The script isn't even written yet and filming won't commence until early 2014, but it's never too early to speculate on who might be taking up the cape and cowl as the next big-screen incarnation of the Caped Crusader.
Ryan Gosling seems to be one of the top picks, along with Josh Brolin. I hope it's Brolin. Ryan Gosling is a good actor but he doesn't look like Bruce Wayne or Batman. Because he's got a shovel for a chin.
Brolin has really come into his own in the last few years. His most prominent piece being No country for old men. He also did a really good impression of Tommy Lee Jones in MIB3 and, love or loathe the film, his portrayal of Jonah Hex was spot on, even if you hated the film itself.
That's dumb. Bale isn't going to get offered $50m. Besides, I thought the Robin dude was there to continue Batman's appearances in movies, and allow Bruce Wayne to get the peace the director thought he deserved (I have said elsewhere that I loved the end of that movie).
There's 0% chance they're going to link the Superman/Justice League movies to Nolan's movies, because that would be silly. It would mean that at any point during the six months when Gotham was taken over by Bane, Ryan Reynolds could have swooped by and fixed everything with his magic ring.
The actor will replace Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in the upcoming untitled Batman-Superman feature for Warner Bros., the studio announced Thursday.
Affleck becomes the eighth actor to play the Caped Crusader, following Bale, George Clooney and Michael Keaton.
“We knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on one of DC Comics’ most enduringly popular Super Heroes, and Ben Affleck certainly fits that bill, and then some,” WB president Greg Silverman said in a statement.
Directed by “Man of Steel” filmmaker Zack Snyder, the Batman-Superman feature will open worldwide on July 17, 2015, with Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Diane Lane reprising their roles.
“Man of Steel,” released this past June, has earned over $650 million at the global box office.
“Ben provides an interesting counter-balance to Henry’s Superman. He has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter, but retain the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne,” Snyder said in a statement. “I can’t wait to work with him.”
The announcement of a Batman-Superman film was revealed last month at Comic-Con to much excitement of fanboys, who will surely be watching as the studio begins to assemble its Justice League.
The irony of Thursday’s news is that at one point Warner Bros. was interested in having Affleck direct the “Justice League” movie and his participation in this film will now spur interest if whether his casting means a possibility of directing that film.
The Boston native recently upped his Hollywood power when he won the Best Picture Oscar for “Argo.”
Affleck, repped by WME, can be seen next in Fox and New Regency’s thriller “Runner Runner.”
This is a common tactic in the Philippines. Everytime the government is in the hot seat, they ask one of the two large media companies to stage a scandal. People get distracted, and the government is off the hook.
I bet the white house's recent eid al ft lockdown didn't work, so they ask Warner Bros. to do something stupid and voila! the NSA is forgotten.
This is a common tactic in the Philippines. Everytime the government is in the hot seat, they ask one of the two large media companies to stage a scandal. People get distracted, and the government is off the hook.
I bet the white house's recent eid al ft lockdown didn't work, so they ask Warner Bros. to do something stupid and voila! the NSA is forgotten.
There's only one person tough enough to save the country, nay the world, from the sight of Ben Affleck dressed as Batman: President Barack Obama.
Or so some Batman fans thought when they signed a petition at "We the People" to request Affleck's removal from playing the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel. "We the People" is part of the White House's official web site where common folk can push change they can believe in.
Sadly, the petition has been taken down from the site.
The national news media was criticized for ignoring the story because the victims were white and all five of the suspects were black; most news reports came from local media and online news sites.[46][47]
I first became aware of this reading DEATH OF THE WEST by Pat Buchanan, in particular the ironies of "hate crimes", in pages 65-71.
So, anyway, back to Batman: I'm listening to Geektime on Sirius and people are calling in complaining that they don't like Affleck's casting, not because of how he'll Batman, but because he's too much...a pretty boy…to play….Bruce Wayne?!?
Has there ever been a time in Batman history where the whole point wasn't that Bruce Wayne was a foppish pretty boy and, as a result no one suspected he was Batman?
Did something change in a reboot that I'm not aware of?
Reports that Bryan Cranston has been cast as Lex Luthor in the Superman/Batman sequel to "Man Of Steel" are getting as much online buzz as the earlier announcement that Ben Affleck would play Batman in the highly anticipated film.
Cranston, 57, as Superman's arch nemesis is also drawing more cheers than the news that Affleck will play the caped crusader alongside Henry Cavill's Superman.
It's believed that the "Breaking Bad" star has brokered a deal to appear as Luthor in at least six films from Marvel Studios, though no official announcement is likely to be made until the conclusion of the final season of Cranston's hit AMC show.
Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey previously portrayed Luthor on the big screen. Whether Cranston's Luthor joins the ranks of the greatest superhero villains on film remains to be seen.
If Cranston really is announced as Luthor it's gonna be by huge-ass coincidence, because that report comes from a site called Cosmic Book News that no one is linking to because if they do, you'll notice that it's a shitty fucking website that makes shit up and offers no sources. On the same article where they say "Cranston is Luthor" they also say "Matt Damon is Aquaman". I'm not kidding, look it up.
This is a common tactic in the Philippines. Everytime the government is in the hot seat, they ask one of the two large media companies to stage a scandal. People get distracted, and the government is off the hook.
I bet the white house's recent eid al ft lockdown didn't work, so they ask Warner Bros. to do something stupid and voila! the NSA is forgotten.
There's only one person tough enough to save the country, nay the world, from the sight of Ben Affleck dressed as Batman: President Barack Obama.
Or so some Batman fans thought when they signed a petition at "We the People" to request Affleck's removal from playing the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel. "We the People" is part of the White House's official web site where common folk can push change they can believe in.
Sadly, the petition has been taken down from the site.
Tee-hee.
Anyway, I would have preferred someone much older, like Ed Harris, to beat the crap out of Superman. But whatever. Its only a movie.
Reports that Bryan Cranston has been cast as Lex Luthor in the Superman/Batman sequel to "Man Of Steel" are getting as much online buzz as the earlier announcement that Ben Affleck would play Batman in the highly anticipated film.
My only complaint about this is that I wanted Cranston to play Gordon.
Thanks Lothar you uppity youngster. Oldman was great but if they aren't using the same cast (which seems to be the case), Cranston would have been perfect as a live action Gordon
Maybe they can cast Daniel Day Lewis as Gordon. They just need to give him a little bit of time so he can barge into some city's police department and replace that city's acting commissioner for a year or so.
But seriously... I wish they'd pick an actor to play Batman who actually resembles the comic book Batman/Bruce Wayne. I'd prefer if they picked an unknown actor to define the character onscreen, and didn't pick a known actor (like Affleck, or even Christian Bale) who bring their own pre-existing personality (and baggage) to the character.
Batman sells because he's Batman. You don't need some big-name actor to draw attention to a Batman movie.
Bale wasn't really a big name actor before Batman Begins. Most he was doing supporting roles and indie movies. Even "American Psycho" was only a modest hit, if that.
Well... as far as not having runaway blockboster movies on his resume, I'd agree. Granted, not a huge star, but enough films to have an established onscreen personality.
Christian Bale did still have several well-known movies prior to his Batman movies, such as Empire of the Sun, American Psycho, Reign of Fire, and (sometime during his 3 Batman films), Terminator Salvation.
I previously knew and liked him best for an early role he played in the movie Swing Kids.
I dont see why not. Nobody says Luthor has to be an older guy. Hell, pre-Crisis continuity had Supes and Luthor at the same age.
A new take on Luthor as a young billionaire who made his money with social networking or other internet money like Google, and is seen as this nice guy, but is actually out raping horses and killing women.
People really need to stop Pariahring a film before it comes out.
As said before, the Batman franchise has been full of WTF? casting moments over the years that got ripped to shreds only to work out well (Keaton & Ledger spring to mind). And hell, everyone was pissed off with Katie Holmes in Begins, but then wanted her back when they cast Skeletors sister in the second one.
I actually agree with what Nowhereman is saying with the exception being that I don't know a single soul who wanted Holmes back.
Compared to Miss Skeletor, Holmes was a better option. I wanted to punch her all the way through that movie and laughed when she died. Holmes at least had nipples in her favour.
Everything in that trailer looks really, really, good...except Eisenberg. Seriously, he is "Batman and Robin" levels of bad. The trailer grinds to a halt every time he opens his mouth.
Everything in that trailer looks really, really, good...except Eisenberg. Seriously, he is "Batman and Robin" levels of bad. The trailer grinds to a halt every time he opens his mouth.
