New Low Budget DCU Feature Films Coming From WB?

[The Valeyard]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/12...-films/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

"Bleeding Cool already mentioned how, with David Goyer attached, Warners were looking at movie treatments for the likes of Suicide Squad, Booster Gold, Deathstroke, Team 7 and more. Well, it looks like this will be DC Entertainment’s big news for 2014.
A series of lower-prominence comic books being turned into relatively lower budget movies.
Suicide Squad is one specifically mentioned as only needing a $40 million budget, pre-marketing. Some could be made for as little as $20 million.
And with two-a-year scheduled for Spring and Fall/Autumn, Warners can expand the Man Of Steel/Batman universe significantly, and make a decent profit in the process.
So… what comics do you want to get made at that level?"








Suicide Squad, Deathstroke and Team 7 sound like great ideas.



All those films can be tied together given that they could involve Slade, Waller, Black Canary, Kurt Lance, Deadshot, Steve Trevor etc




This is great news if WB can pull it together.

 

[Wise]

I'd love to see a Red Hood and the Outlaws movie.

But I'm afraid Kori would make the digital effects budget skyrocket. Also she'd probably make the film have an NC17 rating, that saucy minx.

 

[Jonwo]

I'd like to see The Question as a movie, it would fit the low/mid budget criteria, Justice League Dark which is already in development falls somewhere in between the low/mid budget films and the high budget tentpole.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

Cool. No reason not to do it.

Smaller films can still be impressive if it matches the scale.


-Dredd (40 million)
-District 9 (30 million)
-Only God Forgives (4.8 million)
-The Raid Redemption (1 million)

Deathstroke trilogy? (Team 7, Deathstroke, Suicide Squad?)

 

[The Valeyard]

Yeah I really want Team 7 first.

DC needs it's own team film.


Marvel's been milking the X-men films for ages, and now Avengers.

 

[Pickleweasel]

Basically this is good news because it means we will be getting lesser known DC comics based movies. The lower budget thing is common sense. Movies like Y the Last man does not need a 200 million dollar budget is basically all the article is saying.

Skeptics will find a way to twist this into meaning WB is going to make cheap movies and not take a chance on their characters because they don't care.

 

[dude stannis]

Escape Plan cost about $30 to $40 million when you take out Sly and Arnold's salaries, so a Green Arrow: Supermax film might finally be on the cards.

 

[Anubis]

I'd like to see Ed Brubaker's "Sleeper" get a film or two.

 

[KangConquers]

Dear Warner Bros,

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_-5pZ_kxY[/YT]

Marvel is making a 150-200 M film based on the Guardians of the Galaxy, and you can't even make a Wonder Woman film.

 

[Anubis]

Dear Warner Bros,

[YT]hF_-5pZ_kxY[/YT]

Marvel is making a 150-200 M film based on the Guardians of the Galaxy, and you can't even make a Wonder Woman film.

Heh, nice.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

Dear Marvel Studios,

WB made a 200 M Green Lantern film 2 years ago, with talking fish aliens and everything, and you haven't even made a female led superhero film.

 

[Pickleweasel]

Making a 200 million dollar Wonder Woman movie would be absolutely senseless right now

No sense what so ever

 

[Boom]

Let's just hope they get the talent. Otherwise there is no downside to this scenario.

 

[KangConquers]

Dear Marvel Studios,

WB made a 200 M Green Lantern film 2 years ago, with talking fish aliens and everything, and you haven't even made a female led superhero film.

Because Marvel has no strong solo female franchises. WB has THE Comic Book Superheroine in their stable.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

I actually think the WW movie would do well. Just picture the epic Man of Steel trailers but with Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Pine, etc..

Because Marvel has no strong solo female franchises. WB has THE Comic Book Superheroine in their stable.

Where's the Incredible Hulk sequel? It's been over 5 years.

Marvel has no faith in their characters.

 

[KangConquers]

Making a 200 million dollar Wonder Woman movie would be absolutely senseless right now

No sense what so ever

They could spend 125-150 M like Marvel did on their phase 1 origins films.

WB has been doing this low budget crap for years...Jonah Hex anyone? It's time they man up, spend the money, and roll out the big guns.

 

[The Valeyard]

I actually think the WW movie would do well. Just picture the epic Man of Steel trailers but with Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Pine, etc.

Ew.


No way that bean pole could play Wonder Woman.


WB is smart to avoid doing a WW flick now. It would tank badly.

WB still needs to prove themselves with their male characters first before moving into uncharted waters.

 

[KangConquers]

I actually think the WW movie would do well. Just picture the epic Man of Steel trailers but with Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Pine, etc..



Where's the Incredible Hulk sequel? It's been over 5 years.

Marvel has no faith in their characters.

The Incredible Hulk failed to make money. Movies that don't make money don't get sequels.

 

[Xeno]

The Incredible Hulk failed to make money. Movies that don't make money don't get sequels.

Green Lantern taught us that.

 

[Loki882]

Suicide Squad could be a fantastic movie if done right. If we're talking about movies that can be done on a reasonable budget, here are some other suggestions:

Secret Six.
The Question.
Green Arrow/Black Canary.
Zatanna.
The Huntress.
Nightwing.
Birds of Prey.
Steve Trevor: Agent of ARGUS.

I like this idea provided that WB doesn't use it as a pretext to shelve the WW movie YET AGAIN. Seriously, Batman gets eight live action films, Superman gets six, and WW gets a big fat zero, that's pathetic WB, simply pathetic.

 

[The Valeyard]

Flash deserves a film before WW.

 

[KangConquers]

Green Lantern taught us that.

Granted WB had a RIDICULOUS poker face over the Green Lantern sequel. They claimed that they were doing a second one well into 2012.

 

[Loki882]

Flash deserves a film before WW.

Yeah, no he doesn't. Granted, Flash SHOULD get a movie, but not before WW.

 

[The Valeyard]

Why?


Flash has so much more potential.

 

[Loki882]

Ew.


No way that bean pole could play Wonder Woman.


WB is smart to avoid doing a WW flick now. It would tank badly.

WB still needs to prove themselves with their male characters first before moving into uncharted waters.

You know, if you're going to throw out broad claims like "WW would tank badly" then you need to have ACTUAL evidence to back that up. Since we haven't seen anything like WW before, you have no evidence and thus you're claim lacks credibility, sorry.