@Goldboink - I think a Christopher Reeves style Superman would be a bad route. IMO Man of Strel nailed the type of Superman to have going forward.

@Goldboink - Why does it have to be? Are audiences to stupid to tell the difference between two different actors? Because they are in for a world of hurt The Batman 2 and Joker 2 have two different Jokers (and another Harley Quinn). Or do you doubt the general public’s unending appetite for more Batman content?

@Goldboink - I really believe (and I think WB does too) that this is actually a situation where they can have their cake and eat it too. You can have Reeves create a new trilogy of grounded Batman films that people love and that they can monetize for years to come like they do with the Dark Knight trilogy and have a separate series of Batman movies that are grounded where he fight any of his more outlandish foes and team up with Superman and Wonder Woman. And personally I would cast in the new role of Batman (and Superman) for this new era of their shared universe.

@TheUnworthyThor - Couldn’t disagree more. If they’re going to have a cohesive universe, they all need to be in the same universe. I’m so sick of this “grounded tone” bullshit argument. Introducing Superman into the Pattinson movies would be the easiest thing in the world: Simply have Batman surveying the city from a rooftop and Superman descends silently behind him. Without even turning around, Bruce says something to the effect of “I’ve told you before Clark, this is my city” and Clark smiles a friendly smile and replies “Can’t a friend just drop in to say hi?” and Bruce just gives an annoyed grunt. No need for any convoluted explanation or ridiculous, contrived first meeting. It’s year 2 for Battinson (year 3 now?). Things can be assumed to have happened. They don’t need to be explained. There has to be a fantastical element to Batman’s universe anyway otherwise how can they possibly introduce villains like Clayface or Poison Ivy properly? Hell, the idea of Mr Freeze - whom people keep asking for in the sequel - and his cold gun is scientifically impossible, so they would already be stepping into that territory by bringing him in. If they don’t, all were going to get is yet MORE incarnations of Joker, Riddler and Two-Face. And I for one am sick to [frick]ing death of them. They can easily bring the superpowered aspect into the “grounded” world by making it no big deal. It simply is what it is; just another aspect to be investigated and countered without turning it into a CGI shitfest.

@Goldboink - Unless Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson plan on sticking around for a long time (and they don’t) then you don’t have any other real option. We are only really probably talking about two more movies, one of which will probably come out before this new DCEU even gets started. We’re not talking about constantly going back and forth. One movie to finish off the trilogy squeezed somewhere in between the ten year plan of movies.

@ThorArms - Yea this is the dumbest set of guidelines I've ever seen. You can't reboot and still keep pieces of what came before because the audience will always remember those past films every time they see said actors.


Here is the only true guidelines Zaslav needs to follow for a successful DC films universe...

1) Get rid of everything, and I mean EVERYTHING!


2) Use this template as the ultimate goal...





3) Print money!

@LongMayHeReign - Yeah my only concern is The Batman didn't do well enough for this new regime. I'm hoping they let Reeves continue to do his thing without meddling. Why do I have such little faith that will be what happens?

@ThorArms - With how Zaslav laid out their plans to prioritize theatrical releases I think he's smart enough to see that The Batman suffered from numerous factors during it's release. Not the least of which being the audience knowing it was coming to HBO Max in 45 days before the damn movie even released Smh

@ThorArms - yeah, cavill would just confuse things. We saw that with the x men franchise. You can't just ignore parts of the franchise while keeping the same cast and expect everyone to understand.