New Low Budget DCU Feature Films Coming From WB?

[metaphysician]

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.

Being fair, I think it *would* tank badly. . . but that's because I am 95% certain WB would do a terrible job making it. At best it would be Man of Steel redux, with all the joys of being a photocopy of a photocopy of a movie style that doesn't fit it in the first place. At worst, it would be Green Lantern with boobs.

 

[NosfeRomas]

What are you smoking ? I want some of that.

 

[metaphysician]

Exactly. I see fans equate her with Flash in terms of "DC priorities", but in reality she is leagues above Flash. Flash is popular with comic book fans. Wonder Woman is a legitimate pop-culture icon.

I am cynical enough to believe this probably *does* represent the DC/WB priorities, though. In fact, I am almost cynical enough to think the recent rumors about a potential Aquaman movie are based on just that: WB was looking at making a Wonder Woman movie, and then thought "Hey, superhero with mythological themes from a secret city on Earth? We could totally do Aquaman instead, and have the same thing only with a man leading the film!"

 

[Eddie Dean]

Hoping for another Jonah Hex!

 

[Boom]

I have to think WB is eyeing Catching Fire's box office intake with piqued interest.

 

[Loki882]

They'd be stupid not to.

 

[spider-neil]

Take Wonder Woman, why does that movie need a massive budget. She grows up and trains on a desert island. Her powers are flight and strength based and she owns an invisible plane (no effects needed for that ).
I think you could make an accomplished WW movie for 80 million.

 

[The Valeyard]

Team 7

Joel Kinnaman as Steve Trevor

Yvonne Strahovski as Black Canary

Stephen Lang as Deathstroke

Norman Reedus as Grifter

Viola Davis as Amanda Waller

Viggo Mortensen as John Lynch


Do it up WB.

 

[Pickleweasel]

I have to think WB is eyeing Catching Fire's box office intake with piqued interest.

I doubt it, just because one female led action movie does good doesn't mean they are safe. On one site it says there were 11 female led action/fantasy/thriller movies that have made over 150 million domestically. Eleven.

It would be silly for them to look at the last month and make a decision based on that when they could look at the last 50 years and come up with a better conclusion.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

It's a bit of a false comparison. The Catching Fire movie is doing well because the novel is popular and loved by many.

Wonder Woman may have more brand awareness, but recognition does not always translate to interest and ticket sales.

WB probably thinks its safer to let Snyder (who's proven himself with MOS) show why she's a badass in the JL movie, so that people will be interested enough to see a solo movie later.

(opposed to another Campbell GL scenario, which would kill interest in the JL movie -- the meeting of superheroes that people thought were lame in their Campbellesque solo films).

 

[Lencho01]

So, is Goyer going to be like their Whedon or something?

 

[Lantern Venom]

She-Hulk is an adjunct Superheroine. She doesn't represent a unique concept, but a spin-off of one.

No one's saying they should give Booster Gold a $120 M budget. I'm saying they shouldn't bother with lesser known heroes. Marvel's doing lesser known heroes because they've already done all of their A and B-tier characters. DC has only touched Batman, Superman and Green Lantern. Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Shazam...give me those first.

This is more of the same from WB. They've been feeding us cheap crap like Steel and Jonah Hex for years.

She-Hulk might have started as a spin-off, but her personality and MO are as different as night and day from her cousin's. She came into her own place in comics' lore a long time ago, and could do the same on screen if given a chance.

Green Arrow's success with the TV show, much like Iron Man's movie franchise, is quite surprising given the character's pre-live action status. Those characters were 2nd tier in their respective companies, but they've moved up the ladder. I don't see a need for an Arrow movie in addition.

Wonder Woman and Shazam....we certainly agree there. They should have live-action treatment in some fashion.

You could probably do Zatanna on a reasonable budget, and I'd LOVE to see a Zatanna movie. .

I'd be psyched for a Zatanna flick, even on a meager budget.

Exactly. I see fans equate her with Flash in terms of "DC priorities", but in reality she is leagues above Flash. Flash is popular with comic book fans. Wonder Woman is a legitimate pop-culture icon.

Wonder Woman is DC's #3, but Flash is also a pop culture icon. He's part of DC's Big 5, and his symbol is everywhere.

 

[The Guard]

I think it's foolish to assume WB will only be making low budget superhero movies.

But...dare we hope for AMBUSH BUG?

 

[spider-neil]

Wonder Woman is DC's #3, but Flash is also a pop culture icon.

Is he? There was the TV show in the 90's and then there was JL but both shows were aimed at young kids. Wonder Woman has mas recognition among males and females, young and old.

 

[Loki882]

It's a bit of a false comparison. The Catching Fire movie is doing well because the novel is popular and loved by many.

Wonder Woman may have more brand awareness, but recognition does not always translate to interest and ticket sales.

WB probably thinks its safer to let Snyder (who's proven himself with MOS) show why she's a badass in the JL movie, so that people will be interested enough to see a solo movie later.

(opposed to another Campbell GL scenario, which would kill interest in the JL movie -- the meeting of superheroes that people thought were lame in their Campbellesque solo films).

No, it's really not. I get sick of hearing this argument. The movie does well, so it's because it's based on a popular book and not because of the main character. But if the movie had tanked, people would have immediately said that it's because "female action movies don't sell." It's a double standard that irritates me to no end. Yes, CF is based on a popular book, starring a FEMALE CHARACTER!! If Katniss doesn't work, then the books don't work and the movies sure as Hell don't work. Also, Jennifer Lawrence is the primary focus of the marketing campaign. They're selling this movie largely on her. So no, there's no false equivalency whatsoever. If THG succeeds mostly because of it's FEMALE main character, then there is no reason why WW can't do the same.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

I guess my point is that Hunger Games has this huge fanbase with GAs, while Wonder Woman does not.

A better comparison would be a female character that GAs didn't already like beforehand.

 

[Lord]

People are interested in Wonder Woman, definitelly more so than in Thor, Captain America or Green Lantern before their movies were released.

For these smaller films i would like to see Doom Patrol

 

[Rorschach2012]

Take Wonder Woman, why does that movie need a massive budget. She grows up and trains on a desert island. Her powers are flight and strength based and she owns an invisible plane (no effects needed for that ).
I think you could make an accomplished WW movie for 80 million.

No way, for WW to look good, it'd have to be expensive. There are a lot of mythological aspects to the story. Creatures and gods aren't cheap

 

[spider-neil]

No way, for WW to look good, it'd have to be expensive. There are a lot of mythological aspects to the story. Creatures and gods aren't cheap

WW should be mostly practicle so you are taking sets and set extentions, Gods are make up and costume design. It's not like Spider-Man where every action of his is CG and has to be shot in New York the most expensive filming city on the planet.

 

[The Guard]

No, it's really not. I get sick of hearing this argument. The movie does well, so it's because it's based on a popular book and not because of the main character. But if the movie had tanked, people would have immediately said that it's because "female action movies don't sell." It's a double standard that irritates me to no end. Yes, CF is based on a popular book, starring a FEMALE CHARACTER!! If Katniss doesn't work, then the books don't work and the movies sure as Hell don't work. Also, Jennifer Lawrence is the primary focus of the marketing campaign. They're selling this movie largely on her. So no, there's no false equivalency whatsoever. If THG succeeds mostly because of it's FEMALE main character, then there is no reason why WW can't do the same.

This.

 

[wwfan77]

A Booster Gold series would be really cool.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Is he? There was the TV show in the 90's and then there was JL but both shows were aimed at young kids. Wonder Woman has mas recognition among males and females, young and old.

Any character who is translated to multiple forms of media, decade after decade, is the very definition of a cultural icon.

Flash has been a central figure on two animated shows: Super Friends and JLA.

The character is getting prepared to headline yet a second live-action series.

He was the focal point of a major DCAU movie, Flashpoint. He'll be a featured player in JL:War next year.

He's been referenced constantly on Big Bang Theory. There is one or more forms of Flash merchandise in every major retail store and book store in the country.

Yes, that's an icon.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

Interesting that they want to do Deathstroke and Suicide Squad even though Marvel are doing Deadpool and X-Force in the next couple years.

I could see these DC films failing to forge an identity in the public.

But who cares if they fail. One solo movie for Deathstroke is good enough for me!

 

[Xandrea]

I would really like Suicide Squad but only if it's based on Ostrander's run and not the New 52.

 

[Lobo]

Hmm for a lower budgetes 40-60 million DC properties, I could see the following:

Zatanna
Huntress (I'd love to see her story told on screen)
The Question (who would cameo in Huntress flick and vice versa)
Deadshot
Spoiler
Connor Hawke (Set in the not so far off future, learning his heritage and taking up his father's mantle)