How cool would it be if....

[deathfromabove]

Yes, I know I say this every time this topic comes us.

But I still see a DKR in green screen like 300 with Daniel Day Lewis or Viggo Mortensen. Maybe a few years after the third Nolan/Bale film if they choose to retire from the character.

great choices. i would also take a good look at mr. willis and tom selleck. yes that tom selleck and honestly how we can we not at least consider keaton. hes getting older and i can see him on a horse

there is probably a thread about this, but who would you have as your actor playing TDKR's batman?

and david bowie for the joker. or chris walken.

dude great casting idea .. J.K. Simmons( j.jameson) for alfred

i think alfred has to be way older than simmons could play.

 

[TheDarkVictory]

david bowie as the joker would literally make me crap my pants.

also, no way would daniel day lewis ever play batman. the dude only comes down from his pedestal like...once every ten years and its only for roles that are like...insanely complex and deep. not saying batman isn't, but i doubt he'd see it that way.

 

[deathfromabove]

david bowie as the joker would literally make me crap my pants.

also, no way would daniel day lewis ever play batman. the dude only comes down from his pedestal like...once every ten years and its only for roles that are like...insanely complex and deep. not saying batman isn't, but i doubt he'd see it that way.

no your'e right. he would never do it. who would make a good dkr batman besides 80's era eastwood?

kurt russell maybe?

 

[TheDarkVictory]

i'd love for it to be bale like....30 some odd years from now. i mean, he said he'd be doing it in dinner theatre some day, so why not?

aside from bale, i don't know. daniel day lewis would be incredible, but it's just like...i could never see him doing it. maybe? he seems like a really nice guy so if somebody could convince him maybe....that'll be my job because i'll be doing it, of course.....ahem....

clint eastwood would have been so awesome. im trying to think of someone who would be an out of nowhere choice, sort of how bale was, in a way.

 

[Hole Shot]

david bowie as the joker would literally make me crap my pants.

also, no way would daniel day lewis ever play batman. the dude only comes down from his pedestal like...once every ten years and its only for roles that are like...insanely complex and deep. not saying batman isn't, but i doubt he'd see it that way.

Bowie looks JUST like the DKR Joker, don't know if he has the acting kills for it. Not saying he doesn't, just don't know.

You're right about DDL.

But I still think Viggo would make an awesome pissed off grizzled old Bats.

 

[TheDarkVictory]

Bowie looks JUST like the DKR Joker, don't know if he has the acting kills for it. Not saying he doesn't, just don't know.

You're right about DDL.

But I still think Viggo would make an awesome pissed off grizzled old Bats.

oh yeah, viggo would be incredible. good choice! did you see eastern promises? he's got the build for it.

 

[Hole Shot]

oh yeah, viggo would be incredible. good choice! did you see eastern promises? he's got the build for it.

I missed it while it was in the theaters but heard it was great. It's high on my list when it's released to video (has been released to video, yet?).

 

[TheDarkVictory]

I missed it while it was in the theaters but heard it was great. It's high on my list when it's released to video (has been released to video, yet?).

yeah its out the 26th...which is an incredibly stupid time to release a DVD. the film itself was just good (i was sort of let down), but viggo's performance was incredible. i think the only performances to beat his this year are javier bardem and daniel day-lewis (but how do you beat DDL?)

 

[deathfromabove]

im saying viggo, keaton, or someone unexpected for bats

bowie for joker

letterman will play endocrine

sam elliot or robert redford or as gordon.

arnold for supes (he's an alien, political ties, reagan was an actor too)

maybe digitally make him a bit younger or skip it and go with that guy who played the flash and dawson's dad.

bruce willis as harvey dent maybe?

vin diesel as the mutant leader

unknown for robin

and

 

[TheDarkVictory]

im saying viggo, keaton, or someone unexpected for bats

bowie for joker

letterman will play endocrine

sam elliot or robert redford or as gordon.

arnold for supes (he's an alien, political ties, reagan was an actor too)

maybe digitally make him a bit younger or skip it and go with that guy who played the flash and dawson's dad.

bruce willis as harvey dent maybe?

vin diesel as the mutant leader

unknown for robin

and

id go for everything save arnold and vin diesel...arnold because he has bad juju for batfans, and vin diesel because...well....he's vin diesel. although i dont want to imagine anybody but gary oldman as gordon. he just IS gordon for me. it's kind of sad in a way that people are crazy over bale and ledger and everyone, they sort of ignore ol' gary... but to me its like...oldman literally stepped off the pages into the film. he's awesome.

 

[Hole Shot]

Oldman is already old enough that it wouldn't be too difficult with make-up to make him old enough to play a DKR Gordon. The only reason I wouldn't pick Oldman (who as an actor is an all time fav of mine) is because he'd create a tie to the Nolan series and my vision of DKR is meant to stand alone.

 

[TheDarkVictory]

Oldman is already old enough that it would be to difficult with make-up to make him old enough to play a DKR Gordon. The only reason I wouldn't pick Oldman (who as an actor is an all time fav of mine) is because he'd create a tie to the Nolan series and my vision of DKR is meant to stand alone.

hmm good point. i guess im just so tied to the nolan franchise that i can't imagine anything beyond it right now. though i agree that DKR has to be separate.

 

[Hole Shot]

btw, I meant wouldn't be too difficult to make him look old enough. But I think you got that.

And Deathfromabove. You know, I also like the Keaton suggestion and could even see DKR actually work as an extension to the Burtonverse if he didn't whack Joker in 89.

 

[nickyg641]

I'd like him to make TDKR 25 years down the road with Ledger, Bale and maybe Oldman

Honestly, I think TDKR wouldn't make a very good movie. The GN is far too bizarre to be accepted by mainstream audiences. It's great on paper, but I don't think audiences would take well to a semi-transvestic, homosexually-toned Joker, a geriatric Batman, a female Robin, and the US Government ordering Superman to take down Batman.

I think the reason movies like 300 work is because they're not in connection with already established institutions; they're something new.

 

[Aidan2209]

I don't really like the idea of a direct adaptation of a limited series. I prefer the original-interpretation-based-on-the-wealth-of-former-incarnations approach we've seen in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

 

[nickyg641]

I don't really like the idea of a direct adaptation of a limited series. I prefer the original-interpretation-based-on-the-wealth-of-former-incarnations approach we've seen in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Exactly. Direct adaptations of graphic novels are a bad idea, at least for Superheros.

 

[Crook]

Eh, idk about that. It's not like the graphic novels are short on story. These are wonderful story arcs that have been praised by fans and critics alike. I certainly wouldn't mind if a few of them got the cinematic treatment.

 

[rockportspidey]

I think the only way you could convince Keaton to do it again is if Burton was attached to direct

 

[deathfromabove]

i have a feeling we will get a dark knight returns animated movie somewhere down the line. everyone go out and buy the justice league aniamted movie when it comes out!

 

[Mr. Socko]

btw, I meant wouldn't be too difficult to make him look old enough. But I think you got that.

And Deathfromabove. You know, I also like the Keaton suggestion and could even see DKR actually work as an extension to the Burtonverse if he didn't whack Joker in 89.

They can easily un-whack him. Who would not pay to see a 70 year old Jack Nicholson applying lipstick and calling Michael Keaton darling!

Exactly. Direct adaptations of graphic novels are a bad idea, at least for Superheros.

Do you have any examples?

 

[CaptainClown]

WE NEEDED THIS THREAD
not in the batman sequels thread. here in the spoiler forums yes!

 

[Hole Shot]

WE NEEDED THIS THREAD
not in the batman sequels thread. here in the spoiler forums yes!

yeah, I'll take blame for this, it's easy to sucker me into a DKR film discussion because it's the only book I've ever had a film adaption for all played out in my head.

 

[Aidan2209]

Do you have any examples?

I can't recall any live-action films about an established superhero based on a single graphic novel. I don't think it would work.

 

[Aidan2209]

yeah, I'll take blame for this, it's easy to sucker me into a DKR film discussion because it's the only book I've ever had a film adaption for all played out in my head.

Is that really so hard?

 

[Hole Shot]

Is that really so hard?

Gee, something original. A pretentious comic book fan.

It's not easy. Thinking of way that will keep the average joe movie fan interested. Getting them to understand that there have been two Robins (to this point) and one them is dead. Considering what else to cut, ad or change. Selling people on Batman beating down Superman. Changing the setting from the Cold War but still finding or making up a real international conflict that will work in its place. And that's just off the top of my head.