Batman Of The Future

[Sonic]

In 5 or 10 Years.... Thay Should Do Batman Spin-offs Like Grayson? "Death Of Batman" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiZuvJ48MZ0 ;) And Batman Beyond, Or "Sequel's" With Nightwing, Tim Drake Or The Female Robin (Do You Know Her Name)?:)

[pisanoj]

i wouldnt mind seeing frank millers dark knight returns as a movie

[the joker]

that would be cool to see the dark knight returns and they should make the long halloween

[ymx]

I think the female Robin was named Karrie or Kelly or something that starts with a K.
Wait,...I'm not really sure now cuz I read the Dark Knight Returns hella long ago...My bad.:(

[ymx]

OK, I'm back.
I remembered what that bad ass lil' girl Robin's name was.
I got parts of it right though.
....Her name was Carrie Kelley. :)

[the joker]

if they make the dark knight returns then they should have sylvester stallone play the aging batman because his mouth goes with the cowl and he has the deep batman voice.

[bugmenot]

TDKR could work as a Batman movie, as I said before on the actual WP post. It just needs a few elements changed. Of course, we can't have Superman and Reagan, or a resurgent Two-Face (not yet anyway) for obvious reasons, but replace those with other material, and it would work...in 5-10 years.

Just how everyone thinks it'll be so soon for Nolan or whoever to whip out an even more superior film to TDK is beyond me, but if they want to take this route and transition into a whole saga, I'm fine with it.

[TGDirector]

It's not so much as it "could work" But it can because honestly, it is a Batman movie. What I think you're meaning is, it could work as part of the Nolan's

(How do I say it?) Series? Vision? World? Collection? Trilogy?

Well Nolan's whatever, It could definately work as part of that. But like Bugmenot said, we're not ready for that yet. But if we should put the fate of that project into anybody's hand if it isn't Nolan's then we should at least put in Zack Snyder's hands. I, for one have faith in him.

He seems to have shown us that he's a Director of extrodinary vision and talent. I am pretty sure he can remain true to Chris Nolan's Batman if not, give it a touch of his own, of course.

Its an odd route, but I'd still like to see.

[bugmenot]

Well, yes, and no- I mean, as a continuation of the current franchise, whether Nolan is there or not. Being as BMB is the current iteration of the Batman saga (the name of the reboot at least), I assumed other people would understand what I'm getting at.

But that's beside the point. Zack Snyder could probably do a fantastic job, assuming Bale and others that are required return to the role (like Gary Oldman), but I wonder if Snyder doesn't take the whole adaptation thing too literally. I guess we'll have to wait and see with Watchmen.

In the recent interview, he discussed a TDKR movie as possibly having Reagan and such, but I think that was more from a studio perspective, not his own. I could be wrong, though, and if so, then I'm not exactly sure anymore. While Snyder does adaptations perfectly, they're too perfect- he doesn't add anything new with the advantages of the medium he's using. So I'm kinda split, but still think he would do a decent job either way he would decide to do it.

[TGDirector]

I Don't think any of the orginal cast would return for that particular project. Bale strikes me as the type of actor that doesn't want to be sterotyped like Christopher Reeves was or other actors who only did that particular character.

I highly doubt that this would be a part of the actual Nolan Franchise. It could be a continuation, sure. But I don't think it would be considered anywhere a connection between the two.

We all know, that if Snyder does it. It's gonna be his way and his way is usually true to the comics etc. I can only guess that major lighting will be done with the TDKR and mostly greenscreened. I could be wrong.

[bugmenot]

No, Bale won't be stereotyped, you're absolutely right. But he understands what makes a good script- which has led to him being in several, high-quality productions since, and hardly at all a spot on his record. A friend of mine worships the ground he walks on.

I don't think necessarily stereotypes are what's on his mind, though, if you catch my drift. It's more all over the board- and if it happens to be Batman, Terminator, etc, he'll be in.

And yes, Snyder probably would have it pretty true to the comics, but I think in that regard, then he shouldn't adapt it. Not to say it wouldn't be amazing, but it really has no need to be adapted- nothing to be carried forward, at least, not if he's just going to take the film and use it as a starting point. I worry that Snyder is going to turn into nothing more than an adaptation distiller, like Uwe Boll - except quality-wise.

Almost none of his future projects are original properties, and they're too stylized. His previous projects sure haven't been, and I wonder if people will soon tire of him. There is such a thing as too perfect you know. It's like Alan Moore said about the Watchmen: why be dragged through a two-hour movie when you can enjoy the book with a cup of coffee and the warmth of a fireplace?

That's not to say one's better than the other, just that the point is not always clear... like shot-by-shot remakes. I think the only way he would get Bale on board is if he dropped that attitude, which like you said, is part of Bale's "take-no-typecast-shit" roles...

[TGDirector]

My guess is it depends on the script. Bale is the type of person who knows between a bad movie and a good movie. He knows who to put his career in certain hands.

It really depends on everything: Screenwriter, Director, Supporting Actor/Actress, who distributes it, etc.

He's a very careful man and been in the business enough to know things.

Brandon Routh is new to the business so hopefully he learns the same way Bale does.