The Batman Reboot Casting Thread - Part 1

[rayc1971]

Bentley is totally not right for Spidey.

i think bentley wwas iin the mix when tobey got the part.how about as more serious hal jordan?

 

[Brawl]

It's about time we had a Kevin Conroy Batman... He works better with the JL anyways, which is now going to happen!

I'm not into the idea of a 40 odd year old playing Batman, and I doubt WB will go that route anyway. They might. But why should Batman be ancient compared to an undoubtedly young cast of the JL just to differentiate from Bale's young Bats? There's no need.

Batman can be established for a number of years (how many is irrelevant), but that doesn't mean he has to be old.

I think Bale's Bats was 31 in TDK, making him 39-40 in TDKR.
For the reboot. Say an actor, late 20's or early 30's playing a Batman around 35 or just over?

Your Kevin Conroy is 56, I am sorry but your all over the place.

 

[Brawl]

They need someone who can pass for mid 30s, regardless of the actor's age.

That isn't Hamm. Hamm looks his age.


Bale already gave us the young origins Batman in his early 30s. There's no need to do that again. Batman Begins was perfect, perhaps the best superhero origin film ever done.

Mid 30s seems like a fair age range for the next Batman. It would mean he's been established for a few years and isn't green.

How about Ian Somerhalder he's 34

 

[Sawyer]

Somerhalder looks identical to Ibn al Xu'ffasch from Kingdom Come.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Your Kevin Conroy is 56, I am sorry but your all over the place.

When he voices Batman, it's usually a character in his 30's, except for Beyond,

 

[Brawl]

Somerhalder looks identical to Ibn al Xu'ffasch from Kingdom Come.

annnnnd?

 

[Sawyer]

And what?

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

How about Ian Somerhalder he's 34

LOL

i remember he came out in a few episodes of Smallville and most everyone thought he was Bruce Wayne at first

 

[Rockstar]

I think Bale's Bats was 31 in TDK, making him 39-40 in TDKR.
For the reboot. Say an actor, late 20's or early 30's playing a Batman around 35 or just over?

To be honest, the actor could be any age as long as he can pass for 30s (ideally mid 30s).


It's not like Bale is leaving Batman because of his age. He could have very well played Batman for the next 10 years if he wanted.


He's leaving because of creative reasons. He's leaving because Nolan isn't directing.

 

[Rodrigo90]

To be honest, the actor could be any age as long as he can pass for 30s (ideally mid 30s).


It's not like Bale is leaving Batman because of his age. He could have very well played Batman for the next 10 years if he wanted.


He's leaving because of creative reasons. He's leaving because Nolan isn't directing.

True. But with the likes of Hamm being 41(?) and looking it, I don't think somebody like that will work. We need fresh and youthful blood!

I would have liked Bale and Nolan to continue with their franchise, I was hoping for it. But I think with the clock being reset again, it's in call of a new era of team members, young -old. Creatively, Batman should be young again, so it doesn't give the ideas, that, if he was old, it had something to do with Nolan's franchise...that pseudo sequel idea that was floating around. Like the idea of seeing the Bat family being introduced throughout the series, cause they grow older and wiser with Batman, he shouldn't already be there

 

[Rockstar]

Thing is, Bale has only played the young 'Year One' Batman so far .

Batman was a rookie in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.


The Dark Knight Rises is the first time we're getting a veteran Batman in over a decade. I'd like the next trilogy to have an established Batman as well.

There's no point going back to Batman's rookie days again, when Nolan's films nailed it so perfectly.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

Why not have an actor of 30-35 playing a Batman who is not a rookie?

 

[Rockstar]

Well like I said, the actor's age doesn't matter as much as the character's age.

As long as the actor can pass as 30-something, it is fine.


Not certain that Hamm can, but there are others that can pull it off... like Anson Mount.

I wouldn't necessarily be against a Batman in his 40s either, as long as he could look like he fits in with Cavill's Superman.


Keep in mind Jeremy Renner is 41, but blends in well with Evans and Hemsworth.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

Hamm said himself that the superhero gig is a young man's game in regards to Superman, if the actor can cope with the physical stresses and look like he belongs with the rest of the DCCU, if that is the way WB are indeed going, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But I would prefer someone mid thirties like my personal fave Luke Evans.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I think having a young actor is important. Especially with things shooting back and forth over the years between the Bat franchise and JL franchise.

And you can easily change things like this. Bale's Bruce was 29 when he became Batman, then turned 30 through the character's birthday in BB.

The new movies can easily have him be Batman at 25, like The Batman cartoon, and I think he wwas fairly young in Year One. Say the first movie has him being Batman at 25, but has it as an established career, making him 35 or something at the start. So Bruce has been Batman for 10 years.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

I'd rather he not be that established. 2-5 would be enough for me.

 

[Minus Shock]

I just want to add my two cents. I HATE this movement that all superheroes seem to have to be young. WTF is that. I mean Downey is 50? and Iron Man and that went off without a freaking hitch! In terms of modern technology (not speaking of CGI per say) I think you can get a fit strong early 40s even to easily and enjoyably pass as Bats. I would prefer to see a seasoned Batman. I am SO TIRED of the cutting the teet/origin stories with superheroes. I want to jump into a superhero movie where we just hit the ground going. I mean Batman has been around for how many freaking years? Almost 80? After Nolan's movies we absolutely do not another starting out, young origin story. Just sayin.

That said why cant we continue movies in the vein of Hulk (03) to Incredible Hulk (08) to Avengers? Where it kinda lines up but isn't a DIRECT sequel per say?

 

[Rockstar]

I agree.

If only because I'd rather they not piss over what Nolan did with Batman's origins in BB and TDK.

Those are pretty definitive films covering Batman's first year.


Even TAS began with a Batman well into his career. So much so that his first Robin was grown up by the show's start and in college.

 

[BestGirl]

How about Ian Somerhalder he's 34

How's his acting?

I just want to add my two cents. I HATE this movement that all superheroes seem to have to be young. WTF is that. I mean Downey is 50? and Iron Man and that went off without a freaking hitch! In terms of modern technology (not speaking of CGI per say) I think you can get a fit strong early 40s even to easily and enjoyably pass as Bats. I would prefer to see a seasoned Batman. I am SO TIRED of the cutting the teet/origin stories with superheroes. I want to jump into a superhero movie where we just hit the ground going. I mean Batman has been around for how many freaking years? Almost 80? After Nolan's movies we absolutely do not another starting out, young origin story. Just sayin.

That said why cant we continue movies in the vein of Hulk (03) to Incredible Hulk (08) to Avengers? Where it kinda lines up but isn't a DIRECT sequel per say?

My preference would be a Batman in his mid-30s. Not a rookie, but still in physical peak condition.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I agree. After Nolan's stuff, we absolutely do not need another origin story or anything at the start of Batman's career.

A seasoned Batman is the way to go. But do we honestly need Batman to be pushing 50 or played by an actor pushing 50 as well, just cause he's not that 'fresh' at the beginning of the new franchise? Absolutely not.

Granted, Batman himself doesn't have to be old just cause he's played by an older actor. RDJ proves that. But it all depends on what WB wants out of an actor and how the timeline plays out within the movie and how things will spread with the JL. That situation is different to how RDJ, Iron Man and The Avengers work out IMO, because they're restarting Batman again, how where and when, I don't know.

 

[Rockstar]

Around Bale's current age would be ideal to me for an established Batman.

Shame he's leaving Batman at his prime.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I think it's all irrelevant though. Nobody cared about Batman's age or the actor's ages that played him in the Burton/Shumacer franchise

As long as he's established, and isn't too young or too old, same goes for the actor playing him, then I'm happy!

 

[rayc1971]

didnt nolan leave a 8yr gap between darknight and darknight rises so movies can be made in that time frame? so you wont need the origin again and the actor can be early to mid thirties

 

[Rockstar]

No. The 8 year gap is for storytelling purposes.

Flashbacks are used as a framing device.

My guess is TDKR will be non-linear, like Batman Begins was.

 

[Rowsdower!]

How's his acting?

Somerhalder is a really good actor... I think he could pull off Batman, based on his work on Lost, Smallville and other things. I actually think his Smallville character was initially intended to be Bruce Wayne but then Batman Begins went into production and they didn't want to have two different actors playing Batman so they changed things around at the last minute. But regardless of that, he played a great Bruce-esque character.

My only issue with him is that (I think) he's pretty short and has kind of a small frame. He's still my pick for Drizzt Do-Urden though if they ever decide to adapt the RA Salvatore books.