DC ELSEWORLDS: Reimagining Keaton Sequels & DC Films that Never Were

THE BATMAN : PART II ( 1987)
Director : Brian DePalma




The Cast




Batman / Bruce Wayne : Alec Baldwin


Two Face / Harvey Dent : Michael Douglas


Catwoman / Selina Kyle : Jennifer Beals


Robin / Dick Grayson : Wil Wheaton


Gilda Dent : Kelly McGillis



Holly Robinson : Jennifer Jason Leigh



Carmine Falcone : Dennis Farina



James Gordon : Stacy Keach



Alfred Pennyworth : Peter O' Toole



Harvey Bullock : Bob Hoskins



Renee Montoya : Rachel Ticotin

 

BATMAN UNMASKED (1989)
Director : Lawrence Kasdan




The Cast




Batman / Bruce Wayne : Alec Baldwin



The Riddler/ Edward Ngyma : James Spader


Hugo Strange : Ben Kingsley


Vicki Vale : Daryl Hannah



Robin / Dick Grayson : Wil Wheaton


Lucius Fox : Ossie Davis


Leslie Thompkins : Jessica Tandy


John Chill : Ernest Borgnine


Lew Moxon : Richard Widmark


James Gordon : Stacy Keach



Alfred Pennyworth : Peter O' Toole

 

The Storm is coming...


THE FLASH
Director : Christopher McQuarrie




The Cast



Flash / Barry Allen : Glen Powell


Iris West : Zoey Deutch


The Weather Wizard : Austin Butler


Killer Frost : Anya Taylor Joy



Captain Cold : Oliver Jackson Cohen



Captain David Sighn : Giancarlo Esposito


Linda Park : Jessica Henwick


Julio Mendez : LaKeith Stanfield



Tina Mcgee : Indira Varma


Henry Allen : Bruce Greenwood


Nora Allen in Flashbacks : Vera Farmiga



The Reverse Flash cameo : Billy Magnussen

 

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
Director : Joseph Kosinski


The Cast




Superman/ Clark Kent : Rene Jean Page


Lois Lane : Monica Barbaro


Brainiac : Cate Blanchett


Lex Luthor : Riz Ahmed


Jimmy Olsen : Gaten Matarazzo


Perry White : Tom Hanks



Jor El : Denzel Washington



Lana Lang : Jessica Henwick


Pete Ross : Jessie Plemons


Inspector Henderson : Forrest Whittaker


Maggie Sawyer : Mackenzie Davis



Martha Kent : Julianne Moore



Johnathan Kent : Dennis Quaid



General Zod cameo : Oscar Issac



Non cameo: Florian Munteanu



Ursa cameo : Danai Gurira



Mercy Graves : Sylvia Hoeks

 

BATMAN (1999)
Director : David Fincher




The Cast




Batman / Bruce Wayne : Ben Affleck


Two Face / Harvey Dent : Brad Pitt



Catwoman / Selina Kyle : Angelina Jolie


Gilda Dent :Gwyneth Paltrow



Leslie Thompkins : Helen Mirren


Lucius Fox : Samuel L Jackson


Carmine Falcone : Harvey Kietel


Rupert Thorne : Paul Sourvino


Sal Maroni : Frank Vincent


Alfred Pennyworth : Jeremy Irons


Commissioner James Gordon : JK Simmons

 

Wow, Pitt-Face is blinged out.

 

BATMAN : THE CAPED CRUSADER (1957)
Director : Nicholas Ray


The Cast



Batman : Gregory Peck


Robin : Tony Dow


Vicki Vale : Kim Novak


Joker : Vincent Price


The Catwoman : Ava Gardner


Two Face : Kirk Douglas


The Riddler : Tony Randall


Penguin : Rod Steiger



Scarecrow : Anthony Perkins



Commissioner Gordon : Clark Gable


Alfred : Leo G Carroll

 

SUPERMAN AND THE LOST CITY OF KANDOR (1957)
Director : David Lean


The Cast



Superman : Clint Walker


Lois Lane : Phyliss Kirk


Brainiac : Yul Brynner


Jimmy Olsen : Russ Tamblyn


Perry White : Spencer Tracy

 

WONDER WOMAN ( 1958)
Director : John Huston


The Cast



Wonder Woman : Paula Prenitss


The Cheetah / Barbara Minerva : Anne Bancroft


Steve Trevor : Burt Lancaster


Hippolyta : Joan Fontaine

 

THE FLASH : THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE (1959)
Director : Nicholas Ray


The Cast



Flash / Barry Allen : Don Murray


Iris West : Piper Laurie


Captain Cold : Richard Widmark


The Weather Wizard : Jose Ferrer


Wally West : Brandon DeWilde

 

BATMAN AND SUPERMAN : WORLD'S FINEST (1960)
Director : John Frankenheimer





The Cast




Superman : Clint Walker


Batman : Gregory Peck


Lex Luthor : Telly Savalas


Joker : Vincent Price


Lois Lane : Phyllis Kirk


Alfred Pennyworth : Leo G Carroll


Perry White : Spencer Tracy


Jimmy Olsen : Russ Tamblyn

 

THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ( 1962)
Director : John Frankenheimer


The Cast



Superman : Clint Walker


Batman : Gregory Peck


Wonder Woman : Paula Prentiss


The Flash : Don Murray


Green Lantern : Robert Conrad


Aquaman : Tab Hunter


The Martian Manhunter : William Marshall


Darkseid : Jack Palance


Granny Goodness : Shelley Winters


Steppenwolf : Charles Gray


Kalibak : Oliver Reed


Desaad : Jonathan Frid


Lois Lane : Phyliss Kirk


Jimmy Olsen : Russ Tamblyn


Mera : Joanna Pettet


Steve Trevor : William Shatner



Alfred : Leo G Carroll

 

THE BATMAN : NIGHT OF THE SCARECROWS ( 1974)






The Cast



Batman / Bruce Wayne : James Brolin



Scarecrow / Professor Jonathan Crane : Anthony Perkins



Catwoman / Selina Kyle : Pam Grier


Dr . Hugo Strange : Donald Pleasance


Poison Ivy : Joanna Cassidy


The Mad Hatter : Gene Wilder


Lt. James Gordon : John Forsythe


Alfred Pennyworth : David Niven

 

In the style of an anti -drug, after school 2 hour special



GREEN ARROW : THE DEADLIEST HIGH (1975)



The Cast



Green Arrow / Oliver Queen : Christopher Stone


Black Canary / Dinah Lance : Loni Anderson


Count Vertigo : Christopher Neame


Lady Shiva : France Nuyen


Speedy / Roy Harper : Shaun Cassidy



John Diggle : Carl Weathers


Felicity Smoke : Jan Smithers


Bronze Tiger : Jim Kelly

 

In the style of a 1970s , live action , Saturday Morning film


AQUAMAN AND THE SEVEN SEAS ( 1977)


The Cast



Aquaman : Nicholas Clay

Ocean Master : Richard Jordon


Black Manta : Fred Williamson


Mera : Jenny Agutter


Atlanna : Ursula Andress


Vulko : Alec Guinness

 

THE FLASH : WHO KILLED IRIS ALLEN ( 1977)




The Cast



The Flash / Barry Allen : Parker Stevenson


Iris West : Susan Dey


Professor Zoom / Eobard Thawne : David Soul


Joe West : George Kennedy


Henry Allen : Richard Crenna


Nora Allen : Elizabeth Ashley

 

I was watching Rowan J Coleman's SUPERMAN IV retrospective [link], where I was reminded that Reeve came very close to directing the film (as a condition of signing on for another one), and still did a lot of 2nd-unit work with Sidney J. Furie in the director's chair (while Golam & Globus was busy slashing their budget throughout the production, but that's another story.)

The idea of Reeve directing one of these is so damn cool, it made me rewrite my Chris/Lynda/Michael team-up timeline to put Reeve at the helm for IV. Since his contract covered the first 3 films, the proposal would be to first do the team-up to revive interest in the character, and follow that with IV and V once again shot back-to-back, with Chris directing IV, where he can do his nuclear disarmament story with a proper budget and script, and (hopefully) Donner returning for a slam-bang, Braniac-filled finale in V.

I know that Reeve almost re-teamed with the Salkinds for V in real life, but because IV was such a dud, the window just kinda came and went.

 

I read Wes Craven was considered to direct Superman IV, bizarre but cool choice, I think he could have made something pretty good, at least decent, even with low budget.

 

This Summer, Superman faces his greatest challenge yet



SUPERMAN V ( 1991)
Director : Richard Donner



The Cast



Superman : Christopher Reeve


Lois Lane : Margot Kidder


Brainiac : Alan Rickman


Metallo / John Corbin : Julian Sands


Morgan Edge: Rutger Hauer


Toyman : Henry Czerny



Bruce Wayne Cameo : Michael Keaton

 

SUPERMAN VI : APOCALYPSE (1993)
Director : Wolfgang Peterson
Producer : Richard Donner



The Cast



Superman/ Clark Kent : Christopher Reeve


Darkseid : Powers Boothe


Granny Goodness: Kathy Bates


Steppenwolf : Christopher Plummer


Desaad : Anthony Heald


Kalibak : David Morse


Lex Luthor : Gene Hackman


Lois Lane : Margot Kidder


President Of The United States : Fred Thompson

 

This summer , the saga continues


BATMAN CONTINUES (1995)
Director : Tim Burton
Screenplay : Sam Hamm and Paul Dini


The Cast



Batman / Bruce Wayne : Michael Keaton


Riddler : John Malkovich


Poison Ivy : Sharon Stone


Scarecrow : Brad Dourif



Alfred : Michael Gough


Jim Gordon : Pat Hingle

 

Thanks.
I was thinking that the three villains would each challenge Batman / Bruce's psych with his intellect, his fears, and his passions.

I think the three villains would compliment each other very well and would have posed a different type of threat to him than someone like Joker or Penguin.

So I could see it being a film about Batman / Bruce Wayne with alot of pathos and with the heroes own inner struggles.

I like your idea of a Batman 3 with just Riddler, Andrea, and Two Face as an intro Baddie.

Andrea Beaumont is one of my favorite Batman characters in general, and it's too bad she hasn't made it to live action yet.

 

Justice League (2007)

Director: George Miller
Superman: Ben Affleck
Batman: Eric Bana
Wonder Woman: Megan Gale
Green Lantern: David Boreanaz
The Flash: Matt Damon
Aquaman: Karl Urban
Mera: Diane Kruger

 

THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ( 1991)
Director : Wolfgang Peterson
Screenplay : Sam Hamm and Cary Bates
Producer : Peter Guber and Jon Peters
Executive Producer : Richard Donner
Music : John Williams



The Cast



Superman : Christopher Reeve


Batman : Michael Keaton

Wonder Woman : Lynda Carter


Flash : John Wesley Shipp


Aquaman : Dolph Lundgren


Mera : Nicole Kidman


Ras Al Ghul : Sean Connery


Maxwell Lord : Richard Gere


Black Manta : Carl Weathers


Captain Cold : Lance Henrickson


Talia Al Ghul : Isabella Rossellini



Iris West : Nancy Travis


Parasite : Patrick Kilpatrick



Vulko : Sam Neill


Alfred : Michael Gough


Amanda Waller : Alfre Woodard


President Of The United States : Fred Thompson