Before people take to the streets and start rioting, I can’t stress how the following information is purely a rumor and that nothing has been confirmed thus far. That being said, word is that Warner Brothers plans on rebooting the Batman franchise but not in a solo film kind of way, at least not any time soon.
Batman on Film, which is a website that specializes in Batman Film news, is reporting that they have a source who claims to know the future for Batman and the DC Universe. Here is what they have to say,
“Said reboot will come after the JL film, not before. Therefore, the new cinematic Batman will be introduced in the JL film as opposed to a solo film. This would, according to my industry “FOBOF,” assure the new Batman film series will be part of a “DC Cinematic Universe.”
I want to say this is shocking news, but if you really think about it, makes sense. We know that Zach Synder‘s Man of Steel will be the film that is suppose to kick start the Justice League film and have tie in’s and that the Justice League film is slotted for a 2015 release. That being said, you can’t have a Justice League film without Batman and there just isn’t enough time to do a reboot film before, so what better way then to just throw a new Batman into JL.
Now there are some issues with this approach, doing it backwards in a sense compared to Marvel is a risky bet because people don’t have a chance to build a bond with the character much like people did with Christopher Nolan‘s Batman, so it might be smart to just cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Batman and head that route. Although I’m not against seeing someone new dawn the Cape.
SlashFilm made and interesting point regarding this news and it has to do with Will Beall who is the sole writer for the Justice League film. They said that if anyone has pressure on them it has to be Beall, because he will literally be writing a film that could potentially be the kick off for a multi Billion dollar industry for Warner Bros. or he could bring this vision to a financial disaster. His film alone could spawn solo films or reboots for Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Captain Marvel/Shazam, the list could go on for awhile. Personally I wouldn’t want that kind of pressure and I’m sure WB isn’t paying him for that potential as well.
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