EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is trying to ready its DC Comics stalwart Superman to soar again on the Big Screen, and the studio has turned to Chris Nolan to mentor development of the movie. Our insiders say that the brains behind rebooted Batman has been asked to play a "godfather" role and ensure The Man Of Steel gets off the ground after a 3 1/2-year hiatus. Nolan's leadership of the project can set it in the right direction with the critics and the fans, not to mention at the box office. Besides, Nolan is considered something of a god at Warner Bros and has a strong relationship with the studio after the success of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Though he wasn’t obligated to do so, he gave the studio first crack at his spec script Inception, and Warner Bros was able to buy it before other studios even got a sniff. While Nolan completes that Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer for a July 16th release, he's also hatched an idea for Warner Bros' third Batman installment. Now his brother and frequent collaborator Jonah Nolan, and David Goyer who co-wrote Batman Begins and penned the story for The Dark Knight, are off scripting it. (See 'FlashForward' Showrunner Exits For Features).
It's too bad this couldn't have been finished a couple of months ago with Brittany Murphy as Lois Lane.
Superman Returns>Batman Begins
Superman Returns>Batman Begins
Superman Returns>Batman BeginsI think I agree. I'd have to rewatch Superman Returns again though. I find Batman Begins hard to enjoy.
BB>TDK
He's rightBB>TDK
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I love RoboJ. :lolI thought it was the other way around. They both had horribly cheesy stories but at least Superman gave it less focus and tried to put in a lot more action scenes. I can't remember anything enjoyable about BB, even nolan's gay little growl is nearly too sad to laugh at.
Superman Returns is pretty bad. Batman Begins is at least a fun popcorn flick, albeit overrated.
BB>TDK
I love RoboJ. :lol
Superman Returns is pretty bad. Batman Begins is at least a fun popcorn flick, albeit overrated. My dream project is Superman, so I was kind of hoping a reboot would stay in stasis until I sucked enough cock to get a stab - but if anybody is going to produce this thing, I'm glad it's Nolan.
But really, they seem to be putting him on a pretty big pedestal. It makes me wonder what's going to happen when he stumbles.
Bildi liked BB better than TDK????
Say it ain't so bro, say it ain't so :'(
- while I am not a particular fan of Katie Holmes, I had a bit of trouble with Maggie Gyllenhaal playing what people in the movie describe as a strikingly beautiful woman because to me she just wasn't. Her makeup always seemed to accentuate the lines under her eyes adding a good 10 years onto her appearance.
What action scenes? He rescues a plane and then spends the entire film stalking Lois Lane and listening to Owl City.What in BB is of any interest to anybody? Cheesy paper-thin dialogue, a crackhead trying to voice act, and a goddamn torrent of half-flaccid exposition trying to frame the crackhead as THE BAT™. That was just a bad movie man.
What action scenes? He rescues a plane and then spends the entire film stalking Lois Lane and listening to Owl City.What in BB is of any interest to anybody? Cheesy paper-thin dialogue, a crackhead trying to voice act, and a goddamn torrent of half-flaccid exposition trying to frame the crackhead as THE BAT™. That was just a bad movie man.
batman is never bad.
Batman Begins is the best superhero "origin" film ever made. Some people are on crazy pills in this thread.
Batman Begins is the best superhero "origin" film ever made. Some people are on crazy pills in this thread.
cool story bro
The first half of Batman Begins >>>> anything in Superman Returns.
Metallica > Iron Maiden
Master of Puppets > Powerslave
Ride the Lightning > Number of the Beastspoiler (click to show/hide)cool story, bro?[close]
Batman Begins is the best superhero "origin" film ever made. Some people are on crazy pills in this thread.seeing a realistic portrayal of the "origin" of probably the most iconic and one of the oldest modern comic book heroes just comes off as really self-important and boring. Burton did it right, you show the backstory for anybody that didn't know it and let them suspend disbelief as you bring the stylized world together on the screen.
Batman Begins is the best superhero "origin" film ever made. Some people are on crazy pills in this thread.seeing a realistic portrayal of the "origin" of probably the most iconic and one of the oldest modern comic book heroes just comes off as really self-important and boring. Burton did it right, you show the backstory for anybody that didn't know it and let them suspend disbelief as you bring the stylized world together on the screen.
You do not tell me all about how he learned that killing is wrong. or that the bat cape has micro-polymer bullshit. And seriously, who the FUCK wants to hear Bale growl everytime he puts on a plastic mask?
The movie had nothing to do with what makes batman good.
God forbid some of us want a realistic, character-driven take on a supercool origin story (bro).
The movie had nothing to do with what makes batman good.
I am not a Batman Begins hater really, but ... realistic?
The movie had nothing to do with what makes batman good.
I am not a Batman Begins hater really, but ... realistic?
Realistic in comparison to other superhero films. You only have to suspend your disbelief on a few relatively minor plot points to be able to accept the entire film.
What makes Batman good, in your opinion, and what Batman stories have done a good job emphasizing this?A detective noir like setting where we get to see psychopaths with style. I don't really care why batman is the way he is. He is meant to be the stereotype every little boy wants to grows up to be and has paper thin explanations for why he does anything. Batman is a good franchise because it is completely psychologically unrealistic.
I think am nintenho has the worse taste in movies on this board.
I am not a Batman Begins hater really, but ... realistic?
You want paper-thin characterization? I remember you bashing the fuck out of a recent film for that very reason.batman begins had all of the same explanations for why bruce wayne adopted a vigilante cosplay lifestyle. I mean I've never seen a form of media that made that decision seem like a logical way to grieve over your dead parents. personally I see bruce wayne as a kid in an adult's body that is really only there so that you can see the even more insane and sick psychopaths that he fights.
You want paper-thin characterization? I remember you bashing the fuck out of a recent film for that very reason.batman begins had all of the same explanations for why bruce wayne adopted a vigilante cosplay lifestyle. I mean I've never seen a form of media that made that decision seem like a logical way to grieve over your dead parents. personally I see bruce wayne as a kid in an adult's body that is really only there so that you can see the even more insane and sick psychopaths that he fights.
I think am nintenho has the worse taste in movies on this board.
Trying to have a discussion about anything with nintenho is bizarre because he uses some weird form of logic no other human does.
Maggie Gyllenhaal was fucking terrible in TDK.
Katie Holmes was perfectly fine in BB, just the Tomkat nonsense reached peak insufferableness around the time BB was released and she got dinged for it.
Hey guys, Batman Begins is a terrible fucking movie.
Hey guys, Batman Begins is a terrible fucking movie.
Greengrass would piss on your face if he read that.
Superman Returns>Batman Begins
What action scenes? He rescues a plane and then spends the entire film stalking Lois Lane and listening to Owl City.Yeah, that's how I felt. Supes stalking... stalking Lois in her happy new life with a family, it was insanely creepy. And then for the villain, they can't come up with anything better than the same plot of Superman The Movie? Seriously?
It's like comparing aids to space aids. You don't want either, but you really don't want space aids.:rofl
I happen to think Purse Snatcher was a lively, multidimensional character.
Today is huge comic book movie news Wednesday. With the Captain America finalists breaking over at Marvel, we got something from the world of DC.
Our notorious trusted source 'Pinche Taco' came up big for us...
I know a lot of you folks are going to ask "Isn't Goyer writing the third Batman film?" Goyer is only helping in the story, he ain't writing it. Just like The Dark Knight where he only helped with the story.
Without any further adieu..
Hola Chicos, Pinche Taco here with the latest blatherings de nada de los Ninos de Hollywood!
So you will believe un hombre can fly! Te Juro. The talented David Stephen Goyer, the man who made sure Nolan stuck to the legend of El Dark Knight, has been hired to write the next chapter. Here is what El Taco can tell all you ninos....
1. Thomas Tull, the head of Legendary, got tired of all the discussion and decided chingate, let's do it. So he went to Goyer and Goyer had an idea that actually takes the movies back to the John Byrne incarnation. Modern. Believable. FUN! So Tull got Goyer hired.
2. The film will not be called Superman and will be called THE MAN OF STEEL.
3. Brandon Routh will not star in the film.
4. Nic Cage will NOT star in the fllm (lol)
5. Bryan Singer is not expected to direct.
Conoces como Mark Millar walks around acting like he was going to write it? El Taco discovered that this was always BULLSHIT. Paul Levitz hated the guy and he was never even discussed to write it. He made all that "almost" stuff up.
I can tell you that Goyer's story involves Luthor and Brainiac. It is NOT an origin and assumes audiences already know about Lois, Clark, Jimmy and Perry. I know the Daily Planet is struggling due to the internet. And I know it sets up a huge Kryptonian mythology.
El Taco is muy excited about this. This could be the Superman movie we deserve!
Yo soy El Taco y yo digo adios!
Stay tuned as the story develops.
I will laugh if Goyer's script almost identical to the idea I came up with and told CajoleJuice about a few months ago.
Take Kevin Smith's Superman Lives script, remove all the John Peters shit, and release that.
I'll be happy if the story and writing are at the level of the Nolan Batman films
Take Kevin Smith's Superman Lives script, remove all the John Peters shit, and release that.
God no, that script sucked cock.
They should really bring in James Cameron specifically to script the action scenes.
David Goyer :-XThe first one was good, the second one was where he took over directing cause he couldn't communicate his artistic vision which made it pretty over-the-top and ridiculous, and the third one was apparently balls.
Though I guess the first two blade films were okay. And that one episode of Freaky Links.
The first one was surprisingly good, the second one was GREAT. Del Toro's, right? It felt like a comic book, start to finish.David Goyer :-XThe first one was good, the second one was where he took over directing cause he couldn't communicate his artistic vision which made it pretty over-the-top and ridiculous, and the third one was apparently balls.
Though I guess the first two blade films were okay. And that one episode of Freaky Links.
They should really bring in James Cameron specifically to script the action scenes.
Oh fuck no.
Take Kevin Smith's Superman Lives script, remove all the John Peters shit, and release that.
Mxyzptlk!
How would that not be awesome?
Great idea, but it'll never happen. :(
I know, right!?I would also say that Superman Returns squarely fit into the "emo-manchild" mold. I definitely agree with you though.
I say the dark, verisimilar reinvention has run its course. We got Batman, James Bond, and Robin Hood. Time to let camp, color, and imagination get a turn a turn at the wheel.
Great idea, but it'll never happen. :(
I know, right!?I would also say that Superman Returns squarely fit into the "emo-manchild" mold. I definitely agree with you though.
I say the dark, verisimilar reinvention has run its course. We got Batman, James Bond, and Robin Hood. Time to let camp, color, and imagination get a turn a turn at the wheel.
I can see how that would be relevant if this was a thread discussing future evolutions of pumpkins.I would also say that pumpkins are orange. I definitely agree with you though.I know, right!?I would also say that Superman Returns squarely fit into the "emo-manchild" mold. I definitely agree with you though.
I say the dark, verisimilar reinvention has run its course. We got Batman, James Bond, and Robin Hood. Time to let camp, color, and imagination get a turn a turn at the wheel.
Mxyzptlk!
How would that not be awesome?
the only way to do Darkseid right is to develop him during two or more films