The Batman Reboot Casting Thread - Part 7

[Majik1387]

Dwayne Johnson.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Maybe if he wasnt black adam. But then again I'd want him to pull off the accent. Which i know he cant.

 

[Tg11]

Yes if Dwayne Johnson could pull off the Bane accent he would be a convincing Bane but he is already playing Black Adam anyways so there's that but Nathan Jones I think if he were cast as Bane I think he would be able to pull it off

 

[David H.]

They should give guys like Bane, Ra's and Talia a break. Lots good villains out there.

 

[Tg11]

Luke Evans as Roman Sionis/Black Mask

 

[SlamAdams]

Matthew Willig for Bane

 

[Tg11]

Jude Law as Hush

 

[David H.]

Chris Sullivan - Harvey Bullock

Yeah, I know he'a playing Taserface in GotG 2 but nobody's going to recognize him like this:

 

[regwec]

Nor is there any reason for him to be cast.

 

[Manofplastic]

Ask me, these movies are not going to need to simply repeat the Nolan characters.

We had too much Spiderman reboots which only repeated eachother and we're at it again. it's the wrong thing to do and the wrong way to go.

To be honest, i'm rather annoyed by the joker too. I'll see what happens if leto stays in character and how he sets the persona outside of the fail that is suicide squad, but i didn't like that execution, though i think the casting per se was not wrong.
Batman vs Deadshot was poor and embarassing too. a shoulder grab and a point-a-gun was rather anticlimactic.

I don't want another joker movie right now. I don't think Harvey Dent should be done.
Neither do i want a ra's al ghul repeat.

Though personally i feel a bit like deathstroke is too reminding of deadshot, i do like the approach and choice. it's something 'different' compared to the 'obvious' choices.

Riddler is something that could be an interesting take, but a bit too easy pick. Atleast he wasn't in the Nolanverse that i was aware off, perhaps as an easter egg though.
Penguin likewise, somebody that is interesting to go with, as long as it's not corny and cliché.

Selina Kyle, i'm not really warm to that either.

The robin thing in BvS is base for a good movie to be explored. I'd like to see that tragedy unfold. Not sure whether i would want to see a Red Hood event from that later on though.

Poison Ivy could be interesting to use in a future film, but do it more like Nolan, and dont make it cliché and corny. I much like to see it more stealthy and hard to distinguish physically.

Black Mask has been mentioned, and it'll be an interesting thing, but i feel it would get too 'ghost rider' crappy.

A combination of having batman up against Victor Zsasz, paired with the Joker killing Robin, whilst Batman is having a love affair with Pamela Isley, whom turns into Poison Ivy later on.

 

[regwec]

Ask me, these movies are not going to need to simply repeat the Nolan characters.

We had too much Spiderman reboots which only repeated eachother and we're at it again. it's the wrong thing to do and the wrong way to go.

To be honest, i'm rather annoyed by the joker too. I'll see what happens if leto stays in character and how he sets the persona outside of the fail that is suicide squad, but i didn't like that execution, though i think the casting per se was not wrong.
Batman vs Deadshot was poor and embarassing too. a shoulder grab and a point-a-gun was rather anticlimactic.

I don't want another joker movie right now. I don't think Harvey Dent should be done.
Neither do i want a ra's al ghul repeat.

Though personally i feel a bit like deathstroke is too reminding of deadshot, i do like the approach and choice. it's something 'different' compared to the 'obvious' choices.

Riddler is something that could be an interesting take, but a bit too easy pick. Atleast he wasn't in the Nolanverse that i was aware off, perhaps as an easter egg though.
Penguin likewise, somebody that is interesting to go with, as long as it's not corny and cliché.

Selina Kyle, i'm not really warm to that either.

The robin thing in BvS is base for a good movie to be explored. I'd like to see that tragedy unfold. Not sure whether i would want to see a Red Hood event from that later on though.

Poison Ivy could be interesting to use in a future film, but do it more like Nolan, and dont make it cliché and corny. I much like to see it more stealthy and hard to distinguish physically.

Black Mask has been mentioned, and it'll be an interesting thing, but i feel it would get too 'ghost rider' crappy.

A combination of having batman up against Victor Zsasz, paired with the Joker killing Robin, whilst Batman is having a love affair with Pamela Isley, whom turns into Poison Ivy later on.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Ask me, these movies are not going to need to simply repeat the Nolan characters.

We had too much Spiderman reboots which only repeated eachother and we're at it again. it's the wrong thing to do and the wrong way to go.

To be honest, i'm rather annoyed by the joker too. I'll see what happens if leto stays in character and how he sets the persona outside of the fail that is suicide squad, but i didn't like that execution, though i think the casting per se was not wrong.
Batman vs Deadshot was poor and embarassing too. a shoulder grab and a point-a-gun was rather anticlimactic.

I don't want another joker movie right now. I don't think Harvey Dent should be done.
Neither do i want a ra's al ghul repeat.

Though personally i feel a bit like deathstroke is too reminding of deadshot, i do like the approach and choice. it's something 'different' compared to the 'obvious' choices.

Riddler is something that could be an interesting take, but a bit too easy pick. Atleast he wasn't in the Nolanverse that i was aware off, perhaps as an easter egg though.
Penguin likewise, somebody that is interesting to go with, as long as it's not corny and cliché.

Selina Kyle, i'm not really warm to that either.

The robin thing in BvS is base for a good movie to be explored. I'd like to see that tragedy unfold. Not sure whether i would want to see a Red Hood event from that later on though.

Poison Ivy could be interesting to use in a future film, but do it more like Nolan, and dont make it cliché and corny. I much like to see it more stealthy and hard to distinguish physically.

Black Mask has been mentioned, and it'll be an interesting thing, but i feel it would get too 'ghost rider' crappy.

A combination of having batman up against Victor Zsasz, paired with the Joker killing Robin, whilst Batman is having a love affair with Pamela Isley, whom turns into Poison Ivy later on.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Hugh Laurie/scarecrow
Matt Dillon/Black Mask
Walton Goggins/victor zsaz
Ghassan Massoud/Ra's Al Ghul
Charlize Theron/Catwoman
Carla Gugino/talia al ghul
Finn Wittrock/Nightwing
Anna Kendrick/Oracle
Rami Malek/Riddler
Evan Peters/ Red Hood
Ryan Potter/Tim Drake
Jeffrey Wright/Hugo Strange
John Hamm/Two face
Alfred Molina/Penguin
Nic Cage/clayface
Giancarlo Esposito/Mr. Freeze
Terry Crews/killer croc (recast)

 

[NotNickFury]

Does anyone else who watches Gotham think that, had Donal Logue not played Bullock there, he would have been good for a cinematic version of Bullock?

 

[wnjcwjkk]

I hope they are doing some long term thinking, kinda like what they did in BvS with Jimmy Olsen. I'm not saying I'm a fan of what they did with the character (I would've preferred to see a good interpretation of the actual character in the DCEU), what I mean is how they looked at their long term plans and said "Well, we're not gonna use Jimmy Olsen in the future, so let's have some fun with him." They should take advantage of the fact that this Batman has 20 years of history to draw from, so they don't have to introduce Batman to all of his rogues, he already has a history with them, so they can include some good cameos, like Batman visits Two Face or The Riddler in Arkham, or cracks down on The Penguin's night club and shakes him down for information, or busts in on a deal going down with Black Mask at the beginning of the film, like he did Scarecrow in Dark Knight.


In terms of main villains in a film, I don't mind so much that Bane and Ras have already recently been done, they are two of my favorite Bat villains, and I'd love to see a more faithful to the comics adaptation of either one. Same thing with Knightfall or No Man's Land, although Knightfall would be a bit too "been there done that" so I don't see it happening.


Stephen Graham (Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire) could make for a good Penguin with some makeup/prosthetics. Penguin doesn't have to look as outlandish as he does in the comics/games, but he still needs to have the "beak".

 

[wnjcwjkk]

Hugh Laurie/scarecrow
Matt Dillon/Black Mask
Walton Goggins/victor zsaz
Ghassan Massoud/Ra's Al Ghul
Charlize Theron/Catwoman
Carla Gugino/talia al ghul
Finn Wittrock/Nightwing
Anna Kendrick/Oracle
Rami Malek/Riddler
Evan Peters/ Red Hood
Ryan Potter/Tim Drake
Jeffrey Wright/Hugo Strange
John Hamm/Two face
Alfred Molina/Penguin
Nic Cage/clayface
Giancarlo Esposito/Mr. Freeze
Terry Crews/killer croc (recast)

You've done some thinking on this lol. I could see Alfred Molina as Penguin, I really like Walton Goggins as Zsasz. I'd never heard of Ghasson Massoud, but I IMDb'ed him and he looks like a perfect Ra's.

Not as crazy about the suggestions for the Robins, though Idk, I'd have to see Wittrock's acting before I could decide on that. He looks the part, but I'd want an actor with chops who can be charismatic and likable (kinda like Ezra Miller) in that role. Grayson's one of my favorite characters. That's a hard role to cast. I suppose I could see Evan Peters in the role of the angry Red Hood, but Idk, I'm not sold on that one. I do like the idea of changing it up from the traditional look of the Robins. The panel in Court Of Owls when it shows Bruce with all four Robins, out of costume, it looks like Bruce Wayne with four younger versions of Bruce Wayne.


I think the DCEU should probably avoid Damien Wayne as a character, and could probably do without Tim Drake, unless they could craft a good storyline to introduce him in maybe the second solo Bat film



Probably best to avoid casting any other professional wrestlers besides Dwayne, but what about Batista or Brock Lesnar for Bane, if they could pull off the acting? Especially with how tall and swole Affleck is in the role, we'd need somebody huge to pull off Bane. Bane has to be at least a little bit noticeably bigger than Batman. I guess they could use some camera tricks or special effects like they did with Rodrigo Sanforo as Xerxes in 300

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I have done a lot of thinking on it and I'd like to add a few more to that list when i have time to really think of more. As far as the robins go, i may swap out evan peters for Shia LaBeouf who i know is crazy but i could see him killing a red hood role directed by affleck. As far as Finn Wittrock goes i think he's gonna be a good up and comer. ive only ever seen him play crazy on AHS, but i have no doubt he could play charming and spunky like classic dick grayson.

If you like or are interested in my fan castings checkout my full dc universe cast in the casting thread of the DC films forum.


Update**

Hugh Laurie/scarecrow
Matt Dillon/Black Mask
Walton Goggins/victor zsaz
Ghassan Massoud/Ra's Al Ghul
Charlize Theron/Catwoman
Carla Gugino/talia al ghul
Finn Wittrock/Nightwing
Anna Kendrick/Oracle
Rami Malek/Riddler
shia labeouf/ Red Hood
Ryan Potter/Tim Drake
Jeffrey Wright/Hugo Strange
John Hamm/Two face
Alfred Molina/Penguin
Nic Cage/clayface
Giancarlo Esposito/Mr. Freeze
Terry Crews/killer croc (recast)
Paul Dano/mad hatter
Steve Buscemi/man-bat

 

[David H.]

Justin Theroux as Harvey Dent

 

[Eddie Dean]

Louis Theroux as The Riddler

 

[cin0]

Justin Theroux as Harvey Dent

I love it!!!

 

[Babillygunn]

I have done a lot of thinking on it and I'd like to add a few more to that list when i have time to really think of more. As far as the robins go, i may swap out evan peters for Shia LaBeouf who i know is crazy but i could see him killing a red hood role directed by affleck. As far as Finn Wittrock goes i think he's gonna be a good up and comer. ive only ever seen him play crazy on AHS, but i have no doubt he could play charming and spunky like classic dick grayson.

If you like or are interested in my fan castings checkout my full dc universe cast in the casting thread of the DC films forum.


Update**

Hugh Laurie/scarecrow
Matt Dillon/Black Mask
Walton Goggins/victor zsaz
Ghassan Massoud/Ra's Al Ghul
Charlize Theron/Catwoman
Carla Gugino/talia al ghul
Finn Wittrock/Nightwing
Anna Kendrick/Oracle
Rami Malek/Riddler
shia labeouf/ Red Hood
Ryan Potter/Tim Drake
Jeffrey Wright/Hugo Strange
John Hamm/Two face
Alfred Molina/Penguin
Nic Cage/clayface
Giancarlo Esposito/Mr. Freeze
Terry Crews/killer croc (recast)
Paul Dano/mad hatter
Steve Buscemi/man-bat

You need to do some more thinking. This list...

 

[Eddie Dean]

Rude.

 

[Rorschach2012]

I have done a lot of thinking on it and I'd like to add a few more to that list when i have time to really think of more. As far as the robins go, i may swap out evan peters for Shia LaBeouf who i know is crazy but i could see him killing a red hood role directed by affleck. As far as Finn Wittrock goes i think he's gonna be a good up and comer. ive only ever seen him play crazy on AHS, but i have no doubt he could play charming and spunky like classic dick grayson.

If you like or are interested in my fan castings checkout my full dc universe cast in the casting thread of the DC films forum.


Update**

Hugh Laurie/scarecrow
Matt Dillon/Black Mask
Walton Goggins/victor zsaz
Ghassan Massoud/Ra's Al Ghul
Charlize Theron/Catwoman
Carla Gugino/talia al ghul
Finn Wittrock/Nightwing
Anna Kendrick/Oracle
Rami Malek/Riddler
shia labeouf/ Red Hood
Ryan Potter/Tim Drake
Jeffrey Wright/Hugo Strange
John Hamm/Two face
Alfred Molina/Penguin
Nic Cage/clayface
Giancarlo Esposito/Mr. Freeze
Terry Crews/killer croc (recast)
Paul Dano/mad hatter
Steve Buscemi/man-bat

I really like the bolded ones, very outside of the box thinking on some of them.

Croc definitely needs a recast. He was so terribly portrayed and I think most of the blame can be placed on Akkinuoye-Agbaje. I haven't had such an issue with a Batman villain on screen since Bane in 1997.

And it's strange but I can really see Cage working as Clayface especially if he goes all out. I just imagine him speaking regularly while disguised as a normal person, and his voice starting to disgustingly morph as he reverts to his true form.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

You need to do some more thinking. This list...

Whats yours look like?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I really like the bolded ones, very outside of the box thinking on some of them.

Croc definitely needs a recast. He was so terribly portrayed and I think most of the blame can be placed on Akkinuoye-Agbaje. I haven't had such an issue with a Batman villain on screen since Bane in 1997.

And it's strange but I can really see Cage working as Clayface especially if he goes all out. I just imagine him speaking regularly while disguised as a normal person, and his voice starting to disgustingly morph as he reverts to his true form.

The nic cage choice is one of my favorites because it'd almost be a self aware parody of his own career and his notoriety as an actor.