Justice League Lounge of Justice - Part 88

[2kt09]

Deadline said Reeves Batman has nothing to do with Batfleck so it's not a prequel. Probably another Nolan esque trilogy

This film will in no way carry on the work that Ben Affleck did as the older Batman in Batman Vs. Superman and Justice League

I read that as he's not replacing Batfleck or continuing from where that was left off.
I don't know why they can't just outright say reboot or elseworlds or however it is they distanced Joaquim Joker from the DCEU if it is in fact a standalone movie.

 

[Superherofan123]

This would be a great way for DC to introduce the multiverse. They could have their cake and eat it too, essentially. Continue with the stories and actors that they have in place(Gadot, Mamoa, Cavill, Levi, Miller or recast, Fisher or recast, an older recast Batman if necessary. It would really differentiate them from marvel, while building up to a crisis on infinite earths movie in 10 years. Won’t happen, but the opportunity is there.

 

[kguillou]

I think Reeves/Pattinson’s movie is a completely separate thing unconnected to anything. Somewhere out there Affleck’s Batman still exists within the DCEU but will not be seen again.

 

[MbJ]

I honestly think Henry is out at this point. Way back when the story about Henry leaving broke last year, Hollywood Reporter said that the studio was shifting focus to Supergirl and other projects if he was truly gone. We've had no update of any kind about Henry signing a new deal or returning since then, and if the report about Supergirl being fast tracked to begin production next year is true, that strongly reads to me like WB and Henry haven't mended any fences since then.

 

[Micromind]

Why should I care about a stand alone, else-worlds (unconnected to other DCEU movies) Batman trilogy ?

Sounds like something Jett (from BOF) would approve of.

I would be somewhat interested if this was like Joker, a one and done Batman movie starring Pattinson, directed by Matt Reeves.

 

[Tra-El]

I honestly think Henry is out at this point. Way back when the story about Henry leaving broke last year, Hollywood Reporter said that the studio was shifting focus to Supergirl and other projects if he was truly gone. We've had no update of any kind about Henry signing a new deal or returning since then, and if the report about Supergirl being fast tracked to begin production next year is true, that strongly reads to me like WB and Henry haven't mended any fences since then.

I thought I read somewhere that Henry just finished filming The Witcher. He's probably 95% out at this point. If he's available and his camp reaches back out to WB within the rest of the year something can happen but at this point, that's all a shot in the dark. Personally I'm convinced we won't see Superman for awhile. I hope in the next few years we'll atleast hear rumblings of the character returning in some capacity.

 

[2kt09]

I thought I read somewhere that Henry just finished filming The Witcher. He's probably 95% out at this point. If he's available and his camp reaches back out to WB within the rest of the year something can happen but at this point, that's all a shot in the dark. Personally I'm convinced we won't see Superman for awhile. I hope in the next few years we'll atleast hear rumblings of the character returning in some capacity.

How do you further the Superman appearance? We went from weird mouth to headless cameo.

 

[misslane38]

This would be a great way for DC to introduce the multiverse. They could have their cake and eat it too, essentially. Continue with the stories and actors that they have in place(Gadot, Mamoa, Cavill, Levi, Miller or recast, Fisher or recast, an older recast Batman if necessary. It would really differentiate them from marvel, while building up to a crisis on infinite earths movie in 10 years. Won’t happen, but the opportunity is there.

I'm confused about the idea of casting multiple actors in the same role as a solid basis for a multiverse because my experience reading multiverse stories, particularly DC ones, is that the appearance of the superhero doesn't actually change in the multiverse unless the superhero is an entirely different version of the character (e.g. Kal-El vs. Calvin Ellis).

In multiverse stories, the different versions of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc. don't look different; they look the same. These characters only look different if they have completely different backgrounds and origin stories (e.g. Diana vs. Nubia). Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse follows this trend: there are similar looking Peter Parkers in the multiverse, but there are also different looking Spider-like heroes (e.g. Miles Morales, Spider-Ham).

In other words, a multiverse wouldn't feature different actors portraying the same character unless they weren't the same character. A multiverse wouldn't, for example, have a biracial Arthur Curry and a white Arthur Curry or a Batfleck and a Battinson. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse did not portray Peter Parker as someone who looked different throughout the multiverse.

 

[Tra-El]

How do you further the Superman appearance? We went from weird mouth to headless cameo.

Gawddamn man. I don't know. I can't believe we got here. The Superman character has been strangly butchered. It's really hard to justify for me while all the while, remaining optimistic and grateful to see the opportunities.

 

[RomanticPenguin]

Next bald

 

[KalvinEllis]

 

[flickchick85]

Next bald

Whoa, he looks good bald. Time to sign him up for Lex!

 

[2kt09]

For a sec there, I thought that was Fassbender

 

[flickchick85]

For a sec there, I thought that was Fassbender

 

[Chip Chipperson]

For a sec there, I thought that was Fassbender

What is this sorcery

 

[flickchick85]

That Instagram is a sorcery goldmine!

 

[MbJ]

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Let’s get some more casting

It’s time for movie audiences to care about Batman Movies again, it’s been too long

 

[KalvinEllis]

Battinson could've been a good Hal Jordan. I wonder if we'll hear more Bat casting news before SDCC.

 

[Micromind]

Comparing box office collections of Shazam, Detective Pikachu and Godzilla KOTM.

It's amazing how Shazam endedup being more successful and better reviewd movie for WB if we consider total box office collection to budget ratio, even though it faced direct competition from Avengers Endgame, Captain Marvel, Dumbo, Pet Sematary, Hellboy and The curse of la Lorona.

 

[Greenlite]

Got my tickets for Dark Phoenix, probably won't be good but I'm with this series til the end of the line.

But cotdamn, I just noticed on my ticket, it says this movie is 1hr 53mins long. The big epic finale of the Xmen saga is an 1hr and 53 mins. Which in actuality is 1 hr and 43 mins of actual movie time. 10 mins longer than Fan4stic. This is gonna be the Justice League of the Xmen movies.

#tilltheend
#butnotus
#CGIDeadpoolsupperlips

 

[Aurakles]

I'm confused about the idea of casting multiple actors in the same role as a solid basis for a multiverse because my experience reading multiverse stories, particularly DC ones, is that the appearance of the superhero doesn't actually change in the multiverse unless the superhero is an entirely different version of the character (e.g. Kal-El vs. Calvin Ellis).

In multiverse stories, the different versions of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc. don't look different; they look the same. These characters only look different if they have completely different backgrounds and origin stories (e.g. Diana vs. Nubia). Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse follows this trend: there are similar looking Peter Parkers in the multiverse, but there are also different looking Spider-like heroes (e.g. Miles Morales, Spider-Ham).

In other words, a multiverse wouldn't feature different actors portraying the same character unless they weren't the same character. A multiverse wouldn't, for example, have a biracial Arthur Curry and a white Arthur Curry or a Batfleck and a Battinson. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse did not portray Peter Parker as someone who looked different throughout the multiverse.

The Multiverse has never had strict rules, that's part of the fun of it. Superman can change gender or race, he can even be a robot or a rabbit. If we go by the multiverse shown in Final Crisis the facial features vary.

Now, I'm not a fan of having mutliple versions unless you are actively planning on doing a multiverse style story.
Personally I'd be more interested in a Crime Syndicate story where the actors each play two roles, good and evil.

 

[KalvinEllis]

Going to see The King kick Ghidorah's ass tomorrow. Really sad about the box office numbers. I hope it does better internationally in the long run. :/

 

[MbJ]

Comparing box office collections of Shazam, Detective Pikachu and Godzilla KOTM.

It's amazing how Shazam endedup being more successful and better reviewd movie for WB if we consider total box office collection to budget ratio, even though it faced direct competition from Avengers Endgame, Captain Marvel, Dumbo, Pet Sematary, Hellboy and The curse of la Lorona.

It's a shame about Godzilla. That King Kong crossover is probably gonna be the end of this shared universe, but I'm fine with that since I'm not sure where else they could go after that.

 

[Legendver2]

So is WB's shared universe plan pretty much dead?