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Jim Lee is the new CCO. Don't know how I feel about it but at least he's been working with hollywood people since the 90s. I didn't know Diane Nelson departed. I was waiting for that to happen for years now. Future is looking bright for the DCEU now.
 
'The Joker' Origin Movie Will Be Low Budget, Begins Shooting This Fall

Despite Jared Leto getting his own standalone Joker film, it looks as though the origin movie from director Todd Phillips is still moving along nicely, and Warner Bros. is expecting to begin production as early as this fall.

Earlier today, THR released a new report about Walter Hamada's new direction for the DC films at Warner Bros., and included some information about the studio's plans with the franchise moving forward. Being one of the biggest talking points of the entire DC film universe, it was no surprise that the Joker was brought up.

According to THR, there are indeed two Joker movies in development. One of them, as revealed earlier this month, will see Leto reprise his role from Suicide Squad in a standalone film about the character. The other is the Phillips project, which has been talked about for some time.

Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime, and produced by Martin Scorsese, this movie will be a dark and gritty version of the character that shows his origins as a villain. The 1980s-set film will reportedly launch under a newly-branded film banner.


The report also states that this Joker movie is set to begin filming sometime this fall, and the budget is said to be in the region of $55 million. As you can imagine, this budget it much less than many other comic book adaptations, but the noir-style film is meant to be a more ground, realistic take on Joker than we've seen in the past. It probably won't be as extravagant as films like The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman, or Aquaman.

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/13/joker-origin-movie-todd-phillips-small-budget/
 
I guess they just saying fuck the connected universe, just let people use the characters and make their own films. Not a bad move considering they can't get it right.
 
King Du said:
comic con gonna be so dope
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I think so too. I like Affleck as batman, i didnt care for some of the things Snyder did like have him shooting folks and using a voice modulator, but overall i liked affleck as batman. Not the Jokey Joss Whedon Batman though. Im curious af to know what the moves going forward are going to be though. WB/DC seems to want to stray away from the Snyderverse and looks like a soft reboot is going to be done, but at the same time they are keeping movies from the snyderverse in development like another Wonder Woman, Leto Joker, and Aquaman's movie. At this point just let Affleck leave if he doesnt want to keep doing it. I like Cavill as Superman and Gadot as WW though. Not crazy about the rest of the league, but they havent had much time to develop either.
 
I'll skip Matt Reeves' Batman movie. Not really a fan of the guy anyway. Saw one movie that I thought was ok. I'm not up for another Batman reboot at this time. We already had a young Batman trilogy from a filmmaker infinitely more talented than Reeves and it was uneven as fuck.

As for DCEU Batman? Kill off Batfleck then and replace him with Grayson then. Bring in Bruce's long lost son Damian and basically make the DCEU Batverse a loose adaptation of the Grant Morrison Batman Reborn era from the comics. Now that would be interesting and different for Batman on film.and Grayson always fit the collective DCU better than Bruce did.
 
thy have to be brave and bold... no pun intended to really save the universe
 
I hate how one dimensional Hollywood is with Batman. They don't even see the story possibilities with an older Batman cause they don't really get Batman. There is more to Batman than tormented crimefighter coming to terms with his choices and discovering his place as a hero. We literally got 2 trilogies like that already ('89 - '95, TDK). Reeves seems like an uninspired hack. If I was WB I'd reconsider.

Hush, Death of the Family (when Joker broke up the bat fam), Under the Red Hood, Batman RIP, Batman & Son etc..so much more that you can do with an older Batman like Batfleck that hasn't been done on film yet.

I mean if this is really the only choice then I'd rather Batfleck get no movies and shows up everywhere else like RDJ. Even if recast. Another young Batman trilogy not even 10 years after Nolan's is so unappealing to me it's not even funny.

I think this Emmerich guy and the Hamada dude might end up doing worse than Nelson and Tsujihara. They seem even more out of tune (Harley in BoP like WTF?!?!)

I hope not. I myself could do without superhero movies anyway. But I feel for my fellow DC fans who want a clear unconvoluted direction for their films.
 
I want bat fleck to stay. Unless they find an actor with the same build and keep the costume. Don't change the costume that was the most comic book accurate bat costume ever on live action. I hope they rebound I don't want dceu to die off. That justice league sequel vs lex dead pool and the injustice society/legion of doom has to happen. They just need to get the feel of the characters down pat and tone down the ugly ccgi effects,especially for flash . That was too much lightning when he runs.
 
I don't even mind that they are taking the multiverse route like with the comics and animated movies. Having alternate stand alone concurrent with the shared universe leaves more breathing room storytelling wise. This is how DC could publish Watchmen or Preacher without having to force either into the mainstream verse.

Hell one could argue that if they plan a Crisis movie one day making movies featuring say alternate Batmen and Wonder Women and shit makes it easier to have multiple versions of the same characters logically around in addition to the Michael Keaton and Lynda Carter version also likely being brought in. Shit that is when we'll probably see the Arrowverse characters on the big screen.

My real issue is the projects they're deciding on right now. They're not being creative and imaginative. They're trying to go for the most common denominator shit. Low hanging fruit. Without considering how it conflicts with what we've seen of the MoS verse so far.

Like imagine a Watchmen style story but with the original Charlton Heroes (Blue Beetle, Question, Captain Atom etc.)? That could be a good movie. Or something like Last Family of Krytpon with Jor-El and Lara raising Kal-El on earth. But let the DCEU cook for more than 3 years first.

Just going "let's make a Batman trilogy completely unrelated to the Batman we just started developing 2 years back" or "hey we have an alternative Joker solo movie coming so lets greenlight a DCEU Joker movie too" or "Hey you know what the Birds of Prey need? HARLEY QUINN!" screams of just more of what they were doing before. Throwing shit at the wall and waiting to see what sticks.

They need to space projects better and increase range so that we won't get 2 Jokers very close to each other and such. There's a reason previous WB brass worried about character brand saturation which is why they always put character embargos on TV and animated shows. A lot of this is very discouraging IMO but we'll see.
 
Lou Cypher said:
'The Joker' Origin Movie Will Be Low Budget, Begins Shooting This Fall

Despite Jared Leto getting his own standalone Joker film, it looks as though the origin movie from director Todd Phillips is still moving along nicely, and Warner Bros. is expecting to begin production as early as this fall.

Earlier today, THR released a new report about Walter Hamada's new direction for the DC films at Warner Bros., and included some information about the studio's plans with the franchise moving forward. Being one of the biggest talking points of the entire DC film universe, it was no surprise that the Joker was brought up.

According to THR, there are indeed two Joker movies in development. One of them, as revealed earlier this month, will see Leto reprise his role from Suicide Squad in a standalone film about the character. The other is the Phillips project, which has been talked about for some time.

Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime, and produced by Martin Scorsese, this movie will be a dark and gritty version of the character that shows his origins as a villain. The 1980s-set film will reportedly launch under a newly-branded film banner.


The report also states that this Joker movie is set to begin filming sometime this fall, and the budget is said to be in the region of $55 million. As you can imagine, this budget it much less than many other comic book adaptations, but the noir-style film is meant to be a more ground, realistic take on Joker than we've seen in the past. It probably won't be as extravagant as films like The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman, or Aquaman.

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/13/joker-origin-movie-todd-phillips-small-budget/
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I like this though. This is why the 70s, 80s and 90s were dope. There were a lot more modest to lower budget stuff in the context of those eras produced back then and it let to the filmmakers being more creative and personal with it. Which is how a lot of those movies ended up being classics.

I'm talking stuff like Halloween, The Exorcist, The Terminator, Pulp Fiction and many many others. The first Deadpool and IT: Chapter One from last fall are great recent examples.

Hollywood needs to get back to that more regularly. It will also help weed out the hacks. An exceptional talent could work wonders with a low or more modest budget but any hack could make 100 million plus look good cause its 100 million plus. Won't take anywhere near as much effort when the money and not your imagination is doing the majority of the work.

Also let's be honest a good chunk of these movies don't even need 200 million dollard budgets followed by a 200 million dollar marketing campaign.

Hell a lot of them don't even 100 million. It's the dumbest shit ever. I thought these execs were in the business of spending as little as possible to profit as much as they can. Backwards hustlers is what today's hollywood is full of.
 
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