Man of Steel sequel to feature Batman. . . Any thoughts?

[Looney]

Just heard this news is official. Man of Steel Part 2 to feature Batman. Who has comments?

http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/offi...eature-batman/

[Ripple in Space]

Green Cool news!

Assuming Christian Bale doesn't eventually cave, I suppose the question is Joseph Gordon-Levitt or not. Even though I really like JGL, he's not appropriate to play his fusion of Robins in the Batman suit, opposite Superman.

I'm not a comic person per say, but based on being a 90s kid, I think it has to be Bruce Wayne playing off of Superman. I doubt they'll cast a big name actor...

[garhkal]

Well i liked JGL in dark knight rises.. but i do agree, he is not the best in body type to play batman..

[Wyrminarrd]

There will be no connection between the Nolan Batman movies and the Man of Steel movies. They will likely cast a relative unknown actor in the role to keep costs down.

I am looking forward to seeing the team up taking place. I just hope that they manage to make it work on the big screen as well as it does in the direct to DVD animated movies.

[Ripple in Space]

There will be no connection between the Nolan Batman movies and the Man of Steel movies. They will likely cast a relative unknown actor in the role to keep costs down.

With movies that gross in the $100s of millions, I don't think unknown casting has much to do with money. From everything the studios have said, it's more to do with the audience accepting an actor as an iconic character.

I am looking forward to seeing the team up taking place. I just hope that they manage to make it work on the big screen as well as it does in the direct to DVD animated movies.

I'm skeptical. I loved the Nolan films, but I would honestly rank Kevin Conroy & Mark Hamill above Christian Bale & Heath Ledger.

Bale was excellent, but Conroy is the Batman to me. His Bruce Wayne is the perfect mix of carefree playboy--not "dumb," but high intellect who supposedly doesn't take life too seriously; and Conroy's Batman somehow makes it believable that a mere human can make immortal superbeings quake in their boots. That's going to be darned difficult to pull off, casting an actor to play a character with no powers who can lend a hand to Superman.

[Starfist]

This will be the first time that the two iconic DC Superheroes will have appeared on the 'Big Screen' together.
But I look forward to seeing it happen.

[Gen. Chris]

In theory, JGL COULD play the role if he were to bulk up considerably. But he would not be "Bruce Wayne" as Batman, which I see as the problem.

[mr_kennedy]

I just hope they get the right actor to play Batman would have been cool to see Christian Bale's Batman beside Henry Cavil's Superman

[Looney]

I wonder if this is how Zack Snyder is trying to get his hands on Batman as well. I personally didn't love Man of Steel, but I didn't hate it either. I do like the first two Burton Batman's as well as loving Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, so the odds of me liking a new Batman are slim. Let's all be honest here, it is going to take an extremely special group to pull off a new Batman franchise that we'll all love. My opinion is that Nolan may be too big of an act to follow, regardless of the concept of it being a different Batman.

[knowles2]

Green Cool news!

Assuming Christian Bale doesn't eventually cave, I suppose the question is Joseph Gordon-Levitt or not. Even though I really like JGL, he's not appropriate to play his fusion of Robins in the Batman suit, opposite Superman.

I'm not a comic person per say, but based on being a 90s kid, I think it has to be Bruce Wayne playing off of Superman. I doubt they'll cast a big name actor...

Presuming this will be a backdoor into creating new batman film's I presume they will cast someone that cheap but that can grow into the role and support their own Batman films in the future. or otherwise DC just going to end up with one gigantic mess on their hands with different actors playing characters in different films.

There will most likely be some attempt to link the past three batman films and Man of Steel together,

[Sp!der]

I would have liked if Superman could get his own Trilogy first before jumping in the cold water with a Batman and Superman movie. I mean if Christian Bale isn't gonna be Batman than they need time to introduce the new Batman to the audience with his own movie, I think Marvel did it right and even if DC would copy their system, I think it still would have work, if they slowly would introduce Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern and combining them into a Justice League movie. That means I think that a Superman and Batman movie is too soon and we still need to get used to the new faces.

[Quizziard]

Just heard this news is official. Man of Steel Part 2 to feature Batman. Who has comments?

http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/offi...eature-batman/

Apparently the world-wide rites to this announcement are sponsored by Kleenex...

[TheRandomOne]

This will be the first time that the two iconic DC Superheroes will have appeared on the 'Big Screen' together.
But I look forward to seeing it happen.

I believe they will both be in that upcoming LEGO movie first

[the fifth man]

Having these two together in one movie could be so amazing. I for one can't wait to see how this plays out.

[Naonak]

I would have liked if Superman could get his own Trilogy first before jumping in the cold water with a Batman and Superman movie. I mean if Christian Bale isn't gonna be Batman than they need time to introduce the new Batman to the audience with his own movie, I think Marvel did it right and even if DC would copy their system, I think it still would have work, if they slowly would introduce Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern and combining them into a Justice League movie. That means I think that a Superman and Batman movie is too soon and we still need to get used to the new faces.

Batman is the one DC character who doesn't necessarily need to be introduced in a solo movie. People are familiar enough with the Batman mythology that it's mainly just a matter of establishing this particular characterisation of Bruce, which should be perfectly possible in a joint movie.