The All New and Improved Batman Reboot Casting Thread

[Astro13Zombie]

I don't think Johnson is likely at all. She doesn't have the sex appeal, and also, I really doubt WB is gonna want a Twilight and a 50 Shades of Grey (which was literally a fanfic of Twilight) as their leads. It's way too distracting, and if they're worried about "contamination" of the brand and marketing in terms of not casting MCU actors they'd probably be more worried about this. They want people to forget about Twilight, all Dakota Johnson as Catwoman would do is more or less scream Twilight into your face.

Also, neither Reeves or WB are gonna jump from Joaquin Phoenix to a C-level actor. That's just not going to happen.

Even if she's amazing, I really don't see it happening. I think Reeves is aware of how much of a nightmare that'd be in terms of marketing and in presenting the movie to the public. This movie is obviously very personal to him and I don't think he'd want people to be too distracted by "50 Shades of Grey" and "Twilight" to pay attention to what he's trying to say with the film. He and WB would rather have the film have its own identity rather than a quasi-pop culture continuation of B mom soft porn movies.

There are actresses just as good and even better than Johnson out there that wouldn't be as controversial.

It's kind of a logical conclusion. They don't even want MCU actors because of concerns of contaminating the brand. Why would they want their film to be seen as a Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey crossover by the public?

The difference is High School Musical was 10 years ago. 50 Shades of Grey is recent as hell.


If Nicholas Hoult was Batman then maybe she and Kirsten Stewart would be names to seriously consider but I really don't think WB or Reeves are gonna want this film to be seen as a Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey crossover by people... which is what it'd look like to a lot of people.

Robert Pattinson by his own is fine.
Robert Pattinson combined with a 50 Shades of Grey lead would be an absolute PR and marketing nightmare that wouldn't allow neither of those actors to change their public image and would make the film lose its identity. I really don't think it'd happen.

Again... you can cast a controversial lead in your movie, but you can't cast two controversial leads from franchises closely linked to one another in your movie without the film losing its identity.

 

[TheGuy]

Asian babes for Catwoman?

 

[Eddie Dean]

Who’s Asian Babes?

 

[Invader Joker]

Look, if you think that WB can show a scene of Robert Pattinson and Dakota Johnson in a romantic/sexual tension setting without "Twilight" and "50 shades of Grey" looming through their heads, then god bless you but realistically there's no scenario in which that isn't the case lmao.
Plus even without all that baggage I'm not a supporter of her in the role either because, much like Nicholas Hoult as Batman, nothing about her looks remotely suggest "Catwoman" to me.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Lol no

 

[Boom]

I'm not a supporter of her in the role either because, much like Nicholas Hoult as Batman, nothing about her looks remotely suggest "Catwoman" to me.

You should have just said that and been done with it.

 

[Invader Joker]

Thre thing is I also firmly believe she's ridiculously unlikely and I'm gonna die on that hill as well. lol. Heck, I think she's so unlikely that Charlize Theron has more chances regardless of her age and she's also extremely unlikely.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Dakota Johnson is my favorite for the role TBH

 

[Boom]

Thre thing is I also firmly believe she's ridiculously unlikely and I'm gonna die on that hill as well. lol. Heck, I think she's so unlikely that Charlize Theron has more chances regardless of her age and she's also extremely unlikely.

You're entitled to die on whatever hill you like. That doesn't change the fact that you have nothing to base that opinion on.

 

[TheGuy]

So many actresses must be dreaming to play Catwoman. Easily the role of a lifetime, and whoever Reeves selects will surely get to play the character in more than one film. Dakota did express willingness to play the character.

 

[Invader Joker]

You're entitled to die on whatever hill you like. That doesn't change the fact that you have nothing to base that opinion on.

Well, WB isn't just gonna come out there and say "We'd never cast Dakota Johnson as Catwoman" but just by inferring I find it very likely that they wouldn't want her.

WB executives had to approve the Pattinson casting and they were torn on it, Reeves had to convince them with the screentests. I see no scenario in which WB executives approve Dakota as Catwoman.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Tell us more o sight seer

 

[Mandon Knight]

Johnson ain't gonna be Selina, Kristen Stewart certainly isn't and I doubt Theron will be. End of.

 

[Boy Scout]

It would be kind of amazing if it was Stewart, though. That would legitimately break the Internet.

 

[Mandon Knight]

It would be the worst recorded record of 'Having to work with your ex' ever.

 

[Boom]

Well, WB isn't just gonna come out there and say "We'd never cast Dakota Johnson as Catwoman" but just by inferring I find it very likely that they wouldn't want her.

Again, what tangible proof do you have of this besides your own rhetoric? Inference brings nothing to the conversation.

I see no scenario in which WB executives approve Dakota as Catwoman.

Except for the one where Reeves has her screentest and she kills it?

What have Toby Emmerich and Walter Hamada been preaching for the last few months? They want their films to be "filmmaker driven." If Reeves wanted Dakota Johnson, I'd wager he'd get Dakota Johnson.

 

[Invader Joker]

That's what they say but WB executives still need to approve the casting and if there's a choice other than Johnson they're gonna push that choice hard. In a screentest she'd likely suffer the same fate Cilian Murphy and Hoult did since, compared to literally any other choice, she looks the less like Selina so I don't exactly see them being sold based on that. And again, I guarantee you, put Pattinson and Johnson in a romantic scene and the thought of "50Shades" and "Twilight" would be present on anyone that watches that screentest. There's no way around it. Reeves may make the film, but WB makes the contracts and pays the actors. They both need to agree. Reeves can't just cast someone WB flat out doesn't want. It's a collaborative process.

And lol. WB doesn't need to say "We'd never cast Dakota Johnson as Catwoman" more than they need to say 'We'd never cast Kristen Stewart" or "We'd never cast Miles Teller as Batman".

It's just obvious if you think about it. Nobody wants that baggage around this movie.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Please stop talking about studio decisions and screen tests and executives and on and on...

We don’t know nothing!

 

[Invader Joker]

By the logic of "We can't infer anything" then we could talk about Kirsten Stewart as if she was genuine possibility even if it's more than obvious by inferrence she won't even be considered.

 

[Mandon Knight]

It's just obvious if you think about it. Nobody wants that baggage around this movie.

We haven't, it's just being 'made up' at the moment.

 

[Boom]

That's what they say but WB executives still need to approve the casting and if there's a choice other than Johnson they're gonna push that choice hard. In a screentest she'd likely suffer the same fate Cilian Murphy and Hoult did since, compared to literally any other choice, she looks the less like Selina so I don't exactly see them being sold based on that. And again, I guarantee you, put Pattinson and Johnson in a romantic scene and the thought of "50Shades" and "Twilight" would be present on anyone that watches that screentest. There's no way around it. Reeves may make the film, but WB makes the contracts and pays the actors. They both need to agree. Reeves can't just cast someone WB flat out doesn't want. It's a collaborative process.

And lol. WB doesn't need to say "We'd never cast Dakota Johnson as Catwoman" more than they need to say 'We'd never cast Kristen Stewart" or "We'd never cast Miles Teller as Batman".

It's just obvious if you think about it. Nobody wants that baggage around this movie.

You understand that your insistence on arguing this to death is taking the whole fun out of this, right?

This is a casting thread. Pretty much every name tossed around in here is little more than wishful thinking. Does anyone here really think that Brad Pitt as Jim Gordon is a legit possibility? No. But it's fun to discuss the idea. This doesn't have to turn into a game of "That casting would NEVER happen and here's why!" We might as well shut this thread down, if that be the case.

 

[TheGuy]

 

[Invader Joker]

You understand that your insistence on arguing this to death is taking the whole fun out of this, right?

This is a casting thread. Pretty much every name tossed around in here is little more than wishful thinking. Does anyone here really think that Brad Pitt as Jim Gordon is a legit possibility? No. But it's fun to discuss the idea. This doesn't have to turn into a game of "That casting would NEVER happen and here's why!" Otherwise we might as well shut this thread down.

Brad Pitt as Gordon is more likely than Johnson as Catwoman tho. He made a cameo in Deadpool in exchange for a cup of coffee. Also he's friends with James Gray, James Gray is friends with Reeves and Pattinson so who knows? It'd be no more surprising than Robert De Niro and Marc Maron being in Joker.

 

[Boom]

Brad Pitt as Gordon is more likely than Johnson as Catwoman tho. He made a cameo in Deadpool in exchange for a cup of coffee. Also he's friends with James Gray, James Gray is friends with Reeves and Pattinson so who knows? It'd be no more surprising than Robert De Niro and Marc Maron being in Joker.

And you've completely missed my point.

But it's whatever. We're derailing the thread so I'll just agree to disagree with you as always, Invader.

 

[thebatfan5194]

Tbh I would be intrigued by Dakota Johnson as Catwoman... I can see it working. I am still standing by Ana De Armas or Vanessa Kirby though, accents or not!