I really have no idea what is going on with Warner Brothers and the DCEU anymore, makes me sad.
Seriously? What in the bloody hell is going on over at Warner Brothers? Just when you think they finally got it figured out, especially after the recent success of Wonder Woman. Which is now the highest-grossing movie of the summer. The last 24 hours have been kind of a cluster. First, we get word of a stand-alone Joker movie, that will not only not take place within the DCEU, but it turns out will cast a new lead??? Now we get word about The Batman, not being part of the DCEU either. Matt Reeves wants to make it his own thing, and tell his own story.
Honestly, have they learned nothing from Marvel? Do they not realize with the success of Wonder Woman, that this universe was finally heading in the right direction. Yes, I understand Justice League is going through MASSIVE reshoots, but I still have very high hopes for that movie. Why are they letting this news come out before it gets released? Ride this Wonder Woman wave all the way up to the release of Justice League. Why are you making the fans doubt the stability of the DCEU at this point in time? We do not need a Joker stand-alone movie, even if the legendary Martin Scorsese is on board to be a producer. I’m sorry it’s just not something that needs to happen right now. Todd Phillips (the guy behind The Hangover movies) is apparently directing, and he is certainly hit or miss. Like focus on what’s in front of you right now WB, and that’s getting Justice League out, without the entire world hating it. How about making two good movies in a row, before announcing about 15 upcoming projects, that quite frankly WE DON’T NEED. Jared Leto was a fine Joker, but we really don’t need another Joker cast. This is entering Spider-Man territory.
As for Matt Reeves and his standalone Batman movie. Having that be separate from the DCEU is actually kind of fine by me. What that probably means is, it will take place before the events of BvS, we will still get Affleck in the role, and that way, they feel ZERO pressure to add in any of the other Justice League members. Just let him tell a great Batman story, without having to worry about connecting it to all the other movies that are in the works over at WB for the DCEU. As long as Ben Affleck is still Batman, in these upcoming standalone Batman movies, I’m totally on board for whatever they want to do. In fact, I think it’s best if it’s completely different from the DCEU, maybe that’s just what this character needs.
Get your act together Warner Bros.
Check ya later.
And this was yesterday, before the later news dropping of a second Joker movie, in the DCEU, with Harley Quinn, in a Bonnie and Clyde type story. This in addition to Suicide Squad 2, and I’m assuming the Birds of Prey movie and this to me really shows that they are winging this whole thing, like Marvel is doing with their comic books as of late. It’s sad, I’ll still see all these movies most likely, but it’s all chaos, which fits in with the character of The Joker but it’s no way to run a movie studio
I’m glad some things got cleared up today about The Batman and Affleck, but WB really needs to put out a press release and just clear everything up for us.
I’m disappointed in these recent revelations because I thought they were planning something really cool with Flashpoint, which would lead to a reworking of the DCEU continuity, a new 52 version if you will that would have allowed for the Batman recasting and any other tweaks they felt like doing, it would have been utterly genius. But nope, so much for that theory.