I'm Reading Your Stuff: General News and Discussion Thread

[Sawyer]

All I know is I better see Reeves announce casting via Twitter gifs again.

 

[Mindreaper21]

Sure, but it be Kerri Russell instead.

Also, in an alternative timeline Christopher Abbott would be our Bruce/Batman. For some reason he reminds me of a modern Keaton. I’m sure Reeves is plugged in, so he knows how great an actor he is and would make a great villain as well.

Keri is still pretty young. She’d be better playing either as a judge, a psychiatrist at Arkham or a member the board of Wayne Enterprises.

 

[Boom]

I was a big Abbott guy before Pattinson was cast. Would love to see him in here somewhere.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

I was a big Abbott guy before Pattinson was cast. Would love to see him in here somewhere.

If it is in fact Hush he'd be a killer choice. It'll probably be a considerably bigger star though.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

If it is in fact Hush he'd be a killer choice. It'll probably be a considerably bigger star though.

Billy Magnussen would be my choice.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Billy Magnussen would be my choice.

He'd also be an aces Black Mask. The overlap between Black Mask and Hush casting is basically 100%, funny enough.

Partially because Hush has no personality or interesting traits but you know lol

 

[Boom]

I'm locked in with Jesse Plemons as Hush.

But really we should be spending our time fancasting Hugo because that's who the villain's gonna be.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

I'm locked in with Jesse Plemons as Hush.

But really we should be spending our time fancasting Hugo because that's who the villain's gonna be.

A rare Reddit W I saw was Trammell Tillman as Strange.

 

[BobJM]

I'm locked in with Jesse Plemons as Hush.

But really we should be spending our time fancasting Hugo because that's who the villain's gonna be.

Preferably Ralph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, or Sean Harris for Strange

Agreed on Hush though. Plemons all the way

 

[Sawyer]

Sure, but it be Kerri Russell instead.

Also, in an alternative timeline Christopher Abbott would be our Bruce/Batman. For some reason he reminds me of a modern Keaton. I’m sure Reeves is plugged in, so he knows how great an actor he is and would make a great villain as well.

Keri is still pretty young. She’d be better playing either as a judge, a psychiatrist at Arkham or a member the board of Wayne Enterprises.

Love interest.

I said what I said. An older woman could do wonders for Bruce.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Love interest.

I said what I said. An older woman could do wonders for Bruce.

Let Battinson have crippling Mommy issues! Always too much Dad stuff in Batman! Tom King's Batman is hit and miss but I 100% believe that Bruce regularly talks to his dead Mommy in his head.

 

[Lily Adler]

My guess for who the villain is, Dr. Death.
Never appeared in live-action nor in cartoons that I know of.
Current BATMAN scribe Matt Fraction is writing a comic book special with Dr. Death as the villain.

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He was able to kick Batman with his sandals.

 

[SupermansPal]

Let Battinson have crippling Mommy issues!

Be careful what you wish for...

 

[Deck Rickard]

The guy over in The Comic Book Cast is speculating that Pattinson will play dual roles and will also portray Hush. Is that something that happens in the comics? Does Tommy Elliott take his Bruce obsession to Thawne levels and get reconstructive surgery to impersonate Bruce?

I’m sure Pattinson could pull off playing two completely different characters but I feel like that would be a little too goofy for this bat universe.

 

[J.Drangal]

The guy over in The Comic Book Cast is speculating that Pattinson will play dual roles and will also portray Hush. Is that something that happens in the comics? Does Tommy Elliott take his Bruce obsession to Thawne levels and get reconstructive surgery to impersonate Bruce?

I’m sure Pattinson could pull off playing two completely different characters but I feel like that would be a little too goofy for this bat universe.

Yes. It was in "Heart of Hush", if I'm not mistaken...



That would already make the character a little more interesting.
And since Bruce will naturally want to reclaim his civilian identity now that he has “tamed” his alter ego, and certainly also restore his family's reputation after the Riddler's revelations, a storyline revolving around someone trying to steal his legacy would makes sense.

This could also explain why the name Clayface has been circulating at one point : perhaps even before defining the antagonist, Reeves already knew he wanted to explore the idea of a double.
Considering the director chose his words carefully, the fact that Pattinson would be playing a dual role would fit quite well with what I understood from his quote “never really done before”, which struck me as more about a new concept than just a new character.

 

[donuts]

Yes. It was in "Heart of Hush", if I'm not mistaken...

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That would already make the character a little more interesting.
And considering that Reeves chose his words carefully, the fact that Pattinson would be playing a dual role would fit quite well with what I understood from his quote “never really done before” which struck me as more about a new concept than just a new character.

I don't know if they're gonna actually do Heart of Hush, but I also took it as them trying out new concepts in the cinematic Batman lore than specifically new characters.

Anyway, I really don't know what I actually want from a Batman sequel.

When The Batman was announced to feature a young Batman again, I thought that we were going to see a warmed over Nolan take.

Instead, Matt Reeves managed to surprise the heck out of the me and proved that there was still a lot to tell about a young Bats on the big screen (and made one of my absolute favorite movies featuring the character and in the genre).

The moment the DC Fandom teaser was dropped, I was IN AWE of his take.

So yeah, do whatever you want, Mr. Reeves. I'm seated.

 

[Mindreaper21]

The guy over in The Comic Book Cast is speculating that Pattinson will play dual roles and will also portray Hush. Is that something that happens in the comics? Does Tommy Elliott take his Bruce obsession to Thawne levels and get reconstructive surgery to impersonate Bruce?

I’m sure Pattinson could pull off playing two completely different characters but I feel like that would be a little too goofy for this bat universe.

I don’t see the facial reconstruction happening. Besides, I feel that would take away from an amazing interaction between two powerful actors. This also why I believe in the half brother angle. Have them look similar, instead of having the same face and people mistake them from a distance.

Speaking on Heart of Hush, I do believe removing someone’s heart will make it on film. Not Catwoman’s heart though. I even believe that in this version, Tommy could have had pacemaker as a child and his dad’s big break was going to be his piece on the Waynes so that he could pay for Tommy’s heart transplant. That would be an interesting addition to his character.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I don’t see the facial reconstruction happening. Besides, I feel that would take away from an amazing interaction between two powerful actors. This also why I believe in the half brother angle. Have them look similar, instead of having the same face and people mistake them from a distance.

Speaking on Heart of Hush, I do believe removing someone’s heart will make it on film. Not Catwoman’s heart though. I even believe that in this version, Tommy could have had pacemaker as a child and his dad’s big break was going to be his piece on the Waynes so that he could pay for Tommy’s heart transplant. That would be an interesting addition to his character.

Not sure I would go the half brother route with this though. I worry that takes it into Austin Powers/Spectre territory.

 

[FrankenCastle]

A Batman movie and a Superman movie where the big reveal is that the villain looks like the main protagonist. Too repetitive, I don't see it.

 

[FrankenCastle]

Not sure I would go the half brother route with this though. I worry that takes it into Austin Powers/Spectre territory.

Plus Joker already toyed with that.

 

[Mindreaper21]

Not sure I would go the half brother route with this though. I worry that takes it into Austin Powers/Spectre territory.

Well if you view it from that perspective, it makes it seem humorous. Though, if you think of a film like Desperado, then you may see how it can be impactful.

 

[BobJM]

I like the half brother idea; it’s a neat amalgamation of Lincoln March & Thomas Elliot, and is consistent with the persistent rumors of Hush and Court of Owls being adapted. Makes more sense in a Batman film given those source material storylines than it does with Blofeld in Spectre.

Don’t let a bad Bond film limit what story ideas can be adapted in a Batman movie

 

[SwordOfMorning]

If the twist is that Bruce has a secret evil brother I might actually fold in on myself like human origami in the theatre out of sheer embarrassment we waited five years for that.

 

[Boom]

Ya Hugo's better.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

If the twist is that Bruce has a secret evil brother I might actually fold in on myself like human origami in the theatre out of sheer embarrassment we waited five years for that.