New Justice League (2017) poster.
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Geoff Johns Wants to Build DCEU’s Batman Universe Like the Comics
DC Films’ Geoff Johns says the DC Extended Universe is planning to build Batman’s corner of the universe with offshoots for his supporting characters just like how it is in the comic booksn. In a recent interview on IGN Live, Johns teased the possibility of eventually bringing together all the characters significantly tied to Batman on the big screen:
“We haven’t gone out there and said what our slate is and that’s because we’ll do it when we’re ready and we have the films that we’re excited about. But for Batman, what I will say is that Batman is more than just Batman and, you know, it’s been way too long since we’ve seen an expansion of that universe, and Batgirl – we are doing Batgirl with Joss Whedon, it’s going to be super exciting. He’s going to start that next year, and that’s just the start. We want to explore the Batman universe in a very big new way and Matt Reeves is coming on to do Batman now, and we don’t want to do the same thing that has been done before. We want to build it out just like we built it out in the comics.”
On top of Batgirl, which will be in development starting next year, a Nightwing film written by Bill Dubuque and directed by Chris McKay has also been in the works at Warner Bros. That said, there are still a slew of other characters that can be brought to life in Batman’s own extended universe like Batwoman, Catwoman, The Spoiler, Bluebird, Robin, Red Hood, Red Robin and maybe even an appearance from Ace the Bat-Hound.
YES, PLEASE.
Ezra Miller on Justice League for EW (text transcribed below)
Ezra Miller’s Flash debuted briefly (via dream prophecy) in last years’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice but the Scarlet Speedster will join Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight and Gal Gadot’s Amazon when DC’s reigning superteam faces a cosmic threat.
‘In Diana and Bruce, you have two very different veteran mentalities’ Miller teases. ‘Wonder Woman has this powerful compassion. Bruce is more irritable, less tolerant’. This leaves Miller’s Barry Allen as the relative rookie.
‘Barry’s in total awe of them’ Miller says. ‘He knows this is the big leagues’. Leagues don’t get bigger.
CAN’T WAIT.
Somebody please send this to the DCEU as an audition tape!
Some thoughts on “King Arthur” vis-à-vis the DCEU
This’ll be short.
Watched “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” (2017), Guy Ritchie’s vision of it. Music by composer Daniel Pemberton is only the tip of the iceberg of why I LIKE IT.
Very “BvS” deja vu for me, in that I don’t completely understand why critics dislike is as much as they do. Don’t really care. I LIKE IT SO DARN MUCH. Casting. Dialogue. Visuals. Humor. Action. Costumes. Just the sequences (I think they’re brilliant). And perhaps the list will go on as I watch it again, and again, and again.
Audience ratings are far higher anyway. To each his/her own.
Also, thematically (and a bit style-wise), it’s kind of like “The Lion King” meets “The Gladiator” (and not just because of Djimon Hansou) meets “300” (Mr. Snyder, hi!), all movies I adore. Story-wise, it also made the legend of Excalibur so much more interesting to me.
Anyhoo. More on that later.
The whole time, this was in my head: this film might as well be Charlie Hunnam’s Oliver Queen DCEU audition (if he’d seriously consider it. I mean, I know he acknowledged it at one point). The character is basically Oliver Queen in a medieval fantasy AU. Sword holster in lieu of a quiver. Come on.
In conclusion, CHARLIE HUNNAM for Oliver Queen and RYAN POTTER for Tim Drake.
(See what I mean about my DC obsession? I watch these movies and I’m thinking about how they can be incorporated into the DC Universe. Haha!)
Some thoughts on the DCEU so far (again)
Just because a story (or a film, for that matter) is “dark”, it doesn’t mean it’s not centered on or building up hope.
When else is light more appreciated than in the darkest of times? When is hope more needed than in the most desperate of circumstances?
“Man of Steel”, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”… Bruce and Clark…
I don’t know about anyone else, but not once while I was watching their films did I think, “Please smile more! I need it to feel positive! Heroes are always strong and reselient and make the best choices!”.
I’m glad that we’re shown how much Bruce and Clark (and even Diana) battle with their inner demons and that sometimes those come out and become their downfall.
It’s… relatable.
When we watch superhero movies, we tend to think, “Oh, this is just fantasy. I don’t have their dilemmas. I don’t have to worry about such far-fetched decisions.”
But if there’s anything that the DC Universe is good at, it’s reminding us that superheroes are as human as any of us, or at least aspire to live out the best parts of humanity.
They are strongly driven by their relationships, not just their personal goals. (Ever notice that a lot of DC characters become who they are – for better or worse – because of something that’s happened to someone they care about?)
They reflect the human condition in extraordinary circumstances. They are us in what-if scenarios.
There are numerous ways to paint hope on a canvas. And this kind of relatability is what gives me hope when I read the comics or watch the movies.
As far as I can see, the DCEU’s making a “progression of hope” through an intertwining of stories. A spark in “MoS” that ignited a flame in “BvS” and “WW”, that may be a roaring fire by the time “Justice League” comes along. (Hey, how could I leave out “Suicide Squad” in all this? Redemption story, anyone?) It’s not “Wham! Bam! World saved, heroes rock.” There’s a realistic progression that I find attainable, enduring, and endearing.
I do think that the DCEU (Hi, Mr. Snyder and company!) is doing an incredible job translating what we’ve been reading in the comics to the big screen thus far.
Like I’ve said, the DCEU’s not for everyone, DC fan or not. That’s okay. All I’m saying is that it works for me.
And, if the DCEU plans to continue in the direction that it’s on now, that makes me hopeful.
I mean, his choices for the cast alone… Come on. As a DC fan and a pretty avid reader of the comics (old and new), I’m loving Mr. Snyder’s (and company’s) vision for the Extended Universe so far. It’s not for everyone (alas, such is this thing called “art”), but I trust it. And, apparently, so does the cast.
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