DC announces their movie roadmap.

ashkrik23 · June 2014

http://batman-news.com/2014/06/12/justice-league-is-coming-may-2017-warner-bros-dc-roadmap-revealed/

baelogventure · June 2014

Too bad DC can't possibly catch up to the success of Marvel, especially after Green Lantern bombed, and the fact that Supes v Bats is gonna be mediocre at best.

ashkrik23 · June 2014

I'lll reserve judgement until I see this new stuff. They just better know what they are doing.

Marvel has all the pew pew fans on its side. That is a large crowd to fight.

steamwright · June 2014

I wonder if Nathan Fillion would be considered too old for Hal Jordan. He's voiced him before, and the man loves the role. Put him through a "300" workout, lose that bit of chunkiness he's put on since Firefly, and I think he'd be awesome.

That said, they may go with John Stewart so the League doesn't look so white (not counting Cyborg, of course). Glad I'm not picking. I like Hal and John equally.

One thing: I notice Sandman in the middle of that schedule. Are they putting him into the League? I don't know much about the character, but I've never seen him in any animated version of the League.

ashkrik23 · June 2014

I really want John Stewart. Never cared for Hal Jordan in any adaption.

baelogventure · June 2014

And the crowd that simply likes Marvel comics.

And the pulling power of Sam Jackson

And Robert Downey Jr.

And Scarlett Johansson

And, you know, just about the entire current Marvel cast is solid, truth be told.

I like Ben Affleck as an actor, but I don't think he'll be a good Batman, because he certainly wasn't a good Daredevil.

Then there's the fact that there's no mention of a Green Arrow or Flash movie, apparently you need to catch Arrow on the CW for that.

And there's the fact that they have the Wonder Woman movie set after the Justice League movie, which is rather silly, since Wonder Woman is part of the Big 3 for DC. It would be like the Thor movie set after the Avengers movie.

ashkrik23 · June 2014

Honestly a lot of the cast I've never heard of till now..

Only way I know is Cavill.

neoakiraii · June 2014

baelogventure wrote: »

Too bad DC can't possibly catch up to the success of Marvel, especially after Green Lantern bombed, and the fact that Supes v Bats is gonna be mediocre at best.

Can you show me tomorrows lottery numbers since you can read the future on a film that is not even done yet.

dahminus · June 2014

Who is shazan and sandman...I'm not a hard core comic guy but I do enjoy them non the less.

Shouldn't shazam be captain marvel?

I have no idea wtf sandman is. I'm gonna google but still putting my initial thought here...

Edit: "Shazam" is captain marvel...could be a case of "young whipper snapper syndrome" on my part

Sandman does not ring any bells what so ever...did he really deserve a movie?

reginamala78 · June 2014

ashkrik23 wrote: »

I really want John Stewart. Never cared for Hal Jordan in any adaption.

"The fake news guy?"

Sad thing is, Ryan Reynolds would have made a great Kyle Rayner. Bad casting. But thus far, it doesn't look like DC/Warner knows a damn thing about casting. Marvel worked because, top of the list, RDJ WAS Tony Stark, Chris Hemsworth was a perfect Thor, etc etc. They absolutely embraced the source material, rolled in it till they were filthy, and sold it as 'Damn right I'm a comic book character!" Warner just doesn't seem willing to similarly dive in all the way.

baelogventure · June 2014

Since Captain Marvel was so often called "Shazam" due to how iconic his word of power was, DC basically renamed him as Shazam.

As for Sandman...yeah, I got nothing. He's pretty left field for a movie choice when they have a ton of other characters to go with.

steamwright · June 2014

baelogventure wrote: »

Since Captain Marvel was so often called "Shazam" due to how iconic his word of power was, DC basically renamed him as Shazam.

They've given him a new look too. I don't like the hood, at least when up. I'd heard rumor part of the rename was due to the ongoing fuss with Marvel over the name "Captain Marvel".

moonshadowdark · June 2014

I saw the word Sandman and I got excited because I thought it was Neil Gaiman's Sandman.

I googled it and now I am sad.

iconians · June 2014

That is so adorable that DC/WB is trying so very hard to keep this viable. Bless their little hearts.

reginamala78 wrote: »

"The fake news guy?"

John Stewart is one of the hardest-hitting journalists in the media today, gives no quarter and no mercy. Annihilated Crossfire on the air, and sent Tucker Carlson and his bowtie packing.

Watch 'official' news channels for comedy, watch Comedy Central for news.

John Stewart might throw a few softball questions at first, but he always follows through with tough questions that can simply destroy someone on the air. The current state of 'News' would be better served with more people like John Stewart.

The fact he's a comedian doesn't detract from the fact he's one of the few people who are willing to play hardball with his guests, and throw people he supports under the bus whenever they do something wrong.

worffan101 · June 2014

iconians wrote: »

That is so adorable that DC/WB is trying so very hard to keep this viable. Bless their little hearts.

Their little attempts to copy Marvel's success are cute, aren't they? In the same way as a toddler trying to race an Olympic marathoner is cute.

iconians wrote: »

John Stewart is one of the hardest-hitting journalists in the media today, gives no quarter and no mercy. Annihilated Crossfire on the air, and sent Tucker Carlson and his bowtie packing.

Watch 'official' news channels for comedy, watch Comedy Central for news.

John Stewart might throw a few softball questions at first, but he always follows through with tough questions that can simply destroy someone on the air. The current state of 'News' would be better served with more people like John Stewart.

The fact he's a comedian doesn't detract from the fact he's one of the few people who are willing to play hardball with his guests, and throw people he supports under the bus whenever they do something wrong.

Amen to that! Him and Stephen Colbert and John Oliver are just the best.

I have never enjoyed myself quite as much as I did seeing John Oliver go on strike like the NFL referees while covering them, and getting SIR PATRICK STEWART as his scab, and the having John Stewart fire John Oliver on the spot, and then Sir Patrick Stewart was all set to take Oliver's place...

And then he went on strike, too, over payroll concerns.

Funniest skit I've ever seen.

steamwright · June 2014

moonshadowdark wrote: »

I saw the word Sandman and I got excited because I thought it was Neil Gaiman's Sandman.

I googled it and now I am sad.

I don't follow. What did you read? Every article I've found says that it IS Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and that Joseph Gordon Levitt is producing it. They further note that JGL is a huge fan of the comic, and that NG had turned down a lot of previous scripts saying he'd rather not have a movie made than have a bad one made. The fact that NG is apparently excited and working with JGL should suggest they've found a good script.

moonshadowdark · June 2014

steamwright wrote: »

I don't follow. What did you read? Every article I've found says that it IS Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and that Joseph Gordon Levitt is producing it. They further note that JGL is a huge fan of the comic, and that NG had turned down a lot of previous scripts saying he'd rather not have a movie made than have a bad one made. The fact that NG is apparently excited and working with JGL should suggest they've found a good script.

No, they have an actual Superhero named "The Sandman" in the DC Universe named Wesley Dodds. And considering it's a roadmap of their Superhero comics in a terrible attempt to catch up to Marvel, I don't think it's going to be the trippy, Tim Burton doing a TRIBBLE ton of peyote at Burning man while looking at Salvidor Dali paintings awesome dreamscape Sandman.

baelogventure · June 2014

Like I said, a Sandman movie is so left field.

They could have done...

Martian Manhunter
Question
Cyborg
Flash
Aquaman
Dr. Fate
Booster Gold
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Shining Knight
Elongated Man
Starman
Stargirl and S.T.R.I.P.E.
Mr. Terrific
The Atom
Hawkman
Hawkwoman
Power Girl
Red Tornado
Plastic Man
Huntress
Metamorpho
Mr. Miracle
Vigilante
Deadman
Zatanna
Rocket Red
Steel (John Henry Irons, not played by Shaq)

Whew.

But yeah. Sandman instead of one of the above. The mind is boggled.

tareruntalion · June 2014

so they are going to throw at us a mini avengers with some well known characters but rebooted (because we must reboot batman every five years, like it or not) and some guys that aren't that much known to the majority and they will have time to do all that in a 2 hour movie.

then the next movies are about the not so well known characters, then justice league and then they will make a movie about wonder woman a character that appeared a year before.

and no arrow in these movies since he is well known with the series, a pity...

and this universe that is a bad copy of marvel's recipe will be made in two years, while marvel to build their universe started more than six years ago if you count in the hulk movies and it's a very well made universe with good actors, all the movies are connected, but dc has nothing they could continue with the batman from the last trilogy which was very good and then build their universe but they didn't.

you can see how jealous dc is from lightyears away and they are rushing it.

ashkrik23 · June 2014

tareruntalion wrote: »

so they are going to throw at us a mini avengers with some well known characters but rebooted (because we must reboot batman every five years, like it or not) and some guys that aren't that much known to the majority and they will have time to do all that in a 2 hour movie.

then the next movies are about the not so well known characters, then justice league and then they will make a movie about wonder woman a character that appeared a year before.

and no arrow in these movies since he is well known with the series, a pity...

and this universe that is a bad copy of marvel's recipe will be made in two years, while marvel to build their universe started more than six years ago if you count in the hulk movies and it's a very well made universe with good actors, all the movies are connected, but dc has nothing they could continue with the batman from the last trilogy which was very good and then build their universe but they didn't.

you can see how jealous dc is from lightyears away and they are rushing it.

You cannot build off of the Dark Knight series. That is a realistic take on Batman. None of the other DC heroes could work in there except those without powers.

worffan101 · June 2014

baelogventure wrote: »

Like I said, a Sandman movie is so left field.

They could have done...

Martian Manhunter

Stopped reading after this point, because that would be a f*cking awesome movie.

jmaster29 · June 2014

Typical that the female has big boozums.

marc8219 · June 2014

iconians wrote: »

That is so adorable that DC/WB is trying so very hard to keep this viable. Bless their little hearts.

John Stewart is one of the hardest-hitting journalists in the media today, gives no quarter and no mercy. Annihilated Crossfire on the air, and sent Tucker Carlson and his bowtie packing.

Watch 'official' news channels for comedy, watch Comedy Central for news.

John Stewart might throw a few softball questions at first, but he always follows through with tough questions that can simply destroy someone on the air. The current state of 'News' would be better served with more people like John Stewart.

The fact he's a comedian doesn't detract from the fact he's one of the few people who are willing to play hardball with his guests, and throw people he supports under the bus whenever they do something wrong.

Wrong John Stewart. John Stewart is a comic book character.

Jon Leibowitz aka Jon Stewart is just a tv news gatekeeper. He is just as establishment friendly as Fox or CNN. You have to get your news on the internet, anything that makes it on cable tv has already been filtered and approved by the corporate media.

moonshadowdark · June 2014

ashkrik23 wrote: »

You cannot build off of the Dark Knight series. That is a realistic take on Batman. None of the other DC heroes could work in there except those without powers.

Oh I don't know. Clearly making supernatural people into realistic denizens worked so well in Dark Knight Rises with Bane.

-_-

iconians · June 2014

marc8219 wrote: »

Wrong John Stewart. John Stewart is a comic book character.

Jon Leibowitz aka Jon Stewart is just a tv news gatekeeper. He is just as establishment friendly as Fox or CNN. You have to get your news on the internet, anything that makes it on cable tv has already been filtered and approved by the corporate media.

I know it's the wrong John Stewart, my reply was in reference to someone mentioning the 'fake news guy'.

ashkrik23 · June 2014

moonshadowdark wrote: »

Oh I don't know. Clearly making supernatural people into realistic denizens worked so well in Dark Knight Rises with Bane.

-_-

Uhh...supernatural would mean Bane is some kind of ghost/demon/spirit/ ETC. He was never that..he just used ridiculously OP steroids..

kojirohellfire · June 2014

Yeah, Bane was more of a sci-fi character. Calling him "supernatural" is just... odd.

joshglass · June 2014

The difference between Marvel and DC films has to do with the creators behind it. DC has Warners Studio execs making all the calls. Marvel has Marvel execs making the calls.

reginamala78 · June 2014

iconians wrote: »

John Stewart is one of the hardest-hitting journalists in the media today, gives no quarter and no mercy. Annihilated Crossfire on the air, and sent Tucker Carlson and his bowtie packing.

Watch 'official' news channels for comedy, watch Comedy Central for news.

John Stewart might throw a few softball questions at first, but he always follows through with tough questions that can simply destroy someone on the air. The current state of 'News' would be better served with more people like John Stewart.

The fact he's a comedian doesn't detract from the fact he's one of the few people who are willing to play hardball with his guests, and throw people he supports under the bus whenever they do something wrong.

One, the guy's a wimp who's basic schtick is to pull stuff out of context then mug for the camera and call it 'hard hitting journalism', and yet whenever he says something ridiculous enough that people call him on it, he retreats into 'I'm just a comedian, stop taking me so seriously!' rather than stand by his word.

Two he's as doctrinaire as they come. He may as well move to MSNBC.

Three and most importantly, "The fake news guy?" was a Green Lantern reference. The recent Bruce Timm Animated Series, Hal Jordan talking to Guy Gardner, Gardner mentions Earth has added another Lantern that Hal hadn't yet met, John Stewart. Jordan's response, "The fake news guy?"

Watch more cartoons! They're smarter than most of the rest of the garbage on TV!

baelogventure · June 2014

Guy Gardner.

That's who we need to be the next Green Lantern.

reginamala78 · June 2014

baelogventure wrote: »

Guy Gardner.

That's who we need to be the next Green Lantern.

Ooooooo theres a thought. The banter you could get between him, the modern boisterous-bruiser take on Wonder Woman, and Batman's very dry and subtle sense of humor, could make for some great character interaction.

DC announces their movie roadmap.

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