Originally Posted by
chief12d
A live action, out of continuity martial arts DC movie along the lines of Soul of the Dragon would be great. But Soul of the Dragon only got made because it had Bruce in it and the only DC projects that use different time periods are stuff like Joker and the upcoming Superman. I highly doubt we'll get a Richard Dragon/Bronze Tiger project with the current state of the movies.
Limited in that he's mostly known for being part of the Suicide Squad and doesn't have as extensive or well publicized a relationship with other franchises like the Justice League or the world of spies. As big fans of the character we're definitely aware of the times he's dipped into other corners of the DCU but for most casual comic readers all they know of Ben is that he's sometimes a member of the Suicide Squad and is occasionally a rival to the likes of Batman.
So when it comes to multimedia adaptations he has a more limited range of places he can expect to appear because he's generally not seen by fans or suits as this 6 degrees of separation character who can seamlessly move between different IPs. Even if the DCU wasn't a mess I wouldn't expect Ben to ever become a legitimate member of the League, nor would I expect him to show up in a property like Global Guardians or Outsiders. At the end of the day, he's seen as a SS character and if he doesn't get love there it's hard to imagine he'd get used anywhere else. That's not a comment on the actual character (everyone in this thread knows he can fit into a bunch of different types of stories), more how he's perceived by the fandom and DC in general.