some kind of attempt to capture the Spider-Man zeitgeist even though it's quite different (it wouldn't help that The Amazing Spider-Man was so...average). It would probably have to have a darker or more serious tone, which might not be the best way to go with it...

In any case, I'd love to see it happening but people are so used to Batman being this very dark film series, both tonally and visually, that to get them interested in a futuristic, brighter setting might be difficult.

Any incarnation of Batman is going to inherently have a darker tone than most any other superhero.

Other than being a teenager with a family member dying, I don't really see any major comparison or similarity between Terry and Peter or their alter-egos that would make people confused between the two..but that's just me.

Sure Terry will be in a world of flying cars and futuristic elements, but that is the point, it's Batman Beyond. TASM wasn't all that futuristic. Other than a Giant Lizard and a Teenager who calls himself spider-man, it was present day. The stuff they were doing at Oscorp didn't even seem all that far off from reality, to me. Neo-Gotham still has it's fair share of dark corners and alleys you don't want to travel down or the Jokerz or worse might get you.

And the fact that TASM was in fact kind of average, shouldn't hurt BB at all, in my opinion.

EDIT: Now, if the Batman reboot is a little more comic-booky than the Nolan films have been (at least in allowing more supernatural villains such as Clayface, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, etc. into the films), and they're done well and the public accepts them, then that might be the time to try and turn Batman Beyond into a live-action movie.

I agree, Batman Beyond probably isn't happening at least until they figure out what they're doing with the new batman and probably even the other movies like Justice League. I would hope that the people in charge of the reboot keep Batman Beyond in mind with everything else. It would be great if they kept in futuristic continuity like they did with the series.

Now, as for the villain, I think the arc of the first two episodes with Derek Powers makes the most sense. Maybe one of the other villains as an underling to establish the futuristic tone, so I guess Shriek should be in it (to see that silent scene in the film would be pretty amazing). By the end Shriek should be deaf, move on to stopping Derek Powers from selling the chemical. For two hours I think it would be fine to have both that arc and the first Shriek episode, more than enough time to cover all that.

I agree, You kind of have to do this origin of Terry becoming Batman. I see what you're saying about Shriek, but don't forget Powers has Mr. Fixx. I can see Powers even employing either Venom-laced strongmen or splicer rejects to do his bidding too. I would just hope we get an epic battle in the end on the submarine (I know in the show it involved powers' kid and all but you can make a final battle on the sub work for this movie I think)

As for Powers, I know he is Dum Dum Dugan, but Neal McDonough would be a pretty good Powers/Blight imo. While Walking Tall wasn't that great of a movie, he proved he can play a pretty good prick villain.
 
Instead of Justice League, I hope they make Batman Beyond.
For me, Inque would be the best villain to use.
I think another Batman movies would be too repetitive. Batman Beyond would be something fresh since they never made it so far.
As a matter of fact, Batman Beyond is the only major superhero movie they have not made so far.
 
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of this.

Bring back Michael Keaton for the fanservice - age him to his seventies.

Use Blight and Inque as the villains.

Make a single, stand-alone film. Don't bet on a franchise - just work on making one well-written film. Then work out sequels down the track if it's successful.

I really wish DC/WB would differentiate from Marvel a bit more by trying to do stand-alone 'one-shot' films. Superman: Red Son and Batman Beyond would be a perfect start. We don't always need reboots or franchises which burn directors and actors into the ground. Just fresh, well-done takes on the characters we love.

It's a good way to sustain characters between 'series' like Nolan's run as well.
 
A Batman Beyond movie has to happen someday. The whole story, for me was made for the big screen.

They could finally play around with technology as much as they like - in a Batman film. Harrison Ford would have to play Bruce, though.
 
Not down with Ford. Why should he be Bruce? cuz he can play a grumpy old man? Just make a second Bladerunner where his character is an older man in a futuristic/sci-fi world and that settles it, leave him out of Batman. It should be an actor who makes you think "This guy could have been the Batman back in his day".

Keaton is a win. Alec Baldwin. Jon Hamm or Christian Bale if they wait a really long time. These two might be as weird as Ford to some, but werent Kurt Russell and Mel Gibson rumored to play Batman back in the day? Even they could have pulled off batman in their prime a lot better than Harrison.

I think they should keep Hamm for a Snyder/TDKReturns adaptation. Either as the aged Wayne, or an older Harvey Dent. Baldwin might be a little too much on the comedic side. Gibson might not go for it and he would make Bruce an old hot-head LOL. So i say do it with Keaton
 
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Not down with Ford. Why should he be Bruce? cuz he can play a grumpy old man? Just make a second Bladerunner where his character is an older man in a futuristic/sci-fi world and that settles it, leave him out of Batman. It should be an actor who makes you think "This guy could have been the Batman back in his day".

Keaton is a win. Alec Baldwin. Jon Hamm or Christian Bale if they wait a really long time. These two might be as weird as Ford to some, but werent Kurt Russell and Mel Gibson rumored to play Batman back in the day? Even they could have pulled off batman in their prime a lot better than Harrison.

I think they should keep Hamm for a Snyder/TDKReturns adaptation. Either as the aged Wayne, or an older Harvey Dent. Baldwin might be a little too much on the comedic side. Gibson might not go for it and he would make Bruce an old hot-head LOL. So i say do it with Keaton

Bruce Willis is taking on more "different" roles these days. Could he pull it off?

I'm liking the Keaton suggestion, though. It would sell the movie to people who always wanted a 3rd Tim Burton film.
 
It would be perfect with Keaton. They dont have to promote it like it's a third film, so if you want to believe it's a seperate universe with a different director, new tone...then you can. And if you want to believe that it's obviously a sequel to Batman Returns then you can as well.

They won't really be able to use Joker in that case. But that's OK. Robin doesn't exist in Burtons world anyway, but maybe Terry McGinnis does. I can sort of believe that Burtons magical Gotham can look more sci-fi & bladerunnerish 35 years later. It could work.
 
If Kevin had more star power to the GA, he'd make a perfect Old Bruce. But Keaton would be amazing, too.

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Michael Keaton still looks too young to play old Bruce Wayne.
And lol on Christian Bale.
It should be someone who's really old.
 
I think that brings us back to the craggy face that is Clint Eastwood, in full Gran Torino-crotchety-old-man mode (he could pretend Ace is an empty chair if it helps his performance).
 
Michael Keaton still looks too young to play old Bruce Wayne.
And lol on Christian Bale.
It should be someone who's really old.

Keaton definitely looks old enough. Plus, there's nothing makeup can't do.
 
Keaton definitely looks old enough. Plus, there's nothing makeup can't do.

Agreed. And this way you get the best of both worlds. Keaton is young enough to still show us Batman at the end of his career during a flashback - much like the first episodes of the animated series did.

This is definitely something I want to see. Keaton would be perfect. The more I think about this, the more I want it to happen.
 
Michael Keaton still looks too young to play old Bruce Wayne.
And lol on Christian Bale.
It should be someone who's really old.
If your responding to my post, then maybe you don't know how to read. I said Bale only if they choose to film this movie wayyyyyyyy down the road (i said the same for Jon Hamm, etc). But Keaton would be able to pull it off between now and the next 15 years.
 
It HAS to be Keaton really. Perfect casting and perfect closure on his days playing the Batman.

However....

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Conroy or Keaton. You could get a big name actor for the villain.
 
I think that brings us back to the craggy face that is Clint Eastwood, in full Gran Torino-crotchety-old-man mode (he could pretend Ace is an empty chair if it helps his performance).

People like you don't get enough credit.


But no, I'd like to be able to understand what old man Bruce is saying for most of the film.
 
People like you don't get enough credit.


But no, I'd like to be able to understand what old man Bruce is saying for most of the film.
Plus, we dont want Bruce to die at the end. This seems to be Eastwoods thing these days.
 
Personally, I would like to see a Batman Beyond live-action film featuring Dr. Abel Cuvier as the first villain. The trend of splicing brought upon the futuristic Gotham would touch on the very ludicrous methods of rebellion and its effects on a generation's youth.

That is not to say that the film should make any sort of statement, I just think it'd be an interesting interpretation to view considering how Terry McGinnis is immersed in such influences of the age group at hand in addition to the criminals he is at war with.

Also, my thinking is that any idea for a "return of the Joker"-esque plot (if people insist on incorporating that) would better be held off for a sequel.
 
I have similar ideas to this for my idea of a theme of the films, concerning genetic tampering.

My ideas are either the aftermath of out of control extensive genetic tampering in the world or the dawn of extensive genetic tampering in the world. Either way it could tie in with Powers creating the nerve gas that makes him become Blight and the existence of Inque.
 
I've been reading the recent Batman Beyond books. I definitely want Blight and Inque as the villains
 

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