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Rebooting Batman Way Too Soon
The Caped Crusader Will Be Re-Invented Within A Year After 'The Dark Knight Rises'
Warner Bros. plans to reboot the franchise after 'The Dark Knight Rises' for a 'Justice League' film. They also plan to use a new Super-Man...NOT the one in the upcoming 'Man of Steel' project.
I'm sure several of you are aware of Warner Bros. plans to reboot Batman after The Dark Knight Rises. While many fans have been generating mixed feelings over the news, I've taken it as a personal punch to the face. This crazy and brass decision is not only poor, but it also effects the excitement and enthusiasm I've had for Christopher Nolan's final film.
Firstly, I'm a crazy, demented, overly-obsessive Batman fanatic. Since my younger years, I've been consumed and pre-occupied with everything Batman. From the comics, to the films, to the toys, to the animated series. I'm overly passionate about the character and to this day I still collect Batman comics and graphic novels. Secondly, I'm a crazy Christopher Nolan fan. I consider him to be one of Hollywood's most unique and ballsy directors. He doesn't proceed with a film until he has a good premise and solid characters. I've seen all of his work: everything from Following to Inception.
What I'm basically trying to say can be put into a mathematical formula: Batman + Nolan = Film Orgasm
Reports have been coming out stating that Warner Bros. wants to re-invent Batman, just in time for their Justice League project, which has plans for a 2013 release....wait, what?! So I'm supposed to get excited for an intense Batman finale, when you're just going to re-invent the character a year later?
Part of what makes The Dark Knight Rises a great oppurtunity is the fact that it concludes Nolan's story. Instead of viewing the franchise as stand-alone sequels, Nolan came to the realization that he is telling one massive story, and this is the Third Act. He knows he has to go out with a bang, but most importantly he knows the importance of a conclusion. He needs resolution for all of the characters he's introduced, and that's what he plans to do with The Dark Knight Rises. The film will be very emotional plot-wise, but it's also been emotional for hard-core fans who were under the impression this is the grand-finale. I have been gearing up for this film knowing its the end for this specific franchise, but hearing that Warner Bros. is reinventing the Dark Knight within a year and a half sort of kills the buzz a little bit.
Also, when you look at their plans, it makes no sense time-wise. You're releasing The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, and want a NEW Batman AND Justice League film for 2013? Warner Bros. claims a script is in the works and that a Justice League film is their top priority. To add more B.S. to the mix, they're not even using the Superman character that will be seen in the upcoming Man of Steel film. That's right, we're also getting a new Superman, which makes the upcoming film sort of pointless. Hell, are they also going to re-invent Green-Lantern too?! Finally, they claim Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas will stick around to produce the new Batman franchise (knowing Nolan's M.O. I highly doubt he will stick around for this).
Warner Bros. claims this is the end for the current 'era' of super-hero films they're putting out. I guess their tired of the realistic tone used in comic-book films since it limits the villains and stories they can use (even though the realism and human emotion has given them some of the best material in years). Don't get me wrong: I'm all for a Batman re-boot...but not until YEARS down the line. We're just finishing up an amazing Batman story, and you're going to start all over again just as it ends? Furthermore, I can't see Justice League translating well on the big-screen at all. Too many costumes, too many different characters, too many different tones...it will be a nightmare (just like The Avengers).
I hope Warner Bros. takes a good look at what they're doing. They can release quality material and still bank on it, or they can make crap and bank on it...I guess it doesn't matter to them either way.
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Comment by kingofsnake on April 1, 2011 at 12:41am -
They said they wanted to "reinvent" the Batman character, not "reboot" him.
The thing with CN's Batman is that he doesn't work in the same world with Superman. He just doesn't exist. He either wouldn't have become Batman in the first place, or he wouldn't continue to be Batman. If they want to to a Justice League movie the HAVE to back-track at least a little to get to something in the middle.... a Bruce Timm Batman if you will
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Comment by BIGslim67 on March 31, 2011 at 11:12pm -
Great post man!
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Comment by Balliard on March 31, 2011 at 9:34pm -
i have faith in The Avengers!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Cranky Old Dude on March 31, 2011 at 8:21pm -
I look at the changes planned by WB the same way I look at all the different variants of comic books: At any given time there are several different artists and several different writers working on any one given superhero. There are several different comics and story lines and graphic novels. We eat it all up. That is the beauty of fantasy or comics. The world varies. Relax kiddies. This could be a fun ride. The Bond movies have survived for 40 years with multiple different Bonds. Not every film is a home run. Not every comic was is a home run. This will be OK. I want to see a JLA. Nolan and WB go for it!
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Comment by Caleb Kahn on March 31, 2011 at 7:28pm -
Okay, the thing that Warner Bros. doesn't understand about Marvel and The Avengers is that they've been gearing up for it and have been building the foundation blocks for that sort of thing for YEARS! It's not like all of a sudden the whole Avengers thing popped up and said "Hey, here the fuck we come!" Warners is just shitting their panties scared because Nolan's ending his Batman story when they want him to keep making them and the fact that Harry Potter's coming to an end. It's almost like they learned nothing from the past Justice League movie! They're trying to be like their enemy when they should possibly be doing the complete opposite of their enemy! Making awesome film franchises that are self-contained within one another when it comes to Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, and other characters but making them as grand as they can possibly go whereas Marvel is still operating a huge canvas, part of me still thinks that the Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America movies and The Avengers are still going to be based more in reality than anything (however batshit insane that sounds but I can't find a way to describe it). Like I can't imagine The Avengers movies being completely delved in like epic science fiction whereas doing that with DC characters would be great despite the realism of Nolan's Batman.
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Comment by the Mindful Lunatic on March 31, 2011 at 5:37pm -
All I hope is that Chris Nolan comes back years down the line to make a modern Dark Knight Returns with an old Christian Bale, it's a pretty unrealistic thing to want though.
If they were smart (and this all depends on what happens in TDKR) they'd just let different directors continue with Nolan's established universe and progressively add more of the characters that Nolan won't do (Mr.Freeze would be a great choice). Wouldn't it be awesome to see Darren Aronofsky do a trilogy? (He was originally going to do Year One back in the day).
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Comment by Xinmodic on March 31, 2011 at 5:31pm -
is that bane one real?
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Comment by Mike M. on March 31, 2011 at 4:41pm -
So, they're rebooting Batman, well, that's not too surprising, but disappointing, as there are a lot of great stories you could tell with the series Nolan has made. However, I haven't seen Nolan's third movie yet, so maybe they'll need to reboot the series.
For all we know, Nolan is planning to kill off Batman, or leave him crippled and broken. Maybe they'll have a good reason to reboot the franchise.
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Comment by Tim_Drake on March 31, 2011 at 4:41pm -
As far as im concerned if Nolan's final batman film i dont give a fuck what they do with the DC character long as i have my perfect batman trilogy i will satisfied for life no complaints. Yeah i do agree that justice league would be way more difficult than the avengers especially with the budget, superman and the flash and Martian manhunter is atleast 300million already in a budget..but only time will tell
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Comment by Lightspeed Jack (aka solidsnake) on March 31, 2011 at 4:31pm -
Just another example of Hollywood furiously milking every profitable franchise dry. Who wants to bet this time it will be a teenaged Batman to draw in the Twilight crowd just as Spider-man is?
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