Reeve on The Batman " it’s not part of the extended universe"?? your preference??

[Maze]

https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/s...matt-reeves-on-war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes

‘look, it’s a standalone, it’s not part of the extended universe.’”

around the 24:00-ish mark.

 

[Boom]

Probably set in the past then.

 

[marvelrobbins]

probaly post flashpoint "reboot" of batman.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I think it's amazing news. This is what I wanted. Batman series not tied to green lanterns, supermen and crap like that. They can have their own metahuman ball, just don't drag Batman into that.

 

[NotNickFury]

Yeah, I don't see the 'standalone' as being something completely new, as much as just a Batman story separate from everything else going on in the DCEU. James Gunn said the same thing was applicable for Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

Screen Crush reports that another fan then went on to ask about the inclusion of Infinity Gauntlets, following which Gunn revealed: “There will be infinity nothing. It’s a story about the Guardians, and isn’t meant to lead to anything else.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-marvel-iron-man-avengers-captain-america-civil-war-chris-pratt-kurt-a7167731.html

And as far as I know- as I haven't seen the film- the movie doesn't lead into Infinity War.

 

[Abudefduf]

Well, as someone who's always disliked the idea of Batman & Co. living in an universe populated by gods, aliens and stuff like that (I grew up with B:TAS and there was no Superman in that show)... of course I'd be happy about a self-contained Bat-universe.

I don't think that's what Reeves meant though. He probably just misspoke.

 

[Loki882]

See that's what I love, the contrast. It's really interesting and fun. By contrast, him being off on his seems much less impressive.

 

[Crashorama]

Yeah, I don't see the 'standalone' as being something completely new, as much as just a Batman story separate from everything else going on in the DCEU. James Gunn said the same thing was applicable for Guardians of the Galaxy 2.


This is my hope.....I hope it is a standalone film in the same way Wonder Woman was. Technically existing within the same universe as Justice League, just being it's own story, if that makes sense. It does make me a bit sad, I was looking forward to expanding on the story of Affleck's Batman.

 

[FlareKnight]

I think it really depends on what he means there. If it's just like Wonder Woman or Guardians of the Galaxy 2 which are very much their own movies that is fine. A Batman solo movie doesn't need a real strong connection to the DCEU. Batman is just doing his own thing there.

But it could mean something a bit more extreme. If it really is not connected at all like the Joker movie isn't....are they cutting bait on the DCEU? "This isn't working, let's just go back to how we used to do things." Or at the very least potentially scaling back how many movies they really dedicate to the DCEU and putting more weight on solo movies that are easier to manage since they can just tell their own stories. Not sure if I'm as excited about that interpretation.

 

[Greens]

A simple tweet can put all this to rest...

He's probably not allowed to say it, though. Which calls into question his podcast remark even more.

 

[LoganPool]

Yeah, I don't see the 'standalone' as being something completely new, as much as just a Batman story separate from everything else going on in the DCEU. James Gunn said the same thing was applicable for Guardians of the Galaxy 2.



http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...rica-civil-war-chris-pratt-kurt-a7167731.html

And as far as I know- as I haven't seen the film- the movie doesn't lead into Infinity War.

I may be wrong, but I don't think this is what he (Reeves) meant...

To me, it sounds like he's saying that this movie doesn't take place in the DCEU. GotG 2 was a standalone film but still WITHIN the MCU.

 

[Greens]

I may be wrong, but I don't think this is what he (Reeves) meant...

To me, it sounds like he's saying that this movie doesn't take place in the DCEU. GotG 2 was a standalone film but still WITHIN the MCU.

Right, so why couldn't Reeves be saying that as well? There's no way to know. If The Batman is separate from the DCEU it means Ben is out, meaning that Batman is effectively done in the DCEU which would make no sense unless he dies in JL or they recast without making a big deal out of it.

It's such a cluster****.

 

[Crashorama]

Right, so why couldn't Reeves be saying that as well? There's no way to know. If The Batman is separate from the DCEU it means Ben is out, meaning that Batman is effectively done in the DCEU which would make no sense unless he dies in JL or they recast without making a big deal out of it.

It's such a cluster****.

Yep. Either Batman in the DCEU is done, the DCEU is done or there will be two different versions of Batman at the same time. Confusing.....

 

[Greens]

Yep. Either Batman in the DCEU is done, the DCEU is done or there will be two different versions of Batman at the same time. Confusing.....

The problem with that last option is that there's been SO much smoke about Affleck wanting to leave the DCEU that there's no way he's staying until JL2 which is years and years away. The problem with the first option is that they're not gonna kill off their biggest cash cow in the DCEU, so they would have to recast BUT if Affleck doesn't stay long enough for a Flashpoint event to happen they're gonna have to just pull a Bruce Banner and not make a big deal out of it. That would mean we'd have TWO new Batman actors in the next few years.

Wooo.

 

[NotNickFury]

I wouldn't push the 'Affleck is out' button again so fast. Given that this interview came out before Comic Con, if this was to have nothing to do with the DCEU, it'd contradict (admittedly not the first contradiction) Affleck saying later at Comic-Con that he's still in for playing Batman, not to mention showing up to still promote JL.

 

[thebatfan5194]

I wouldn't push the 'Affleck is out' button again so fast. Given that this interview came out before Comic Con, if this was to have nothing to do with the DCEU, it'd contradict (admittedly not the first contradiction) Affleck saying later at Comic-Con that he's still in for playing Batman, not to mention showing up to still promote JL.

The interview with Reeves was also with Kim Masters, the SAME reporter that wrote that infamous "Affleck is done as Batman" article for The Hollywood Reporter the night before the SDCC panel. Interesting timing, wouldn't you say? My crack pot theory is that Matt Reeves may have told her "off the record" that Ben might not even be in the movie and here we are.

 

[Jekecy]

I wouldn't push the 'Affleck is out' button again so fast. Given that this interview came out before Comic Con, if this was to have nothing to do with the DCEU, it'd contradict (admittedly not the first contradiction) Affleck saying later at Comic-Con that he's still in for playing Batman, not to mention showing up to still promote JL.

It doesn’t contradict anything. All Ben said is he would play anything for Reeve, and in a follow-up interview he stated he’s there as long as he’s asked back. Notice neither statements actually concretely confirm his involvement on any future movie.

I’d bet every dollar if Ben is out, that PR statement is going to use “new creative direction” as a crutch for all these moving, changing parts. And they technically wouldn’t be going back on their words from Comic Con.

And of course he’s still going to promote JL. It’d be PR suicide for them to confirm his departure months before their next film is out. There is no scenario in which they’d ever divulge that info so early.

 

[Silver Surfer]

DCUE was miserable failure, time to let the shared universe idea go, WB works best within their old standalone formula.

 

[Limonade]

I think it's amazing news. This is what I wanted. Batman series not tied to green lanterns, supermen and crap like that. They can have their own metahuman ball, just don't drag Batman into that.

Amazing news?

You talk as if all Batman movies were always somehow involved in the DCEU.

 

[FunkMiller]

I don't think that's what Reeves meant though. He probably just misspoke.

That's one hell of a mis-speak. He categorically and clearly says it's not part of the extended universe.

Not seeing much wiggle room there.

...however, he also says the whole thing is at a nascent state, so this could be a whole load of nothing to see here.

This is all part of the Chinese whispers ******** that's surrounded this entire venture, thanks to nobody really knowing what the blue hell is going on.

 

[eat mas tacos]

I don't like this. In fact, I hate it. I just want a properly done shared universe. I can't believe how all over the place they are with their properties. SMH

 

[jmc]

I just saw this quote the morning. There's really only two ways to look at it. Either he misspoke and meant to say it's not beholden to the events of JL or the wider DCEU, or his Batman is truly its own thing. If it's the former he did a horrible job of conveying it. However, given we've had no response from him or WB clarifying what he meant 10 hours after the quote was made known says to me it leans more toward the quote being literal.

 

[Wheels]

WB seems like they want to go the comic model route where you have one shot stories along with their main universe.

 

[Limonade]

WB seems like they want to go the comic model route where you have one shot stories along with their main universe.

That could take a lot of pressure off building the DCEU. Gives them time to reassess and plan things out better, if they so choose.

 

[The Shape]

WB seems like they want to go the comic model route where you have one shot stories along with their main universe.

Which I think is a pretty cool concept.