BvS Batman casting thread for Man Of Steel 2 - Part 6

[Tobias]

Are we all still going on the rumor from BOF that they're going with an older Batman? Wasn't it Snyder himself that said that Superman is the first hero in this universe and it paves the way for other heroes to start announcing themselves to the public? I would think, in that, we'd have a similarly aged Bruce in comparison to Cavill. Also, as someone pointed out, this will be the beginning of a long contract. Would it be possible to maybe make someone look older and go with a younger actor? Not saying he's my pick, but what about Liam Hemsworth? At least its a new name for debate.

Don't buy the older Batman.

Keep the eye on the prize. A new hopefully multi- billion dollar Batman franchise.

What would WB want? A slew of Batman films with the new actor.

If Spiderman is getting 5 films with Garfield then the new Batman actor would I think get at least that.

So the actor has to be no more than 30? Cause at the pace WB puts out CBMs a 5 picture run could take 15 - 20 years to finish out.

Just sayin, Batman is lots bigger than Spiderman and I have to think WB is go the new actor out the wahzoo.

 

[Rorschach2012]

All the signs are pointing towards an older Batman. BOF says so, THR says so, the quote Snyder read is from TDKR which features an older Batman.

I'm down with a younger Batman (30-35) no guys in their twenties tho

 

[slumcat]

You are the one being petulant and childish. What you describe has not happened. Either you are implausibly sensitive, or just trolling.

This entire conversation, originated by you for whatever goddamned purpose, is entirely disposable like all others you originate I am guessing. Don't address me again and you can be certain I have no intention of addressing you hence. Or if you want to have the juvenile last say, respond to me one last time to me and end this tiresome ********.

 

[tdeverea]

I don't know if I'd rather have Sam Worthington or Scott Adkins as Batman. Both of those ideas are just unimaginably bad.

Sam Worthington can't do an American accent and he's only been decent in Clash of the Titans. He wasn't good in Terminator Salvation or Avatar.

Scott Adkins isn't even barely an actor. He played Deadpool in X Men Origins, under all that make up. That's his claim to fame. doing the stunts for Deadpool.


Yeah Scott Adkins isn't going to be cast... bad idea

I'm not pushing Adkins but that's disrespectful. He's got 34 acting credits on his resume, 3 new ones coming, and finally getting a major role in Hercules 3D. If you don't like him, that's fine but don't try to discredit the work he's put in over the years. You act as if he's never starred in a movie, B-Movie or not.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I'm honestly not so sure about whether WB wanting an older Batman is true. It might be something WB is considering, but it can't be set in stone if they are truly considering guys like Gosling, Goode, Manginiello and Bloom. Even Armitage could probably pass for a guy in his mid-late 30s. Brolin and Martini are the only rumored actors that look older.

I also don't see why WB is supposedly so enamored with Brolin. Sure, he's a good actor, but he's far from a box office draw (Jonah Hex, Gangster Squad, W). Of course, Men in Black 3 did well but that was the third film in an established series that also happened to feature a megastar (Will Smith).

 

[slumcat]

Its very ambiguous but MOS definitely allows for a Bruce Wayne but not sure for a Batman. So Bruce Wayne definitely exists (seeing the satellite and all with the Wayne logo) but we don't know if he has yet become Batman.

They can play it both ways, that Bruce is already Batman or that he will become Batman in this film.

EDIT: Actually there isn't time to show him becoming Batman in this. So I think Bruce would already be Batman when he meet him in this film and probably an older guy to give his quest to take on Superman more credence and validity.

An older age might be necessitated by the circumstances in which this film is being made.

 

[Tobias]

Its very ambiguous but MOS definitely allows for a Bruce Wayne but not sure for a Batman. So Bruce Wayne definitely exists (seeing the satellite and all with the Wayne logo) but we don't know if he has yet become Batman.

They can play it both ways, that Bruce is already Batman or that he will become Batman in this film.

EDIT: Actually there isn't time to show him becoming Batman in this. So I think Bruce would already be Batman when he meet him in this film and probably an older guy to give his quest to take on Superman more credence and validity.

An older age might be necessitate by the circumstances in which this film is being made.

We don't know for sure if this will continue from MOS or be its own film.

Batman is WB's CBM bread and butter and I have to think they are planning 4 or 5 solo Batman flicks not to mention him anchoring JL. That is going to take a long time to play out - maybe 20 years.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Shh, the-not-racist-at-all-people will flip out if you say that too loudly.

Batman is white. Get over it.

There is nothing more inherently racist than insisting someone can not play a fictional character because their skin color is wrong.

So....Mel Gibson for T'Challa.

When people flip out and start shrieking at the top of their lungs that Batman could never be black, should never be black, etc, etc....then that is badly disguised racism.

It's fine to say in measured tones that you would prefer Batman to remain the same. Suggesting that the world itself will end at the mere wisp of an idea that Batman could become an ethnic, non-white character, is in fact, very, very racist.

But regardless, either response is obnoxious. For all the white-washing Hollywood has done to ethnic characters, I suggest you all get over it. Stop showing your asses to the world by getting upset over an idea that is never going to happen because of people like you.

Edit: Just wanted to clarify that 'you' in this case is not directed at regwec, but at fandom at large.

And also, if it sounds like racism, and looks like racism, but you swear it isn't racism...it's probably still racist. At the very best circumstances, it shows how prejudiced you are, and that isn't a good place to be standing either.

If it's not broke, don't fix it. Batman is fine and has been working fine the way he is, Batman is white and should stay white, get over it and make up new characters or reboot struggling ones to represent your racial preference.

Go race bait somewhere else. Nobody wants to hear it.

 

[shauner111]

We don't know for sure if this will continue from MOS or be its own film.

Batman is WB's CBM bread and butter and I have to think they are planning 4 or 5 solo Batman flicks not to mention him anchoring JL. That is going to take a long time to play out - maybe 20 years.

Umm obviously it's a sequel to MOS.

I seriously doubt theyre planning 4 or 5 solo films. That's not how it works. If anything they're trying to plan ONE solo movie and wondering how to do it. They don't think ahead like that.

 

[Rorschach2012]

I'm getting sick of this thread...

All the guys I would be cool with as Batman have already been suggested and discussed extensively.

Cast one of these guys so we can have something new to talk about. I'm tired of waiting!!!

1.Jon Hamm

2. Michael Fassbender

3. Josh Brolin

4. Ryan Gosling

5. Jake Gyllenhaal

 

[Kevin Smith]

Sam UnWorthington is one of the worst actors ive ever seen. I would never even attempt to buy the blu ray nevermind seeing it in theaters.

No to Worthington. I don't really like him as an actor, either.

And Avatar sucked.

 

[slumcat]

We don't know for sure if this will continue from MOS or be its own film.

Batman is WB's CBM bread and butter and I have to think they are planning 4 or 5 solo Batman flicks not to mention him anchoring JL. That is going to take a long time to play out - maybe 20 years.

Its a sequel to MOS. The press notes confirm it.

This will deal with the events of MOS. I really really really hope the address the catastrophic almost nuclear damage that happened at the close of the last film - like literally the city was flattened.

I hope to god they don't gloss over it and address it.

Though what does everyone think about the Daily Planet office being intact? Did it escape the destruction?

 

[Kevin Smith]

If a meat head is cast as Batman my interest in this move will plummet.

No meat heads, please.

 

[MrMaooz]

Its a sequel to MOS. The press notes confirm it.

This will deal with the events of MOS. I really really really hope the address the catastrophic almost nuclear damage that happened at the close of the last film - like literally the city was flattened.

I hope to god they don't gloss over it and address it.

Though what does everyone think about the Daily Planet office being intact? Did it escape the destruction?

The Daily Planet was clearly destructed during the Metropolis battle.

 

[slumcat]

The Daily Planet was clearly destructed during the Metropolis battle.

So what office did Clark join? Was it a make shift one?

 

[shauner111]

Meatheads like Manganiello and Adkins can 'F off'.

And yeah Goyer said he would address all of that MOS stuff.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Of course there is. What you describe is not inherently racist at all, but potentially racist. A statement like "whites and blacks should not intermarry" is inherently racist. Someone might form a view of why a character's racial makeup is important for a variety of reasons; some may be racist, others may not.

I see a lot of stupidity on both sides of this debate. It seems obvious to me that race/culture is important to some characters and less so to others.

Edit: I don't know what happened to the sticky thread that prohibited the casual use of the word "racist" as a form of abuse, but it made a lot of sense.

The one that said people who called other people racist for wanting to see a character the way they've always been portrayed would be treated in the same manner as those who were racist?

Yeah, that was a good edict.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Meatheads like Manganiello and Adkins can 'F off'.

And yeah Goyer said he would address all of that MOS stuff.

This.

 

[Kevin Smith]

I hope they address the MOS events a little bit but I don't want them to be the crux of the film. I really just want them to tell a good story with the status quo of both Superman and Batman's worlds already established and go from there (and I'm fine with Lois knowing Clark is Superman, but I don't want every scene to be a beating over the head for Superman with "oh you killed! Look what "you" did to the city!", that will suck the fun out of seeing Superman and Batman teamup (which should be AWESOME) real fast for me).

 

[Krumm]

Meatheads like Manganiello and Adkins can 'F off'.

And yeah Goyer said he would address all of that MOS stuff.

While I don't like Manganeillo for the role -- and he is very unlikely to do it based on his True Blood role, I wouldn't go as far to call him a meathead.

He just did a Nerdist podcast and is apparently a huge comic book fan and nerd. He seemed like a pretty cool guy.

 

[shauner111]

Maybe but on film he's a meathead.

 

[Krumm]

Maybe but on film he's a meathead.

Yeah, I guess actor's get typecast. It happens all the time.

 

[ЯɘvlveR]

gyllenhaal sucks. I'd be super-meh if he got cast.

just want some news already so some of us can stop being so passive aggressive towards one another.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Batman can exist already in the MOS world so him being played by an older actor is just fine. The events in Man of Steel will probably even be what helps any of the "versus" aspect of the film. Bruce Wayne will probably still remain skeptical of Superman and consider him a potential dangerous threat considering all of the destruction that was caused to Metropolis ever since his appearance on Earth.

 

[DSunny]

Batman is white. Get over it.




So....Mel Gibson for T'Challa.





If it's not broke, don't fix it. Batman is fine and has been working fine the way he is, Batman is white and should stay white, get over it and make up new characters or reboot struggling ones to represent your racial preference.

Go race bait somewhere else. Nobody wants to hear it.

Nobody? Thanks for telling us all what our opinion on the matter is.