Tim burtons batman movie helped further popularize the idea of a darker batman outside the comics, paving the way for where we are now. A lot of dc comics fans are also waiting patiently for the batman to hit theaters. How to reboot the superman movie franchise comic writers chime in jennifer vineyard 08112008 on the one hand, youve got batman begins and the dark knight. Even a movie without batman, the joquin phoenix film, joker, couldnt resist inserting this parentkilling scene. Kevin smith on martin scorsese, comic book movies, joker, and. Jay and silent bob reboot is shaping up to be quite the comic book movie.
Batman was a 15chapter serial film released in 1943 by columbia pictures and was the first appearance of the comic book character on film. Feb 12, 20 so while many comic book fans will be disappointed to see the prospects of a liveaction league once again disappear in front of their eyes, maybe its best to just make the most out of a popular reboot of superman for the time being. Director christopher nolan took a more serious take with christian bale as batmanbruce wayne. Variety broke the news that pattinson was cast as bruce waynebatman and. Nolans batman trilogy was amazing, with the finale being outstanding, but we all know its going to be rebooted. Dcs harley quinn shows why batman villains are ridiculous. Its already known that reeves is a fan of the 1987 comic book storyline batman. In short, between its casting rumors and updates and the standalone nature of related properties such as joker, matt reeves is setting up for a restart, by all accounts. Forbes batman begins perfected the reboot and saved. Its the most hotly debated aspect of any batman movie reboot, tv show, or even comic book relaunch. T his week, dc comics presses the reset button on its universe of characters yet again. Dceu reboot underway with abrams, gunn, reeves, more.
Matt reeves dawn of the planet of the apes will helm the movie, a reboot from ben afflecks take on the caped crusader. Now that ben affleck is out as batman, and the next version of bruce wayne is being created for director matt reeves the batman, its time to discuss the real challenge. Your source for comic book movie and entertainment related news, rumors, trailers and more. But it was not made to be a movie costume and work in. The actor will be playing his biggest role since the twilight series ended, trading in a. May 06, 2020 transformers producer lorenzo di bonaventura is developing 2084, an original scifi movie written by the batman s mattson tomlin which will serve as a spiritual sister to george orwells 1984. Batman 1989 film comic adaptation batman wiki fandom. The serial starred lewis wilson as batman and douglas croft as robin. Ten years ago, batman begins perfected the idea of a franchise reboot, revitalized the comic book superhero film and accidentally taught hollywood. What the batman reboot news really means tweet share post bookmark subscribe anyone, including me, that wrote about the downfall of the comic book trend was just proven dead wrong. Apr 17, 2020 after successfully directing requiem for a dream, filmmaker darren aronofsky was eyed by warner bros.
After all, the past two cinematic iterations of batman christian bale and ben affleck have depicted the death of bruces parents onscreen in a huge way. Meet the cast of the upcoming dc extended universe batman reboot. Batman 1989 film comic adaptation jerry ordway penciller and steve oliff colorist this was the very first comic book adaptation of one of batmans motion pictures with art by jerry ordway, illustrator of the superman comics. The batman 2021 screenwriter reveals the 1 thing you need to. The batman movie spoilers, release date, rumors and.
Pictures, it was developed as the eleventh film in the dc extended universe dceu and a reboot of the batman film franchise. It would be a nice easter egg for fans of the comics. The 22 best comic book movies that arent marvel or dc. Though the plots could be reworked so that it is just joker and his thugs with. Fans are expecting some big news at this weeks comiccon from warner bros. I think they should reboot batman for sure but they should do a nightwing movie or something and just have flashbacks to when he was trained by bruce and him being robin or introduce robin in the. Acodc entertainment is slade wilson a villain, or just a complicated man no.
Batman is the most important movie superhero screen rant. Batman begins perfected the reboot and saved the comic. Simmons for zack snyder in justice league this also means that the dceu batgirl will be black or mixed, as jim gordon is the father to the barbara gordon batgirl. The show adapted a number of batman comic book stories while also.
Dc rebirth is a 2016 relaunch by the american comic book publisher dc comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles. Still they lack any evidence and all they post are image of batman noel, trying to fool people as if it was art from the studio and not a comic book. The batman aaron perine 19 hours ago robert pattinson fans react to the batman stars latest interview, celebrate his birthday robert pattinson jamie jirak 052020 06. They never talked about the fight in the main spawn comics but he carried the wound left by the batarang for quite some time. Earlier today saw the dceu reboot basically confirmed as westworld actor jeffrey wright is playing the new jim gordon for matt reeves in the batman wright is black, while the previous commissioner gordon was played by j. While batman could never appear in the spawn reboot movie, the injury could. The batman 2021 cast who stars in the dc comics reboot. Darren aronofsky explains why his batman movie starring.
Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent. The batman aaron perine 19 hours ago the batman remains on production hiatus despite uk lifting shooting restrictions the batman spencer perry 052020 10. The batman is an upcoming american superhero film based on the dc comics character of the same name. A few ways to reboot the batman movies after the dark. The batman writer finds upside in the movies delay, teasing possible comic book inspiration. Rather, were talking about the deeper elements of dc comics lore that we hope this new film delivers, unlike any batman movie before it. This series would be based on the brilliant ed brubakergreg ruckamichael lark comic book series gotham central, one of the best batmanrelated. The batman set photos point to surprising comic book. Movie rebootredesignsupermanvsbatman costume batman. Is ben afflecks batman movie based on these dc comic books. Apr 08, 2020 the batman director wants reboot to be distinctive from every other batman movie with production shut down on the batman, filmmaker matt reeves has a lot more free time on his hands as he awaits. Sep 20, 2019 that, of course, is the batman and armin of the comic book cast makes the case in his latest news vlog. The batman writer mattson tomlin penning 2084, a spiritual. Batman brooker, author of the new book hunting the dark knight, has four ideas for rebooting the batman films, that could take bruce wayne to a whole new level.
The new discussion is the batman reboot that was supposedly supposed to happen after the justice league film. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake dawn of the dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and. Being a world war ii era production, the movie serial like many of this period was used as wartime propaganda and had an antijapanese bent with j. Kevin smith has just revealed that the reboot contains three different batman actors, which is a pretty amazing feat. The 14 best comic book movies you can stream right now. Batman reboot,robin,nightwing,joker or batman beyond movie. The story comic book legend paul dini wove through both arkham asylum and city quickly became one of the defining reasons to play the game, with his interpretation of a. Nov 15, 2019 guardians of the galaxy director james gunn makes the jump from marvel to dc for this soft reboot of the 2016 antihero teamup movie, suicide squad a film that performed pretty well at the box. Should the next batman arkham game be a reboot or a sequel. Based on the dc comics character batman, it stars christian bale, michael caine, liam neeson, katie holmes, gary oldman, cillian murphy, tom wilkinson, rutger hauer, ken watanabe, and morgan freeman. Robert pattinson cast as batman in new reboot comic book. Since 2008, marvel studios has built up their cinematic universe with some of the most popular movies being produced in hollywood, and for.
Using the end of the new 52 initiative in may 2016 as its launching point, dc rebirth restored the dc universe to a form much like that prior to the flashpoint storyline while still incorporating numerous elements of the new 52, including its continuity. Batman forevers writer is looking forward to matt reeves and robert pattinsons movie. So it sounds like aronofskys comic book version of his batman storyline would be a movie pitch in graphicnovel form, aimed at getting him the batgig after christopher nolans third and final. Scroll below for 7 things we hope the batman delivers to. That theory makes about as much sense as any, and it would.
Mar 28, 2020 the movie s first notable reference to batman v superman comes through jay and silent bobs quest to travel to chroniccon to put a stop to the production of bluntman v chronic. Produced by dc films and distributed by warner bros. Based off holden mcneils affleck jay and silent bobinspired comic book characters, the title is an obvious play on batman v superman. Owen discusses how matt reeves could make the upcoming standalone batman film, and what he could do to differentiate this version of the dark. Aug 19, 2019 the batman promises to bring the dark knight back to the big screen in a big way as robert pattinson dons the cape and cowl in matt reeves reboot.
The actor played the iconic dc comics superhero in batman v. But ahead of the characters reboot in the 2021 movie the batman. Year one, in which frank miller and david mazzucchelli retold the origin of bruce wayne as the eponymous. We have seen success with reboots before, like with batman begins 8 years after batman and robin, but the hellboy reboot movie bombed at the box office, man of steel was rather lackluster, the amazing spiderman reboot ultimately failed, but spiderman homecoming did well. Despite monthly comics being put on hold thanks to the coronavirus covid19 pandemic, batman. Batman forever writer is looking forward to matt reeves and. Past adaptations like 1989s batman and 2008s the dark knight are regarded as some of the best superhero movies ever. It looks like they now plan on rebooting the character in the justice league film, with a spinoff solo film happening right after, depending on how the audience reacts to the new character. The batman movie taking inspiration from two 70s films. Comic characters arent lifted from one medium to another, theyre given a cinematic makeover, adding more emotive elements, more personal stakes and less comic book cartoonishness. It was chris nolans successful revamping of the batman film franchise, which cast christian bale as bruce wayne and surrounded him with the. The batman director wants reboot to be distinctive from. Is not a batman comic, its a movie, spiderman use spandex because he has teh spider sense that means is really really hard to hit him with a bullet. The batman set photos point to surprising comic book inspiration.
Ive long been a fan of batman, having grown up with the adam west tv show and the comic book stories of the seventies and eighties, to the tim burton movies of the late eightiesearly nineties, and more recently the christopher nolan reboots of the franchise on movie screens. In 2021, the batman starring robert pattinson will feature four villains, including catwoman and the riddler. Every batman v superman reference in jay and silent bob reboot. This is higher than batman, iron man 2, the amazing spiderman, superman returns, thor, and captain america. A place to discuss the batman and all things batman. During the initial run of the cartoon network series the powerpuff girls, series.
Apr 28, 2020 perhaps no superhero has had a more successful big screen career than batman. According to bof, there could be twopronged approach to making batman beyond fit within in a dc movie universe namely by using the character of bruce wayne as a bridge. Batman begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by christopher nolan and written by nolan and david s. In the justice league era, bruce would be in his prime and still active as batman. Aug 24, 2018 following the story of a banker who finds a mystical mask that prompts said facial contortions, the movie received 77% on the rotten tomatoes list of comic book movies. The film reboots the batman film series, telling the origin story of bruce wayne from. As of this writing, the franchise is secure, and several more sequels are guaranteed. He described his batman as flawed, unlike traditional comic book characters. Over the past 20 years, several directors have helped to reinvent and bring prestige to the comic book movie genre, going all the way back to tim burtons batman. The batman cowriter says the movies new october release.
But as it features mark hamill as the joker, ive put it together with the batman. Its being reported by aicn that the batman reboot and justice league movie look to be on the slate for 2015. Sep 27, 2016 while we still dont know exactly when ben afflecks batman reboot is coming, it was recently said by time warner ceo jeff bewkes that the movie was about a year and a half away. The batman writer finds upside in the movies delay, teasing. The animated series films and its followups as mark hamill also portrayed the joker in them. Jay and silent bob reboot has cameos from 3 former batman. While richard donners superman gets a lot of credit for kickstarting the comic book movie genre, tim burtons batman deserves nearly as much credit for leaning into the darker and more. First and foremost, this is supposed to be a fun comic book fantasy.
Zachary edward zack snyder born march 1, 1966 is an american film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Batman costume for reboot the superherohype forums. Batman reboot director matt reeves reveals two inspirations for the upcoming dceu movie that features robert pattinson as. Darren aronofskys batman reboot idea coming to comics and. While he was needed where the comic book story took spawn, satan would not be needed to make a movie work. Batman begins perfected the reboot and saved the comic book. Whether batman or justice league comes next, fans shouldnt hold their breath. Ben afflecks time as the dc extended universes caped crusader has. From today, everything will be slightly different in the world. History has shown that comic book movies with more bad guys. Nov 28, 2019 director and comic book superfan kevin smith picks his best and worst comic book movies, and well as explaining why martin scorsese is wrong to say that marvel films are not cinema, and the.
The villains would not be thought of as a threat, as batman took them out relatively easily in an earlier movie. This costume looks great for a fan film and for what it was, a fan film made too look like a comic book where batman battles against predator. Jun 15, 2015 batman begins perfected the reboot and saved the comic book movie 10 years ago today is the tenth anniversary of chris nolans batman begins. Virtually all of the writers and directors of batman films who by their own admission know very little about the batmans comic book history exploits have missed this basic point. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance. Dc animated universe list of unproduced films based on dc comics imprints. Deathstrokes comic book journey from teen titans to batman bad guy.
May 17, 2019 finally, we now know who will be playing bruce wayne in matt reeves upcoming reboot of the batman. Comic book movie cbm entertainmentmarveldcsuperhero. With zoe kravitz, robert pattinson, andy serkis, colin farrell. While not formally connected to any other film series, but only to the, controversial, story from the comic of the same name. Comic book movie index 2 guns a dea agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. The reenergized franchise led to the biggest comic book movie of all time currently with 2008s the dark knight. While we still dont know exactly when ben afflecks batman reboot is coming, it was recently said by time warner ceo jeff bewkes that the movie was about a.
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