Matt Reeves To Direct The Upcoming Batman Solo - Part 2

[Boy Scout]

Good talk.

Great insight as always.

 

[Boom]

 

[1627523]

^LOL this board is funny

The only reason I'm still able to be patient for this is because Matt Reeves has the opportunity to do something incredible here. He's probably one of the best blockbuster high-budget directors out there. I personally consider The Planet Of The Apes trilogy to better than Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy so him coming on to this movie is a dream come true. This could be the best Batman movie (maybe but TDK is a high bar) ever.

 

[Boy Scout]

You win the Internet.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

You win the Internet.

I disagree but let’s move on from this madness shall we...

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Or maybe he is taking us all for a joyride.... who really knows at this point.

I believe that his Batman movie will be a joy ride of an experience, it will be the best Batman movie ever.

 

[thebatfan5194]

Now MFR of the Fanboy podcast is saying he’s hearing that 2021 is looking like a real possibility/is what is being discussed at WB. They still plan on filming in 2019, but will have a long gap between principal photography and release like WW84 now has.

If I’m being honest maybe they should have just gotten someone else. Ridiculous that it will have been over 4 years since his announcement as director that we’ll be getting this movie. I’m sure any other director could have had the movie out within 3 years, maybe even 2.

Imagine if this movie comes out and it’s just “okay.” Will be such a waste after years of waiting.

 

[Boom]

I mean even if it releases in 2021, we'll at least have actual things to discuss if the movie shoots in 2019.

I wouldn't treat this as a sole indictment on Reeves. This could very well be the studio wanting to lock down a tentpole for 2021, considering 2020 already has Birds of Prey and WW84.

Having said that, even I'm starting to wonder what's taking so long on the script. Even assuming Reeves didn't start work on it til the beginning of the year, well, that's a year at work and only a first draft to show for it.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Now MFR of the Fanboy podcast is saying he’s hearing that 2021 is looking like a real possibility/is what is being discussed at WB. They still plan on filming in 2019, but will have a long gap between principal photography and release like WW84 now has.

If I’m being honest maybe they should have just gotten someone else. Ridiculous that it will have been over 4 years since his announcement as director that we’ll be getting this movie. I’m sure any other director could have had the movie out within 3 years, maybe even 2.

Imagine if this movie comes out and it’s just “okay.” Will be such a waste after years of waiting.

I could not agree more, great post.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

I definitely want the movie sooner than later but I don’t mind waiting.
It’ll happen when it happens and I trust that Reeves will give us something good in the end.
As long as he stays attached, I have faith and patience.

The more time between this and BvS and JL the better I think.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

What if Affleck had stayed on as director and gave us another DCEU dud?

We’d be waiting even longer for a good Batman solo.

I’d rather be where we are than there.

 

[thebatfan5194]

What if Affleck had stayed on as director and gave us another DCEU dud?

We’d be waiting even longer for a good Batman solo.

I’d rather be where we are than there.

Fair point. Distance from BvS and JL might be better since they’re more than likely going with a recast anyways. Just kind of frustrating as a fan since I feel like I’ve been thinking about/talking about this movie for years at this point, lol.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Fair point. Distance from BvS and JL might be better since they’re more than likely going with a recast anyways. Just kind of frustrating as a fan since I feel like I’ve been thinking about/talking about this movie for years at this point, lol.

Exactly!

I want them to just start fresh basically.
Time will definitely help with that.

 

[FunkMiller]

If I’m being honest maybe they should have just gotten someone else. Ridiculous that it will have been over 4 years since his announcement as director that we’ll be getting this movie. I’m sure any other director could have had the movie out within 3 years, maybe even 2.

I’m pretty sure it’s not Matt Reeves’s fault that there’s been such a hold up. WB have been in a terrible state for years now. They’re still trying to sort their house out. I’d rather wait, and get a Batman movie made when they know what they’re doing going forward, than crap another movie out quickly in the DCEU as it stand.

 

[Aurakles]

I would have preferred if Affleck stayed on, I'm a fan of films he's directed (The Town, Argo, Live by Night). I'm willing to give Reeves a chance, though I didn't care for new Planet of the Apes films.

 

[Vaibow]

I wanted Batfleck to direct and give us his film, however, i am prepared to wait for something good - although the state we'll be in if it's a dud.

 

[Aurakles]

The rumour that Affleck might be interested in doing an elseword film like the Phoenix Joker got me quite excited, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up, learned the hard way we can't trust any rumours.

 

[Vaibow]

I think right now the problem is, the DCEU doesn't know how to move forward, if indeed it wants too. It probably thinks - do we need a shared universe, how would it be perceived if went seperate ways - damn you Marvel (i joke) when in reality... it should be so simple.

DCEU main players:
WW. No brainer.
Batman - if Affleck returned, people would still be excited.
Aquaman/shazam - some strong interest shown.
Superman, i have no idea - i believe if they put out MOS2 and it looked good, people would be keen.

Recasting - it may cause some to ask - why? maybe we delve in too deep about reactions etc and the GA probably don't care when all said and done.
Continuity - X Men has shown people don't really care much for it as long as they are entertained.

Casino Royal was a reboot, but kept Judi Dench as their M - it didn't stop the franchise success - same goes with Q etc before.

Ultimately, if the reviews and word of mouth are good, people will show up.

So the sensible option is to move forward, keep same cast and try to work out any continuity changes if the occur - such as if Amy doesn't come back, take out the character and bring another strong female character in and/or recast and make it work.

As it stands, we're all worried about movie forward after JL - the beauty of WW1984 is it's out of sync, in the time line it's already happened so it's its own beast. The follow up if there is one can follow on from (based in 1990's or early 2000's or way in the future as we have seen she doesn't age like us) that so the trilogy of WW solo's are their own things in their entirety and Superman can take a leaf out of it.

In theory BvS happened two years after MOS - decent writers can't sit down and place a MOS2 and MOS3 in that time period - off the top of my head (i actually love this idea and fan fic/day dream about it a lot) MOS2 is set months after MOS - metropolis is rebuilding, superman is showing washington he can be trusted, Swanick is keeping his word - they actually agree to do tests on superman - he races a jet, shows how fast he can manuever - he shows how far into space he can travel, he actually co operates with nasa acting as a shuttle for a space program. Natually the UN wont a meeting - we see Superman give a speech and hear their concerns and it's a real empowerment moment - we see what his deal is and we see the world accept it - let's move on. DP staff treat Clark as the new guy and he just goes about his business, the DP scenes focus heavily on Lois, Perry and the humour of clark laying low seeing everyone gush over Superman. We see the classic tropes, cat out of a tree, armed robbers, the final act and the pay off would be Lex Snr inviting Superman to intervene in politics - which he doesn't want to do - other countries get itchy fingers - tensions are high and devisive.
Lex snr sets off a missile from an unknown location at sea, as this time, governemnts all are confused as to who - america is ready to strike back and russia, nk are all ready - the DP, with lois have been tracking this and worked out it was him, but is it too late? Is WW3 imminent? he was wanting to stir the pot the whole time, now he is framing rogue nations, heading towards the states - superman has to get involved as lois and co work with Col Swannick to alert the nation. They watch as the radar shows the missile change course and up into space then nothing - from our end we see superman grab the missile and wrestle it away, avoiding air craft as he takes it up and out and then boom.
Back on the ground the lex corp offices stormed, lex is gone, however, superman is standing at the entrance to a bunker and is looking pissed - single handedly infiltrates and gets lex out to face justice.
After credits scene - a large, skull like asteroid is heading to earth - fast.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Exactly!

I want them to just start fresh basically.
Time will definitely help with that.

Time heals all wounds...

 

[Astro13Zombie]

I hope Reeves makes his Batman have a strict no kill rule.
I feel like it kinda needs to be stressed after Batfleck

 

[Elayis]

I don't see how Affleck could've ever directed this movie. Just think about what goes into creating and shepherding a movie of this scale. That's already a near impossible task and has left many directors shadows of their former selves afterwards. Asking someone to take on that task, as well as being the lead actor is too much for one person. It can work on smaller movies (like the earlier Star Treks), but I can't see it happening with a superhero film like this.

 

[Aurakles]

If I had to choose between Affleck starring or Affleck directing, I'd go with directing. Though I think he does a great Batman.

 

[Greenlite]

I hope Reeves makes his Batman have a strict no kill rule.
I feel like it kinda needs to be stressed after Batfleck

like the avengers spending half an hour to show they saved literally everyone in town, until Civil War's mother has to F it up, then RDJ sent Spidey to battle again lol

 

[Greenlite]

If I had to choose between Affleck starring or Affleck directing, I'd go with directing. Though I think he does a great Batman.

I think they hired Affleck because he was gonna direct, and be a creative force for the franchise (brought in Terrio as the writer)

There're much better actors out there so I guess they must have wanted his other abilities at the time.

 

[Greenlite]

so MFR and Jett saying 2021 and OmegaUnderground etc says 2020.

Dance off!