The Batman Reboot Casting Thread

[8Diagrams(WU)]

hmm I think ben foster could do a pretty good joker

 

[EditNinja]

hmm I think ben foster could do a pretty good joker

Yeah, Ben Foster could do anything! - he's a very underrated character actor.

 

[UltimateJustin]

Bruce Wayne/Batsman - John Cena
The Riddler - Peter Weller
Robin - The kid who plays Tony in Skins
Selina Kyle - Selena Gomez/Emma Stone

 

[Man of Steel]

^ You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding.

 

[B.A. Baracus]

John Cena? you're joking right? no really, you gotta be joking.



Right?

 

[EliteF50]

Bruce Wayne/Batsman - John Cena
The Riddler - Peter Weller
Robin - The kid who plays Tony in Skins
Selina Kyle - Selena Gomez/Emma Stone

Perfect casting. Maybe we can even get Kane to play Bane?

 

[UltimateJustin]

Perfect casting. Maybe we can even get Kane to play Bane?

I don't know if Kane could pull it off. His movie 'see no evil' wasn't good but Cena actually can act and gets roles in real movies like that movie about greco-roman amateur mat wrestling. If anyone should play Bane in wrestling today it's Scott Steiner as an aging Bane.

 

[markstrange]

I just had a thought. You guys know Garrett Hedlund who played Sam Flynn in the new TRON: Legacy? He's got a noticeably deep voice, acts well, has worn a tight suit before, and has the stunt experience to pull off both The Caped Crusader and a handsome young Bruce Wayne. Wouldn't you agree?

OMG! I Just watched Tron, and was logging on to say something very similar to this. I could not help, though the whole movie, especially the beginning, to see Batman Beyond.

 

[Lone]

Garrett Hedlund needs to be the next Batman. Ben Foster as Joker would be insane.

 

[flickchick85]

Really? I see nothing Batman-esque about Garrett Hedlund. He's so wholesome-looking. And when he tries to do "brooding" (ala Tron), he's awful, imo.

Anyway, I hope they don't go for a young Batman for a reboot. If they're gonna draw from the comics (which I think we all hope they'll do), I believe most of the best Batman stories center around a well-established Batman, so I'm really hoping they don't go with another origin story.

And if they DO go for an older Batman, Jon Hamm is definitely one who has my vote. Another one that I think would be awesome is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. He was great in Virtuality, he's pitch-perfect in Game of Thrones, and a guy with a jaw like that needs to be a superhero, imo. He's got the appropriate golden-boy-with-a-major-dark-side vibe going on, too.

He was one of my picks for General Zod as well, but I think Batman needs to be played by someone who could be just as convincing a villain as a hero. That darkness is essential to the character, imo.

 

[Lone]

Really? I see nothing Batman-esque about Garrett Hedlund. He's so wholesome-looking. And when he tries to do "brooding" (ala Tron), he's awful, imo.

Anyway, I hope they don't go for a young Batman for a reboot. If they're gonna draw from the comics (which I think we all hope they'll do), I believe most of the best Batman stories center around a well-established Batman, so I'm really hoping they don't go with another origin story.

And if they DO go for an older Batman, Jon Hamm is definitely one who has my vote. Another one that I think would be awesome is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. He was great in Virtuality, he's pitch-perfect in Game of Thrones, and a guy with a jaw like that needs to be a superhero, imo. He's got the appropriate golden-boy-with-a-major-dark-side vibe going on, too.

He was one of my picks for General Zod as well, but I think Batman needs to be played by someone who could be just as convincing a villain as a hero. That darkness is essential to the character, imo.

No thanks.

 

[Changeling]

Batman: Jon Hamm
Robin: Logan Lerman
Two Face: Liev Schrieber
Joker: Adrien Brody
Poison Ivy: Christina Hendricks
Catwoman: Rachel Weisz
Ra's Al Ghul: Viggo Mortensen
Killer Croc: Kevin Grievoux
Mr Freeze: Stanley Tucci
Mad Hatter: Michael Sheen
Jim Gordon: Bryan Cranston
Alfred: Timothy Dalton

 

[B.A. Baracus]

I don't know if Kane could pull it off. His movie 'see no evil' wasn't good but Cena actually can act and gets roles in real movies like that movie about greco-roman amateur mat wrestling. If anyone should play Bane in wrestling today it's Scott Steiner as an aging Bane.

You were serious, you were actually serious. This makes me sad.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Nolan producing = No Robin

I bet Goyer/Jonah etc will still have a hand in the Batman 4 script.

 

[B.A. Baracus]

Are we sure it'll actually be a 4th film and not a reboot.

I reckon a reboot is more likely.

 

[Mister Meddle]

Adrien Brody as The Joker

Great choice for Joker. But they'd have to change his eyebrows. Jack Nicholson definitely had the best eyes.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Are we sure it'll actually be a 4th film and not a reboot.

I reckon a reboot is more likely.

They aren't going to go back and redo the origins again, especially with Nolan involved.

It will probably be a new trilogy that continues Batman's story, but doesn't owe anything to the 'Batman Begins' trilogy.

 

[flickchick85]

They aren't going to go back and redo the origins again, especially with Nolan involved.

It will probably be a new trilogy that continues Batman's story, but doesn't owe anything to the 'Batman Begins' trilogy.

I really hope this is the case.

 

[Alex Logan]

This thread makes my head want to explode.

 

[Majik1387]

I got mental band aids.

 

[Alex Logan]

I got mental band aids.

After reading this thread I'll need more then a band aid.

 

[Joker's Lackey]

A rework of How I would reboot Batman.

1) The Dark Knight (Based on Batman Year One mixed With Batman Hush)
Batman/Bruce Wayne - Billy Crudup
Alfred Pennyworth - Jim Broadbent
Lucius Fox - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Det. Gordon - Russel Crowe
Harvey Dent - Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Thomas Elliot/Hush - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
the Riddler - Micheal Pitt

Gilda Dent - Carla Gugino
Selina Kyle - Lena Headey
Barbara Gordon - Diane Lane
Holly Robinson - Neve Campbell
Sarah Essen: Stana Katic
Thomas Wayne - Micheal Keaton
Martha Wayne - Kim Basinger
Young Bruce Wayne - Unknown actor
Falcone - Robert DeNiro
Commissioner Loeb - Chris Cooper
Det. Flass - Patrick Wilson
John Viti - Jason Cerbone


2) Batman: Gotham Knights (Based on the Long Halloween)
Two-Face - Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Maroni - Vincent Cassel
Sofia Falcone - Violante Placido
Alberto Falcone - Enver Gjokaj
Carla Falcone - Anjelica Houston
the Penguin - Paul Giamatti
Solomon Grundy - Nathan Jones


3) Batman: Caped Crusader (based on the Man Who Laughs and combined with Batman's Arkham Asylum Graphic novel)
the Joker - Benicio Del Toro
Killer Croc - Robert Maillet
Amadeus Arkham - Hugh Dancy
Elizabeth Arkham - Julie Dench
Dr. Charles Cavendish - Sam Riley
Dr. Ruth Adams - Elizabeth Banks
Scarecrow - Micheal Fassbender
"Mad Dog" Hawkins - John Hawkes

 

[batlovescatDC]

My hopeful choice for the new Batman:


Alex O'Loughlin




He does a great job playing dark, hardcore characters.


And he has a perfect look for the role, in both face and body....

 

[Majik1387]

Blegh

 

[DW4]

Good thing most of you guys aren't people who cast actors in movies.