Movies WB reportedly interested in making Batman Beyond film with Keaton

[glenwo2]

So will Terry be played by a black woman, a Muslim woman, or a Latino woman?

I would laugh but I'm scared that you may be right.

Terry McGinnis was played by (drawn as) a young white male and you know how liberal Hollywood hates White Males. Damn it...now I'm worried.

If they cast a Woman to play BatMAN, I'm not watching one second of that show even if Keaton is in it.

 

[Rented Gucci Mink]

I'd go with Ben, I am biased and do think he's the best Batman, with that said old Bruce is practically BvS + JL Batman minus the shit jokes (fuck Joss Whedon). It'd also give him an opportunity to finish the role on a good note. Also on another note, Keaton is shorter than Terry even as a teen, and old Bruce dwarves the fuck out of Terry in height and size.

 

[glenwo2]

Sign me up now. Keats is a legend. He's also arguably the best Batman/ vying for that title with Bale in my opinion. Definitely the best rendition of Wayne as far as I'm concerned. Would definitely like to see this.

Don't agree with Bale at all.

Never really understood the appeal.

Of course I also liked Val Kilmer as Batman (for some odd reason) so maybe it's just a case of different strokes....lol.

 

[glenwo2]

I have no idea what Batman Beyond is about, but I’d be all over another Keaton/Burton Batman movie.

 

[Lights Out 101]

I bet he wants Michael Bay.

I wouldn’t hire Michael Bay to make me a sandwich, let alone direct one of my most beloved franchises.

I get that Keaton wants Burton, but maybe he can be persuaded. Can Burton even make a dark, mature film? His movies always border on childish and nonsensical.

 

[glenwo2]

Not sure that's a price worth paying, Burton has been awful for 15+ years.

True.

It hasn't been a good run for Burton since the 1st Batman movie.

But I think one final run with Batman (Keaton) will be worth it, imo.

 

[minute bull]

Y'all are nuts, Burton has held up better than Keaton.

Watch Keaton on the Netflix NORM program and report back with your feelings.

I have no idea what Batman Beyond is about, but I’d be all over another Keaton/Burton Batman movie.

Same Bat-time, same Bat-future. Not much of a Bat-mitzvah.

 

[glenwo2]

I wouldn’t hire Michael Bay to make me a sandwich, let alone direct one of my most beloved franchises.

I get that Keaton wants Burton, but maybe he can be persuaded. Can Burton even make a dark, mature film? His movies always border on childish and nonsensical.

I thought Batman (1989) was a dark film?

It's the other films he's done that were nonsensical.

Maybe the Batman franchise is the only one he can Direct correctly?

(and no...Keaton has made it clear that he's not budging)

 

[Philo-Publius]

Y'all are nuts, Burton has held up better than Keaton.

Watch Keaton on the Netflix NORM program and report back with your feelings.


Same Bat-time, same Bat-future. Not much of a Bat-mitzvah.

I don't have any issues with Burton's recent career, but Keaton is great in almost everything he does. You are on your own island if you think his recent career has been anything short of great.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

True.

It hasn't been a good run for Burton since the 1st Batman movie.

But I think one final run with Batman (Keaton) will be worth it, imo.

The rest of the 90's were good to decent for him I'd say but its been a pretty obvious decline since then into quite tame kookiness.

I spose you could argue it might be somewhat bound to the kind of films he's been making but I have my doubts that Batman Burton is suddenly going to reappear.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Imagine the poster would resemble something like this:

In bizarro world.

I only went to see this because Keaton was in it. I was pleasantly surprised; while it's nothing special, and the Lord of the Wings can play these roles in his sleep, it's a decent action movie.

 

[KnightTemplar]

I hope they make a joke about him not being able to turn his head, but it's due to his age not the suit

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[MaureenCretis]

Dick VanDyke as The Joker.

Good God, that is an absolutely superb idea.

 

[Orgasmo]

Batman Beyond?

 

[MaureenCretis]

Keaton is the only one who brought real madness to both Batman and Bruce Wayne.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Keaton is the only one who brought real madness to both Batman and Bruce Wayne.

Not sure how it would work but I'd love to see him as Batman against Phoenix's Joker.

 

[MaureenCretis]

Not sure how it would work but I'd love to see him as Batman against Phoenix's Joker.

Seems fairly unlikely, but it would definitely be interesting to see how Pattinson would interact with Phoenix, especially if they decide to concentrate on their personalities and psychology rather than just focussing on cinematic theatrics. 2 hours of them in a room together, talking, could be genuine brilliance - with the right script and direction. But I doubt we’d ever get that from WB.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Seems fairly unlikely, but it would definitely be interesting to see how Pattinson would interact with Phoenix, especially if they decide to concentrate on their personalities and psychology rather than just focussing on cinematic theatrics. 2 hours of them in a room together, talking, could be genuine brilliance - with the right script and direction. But I doubt we’d ever get that from WB.

Pattinson seems much better suited to that kind of Batman film than the more conventional one they seem keen to make with him but as you say I have my doubts WB will ever really learn their lessons, same as Fox didn't after Logan.

The big lesson I think should be that there is talent out there not well suited to the big MCU roles that they could exploit with DC Dark, people were talking about Phoenix in Marvel for years before Joker and he never took them up. A few others that come to mind...

Sam Rockwell - Small role in the MCU but I could see him cutting loose much more in a role like say The Riddler, somewhat kooky and funny but also capable of selling drama and being genuinely unsettling ala Seven Psychopaths.

Colin Farrell - He's obviously had his share of blockbusters but he's built up an entirely different black comedy persona over the last decade, could see his deadpan style from The Lobster working for something like the Ventriloquist.

Lea Seydoux - Seems a bit too intense for typical leading Hollywood roles but I could see her as Catwoman shifting between vulnerable and psycho bitch.

Jake Gyllenhaal - Again a supporting MCU role but again playing a toned down comedy persona not the kind of character he's made his name with, could see him as Harvey Dent personally going between charming and creepy.

 

[MaureenCretis]

The thing that makes Batman so compelling - the mixture of deranged and damaged personalities - seems to be the thing that they struggle with most in the live action movies. The animated stuff tends to deal with it better, and that’s a reflection on the fact that the public wants explosions and set piece action, not psychological drama. That said, The Joker’s success might start to make the studios realise there’s a genuine appetite for that angle and not purely popcorn theatrics.

Let’s face it, the high watermark for the Nolan series was Batman & Joker in a cell together, talking, tormenting and goading each other. It’s also cheaper than all the stunts and set pieces, so Warner really needs to give more consideration to character study, as they did so successfully (financially, at least) with Phoenix.

 

[Philo-Publius]

I only went to see this because Keaton was in it. I was pleasantly surprised; while it's nothing special, and the Lord of the Wings can play these roles in his sleep, it's a decent action movie.

Yeah, any movie's stock is higher for having Michael Keaton in it. He improves everything he is in.