DC/WB Films/Worlds (No Spoilers)

[stargazer01]

The thing that worries me about the Joker movie success is that it could give WB the wrong idea that we only need bleak and violent DC movies like it...

Because Aquaman and Wonder Woman's success means nothing now.

I just hope they learn the write lesson that each character is different and needs a unique tone. Variety is good.

[Amadeus Arkham]

The biggest takeaway from Joker’s success is that variety is key, and you are allowed to branch out from the more family friendly PG-13 superhero fair into telling more hardcore, darker stories about the human condition. DC in the comics had a history of telling those type of alternate elseworlds stories that are a lot more edgy in content than the normal teen content. The Joker graphic novel written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Barmjelo is a good example of that.

Much like how DC comics can release a traditional hopeful Superman comic within the same year they release a gritty elseworlds tale about the Question. DC-On-Film can release a family friendly Big-inspired Shazam movie in the same year they release a adult Taxi-Driver inspired Joker film. Variety is essential.

[Castling]

The thing that worries me about the Joker movie success is that it could give WB the wrong idea that we only need bleak and violent DC movies like it...

Because Aquaman and Wonder Woman's success means nothing now.

I just hope they learn the write lesson that each character is different and needs a unique tone. Variety is good.

Eh, I think WB/DC has learned that what works for Batman and his world doesn't work for heroes like Wonder Woman and Aquaman. It seems it was Superman that taught them that lesson. When Superman and Batman are in a movie together, only one of them should be brooding, and it shouldn't be Superman.

[Vordan]

It will be interesting to see if more Elseworld movies get announced soon.

[Hilden B. Lade]

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/j...es-1203373471/

Jonah Hill has walked away from playing a villain in The Batman.

[Clark_Kent]

I wonder how many different times THE BATMAN has been revised. I'd like to think it's going to be the detective-noir thriller that Matt Reeves seemed to promise (but did he actually promise or was I just assuming that); however, this has been in pre-production for so long there's probably notes on top of notes for what WB wants the movie to be.

If there weren't any name actors, I'd be happier, because that would mean they're just going to plug actors into roles that they can best excecute for the needs of the plot. Now it seems like a Batman trading cards movie, not much different from other Batman movies.

If Kravitz voiced Catwoman in THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, does this mean Rosario Dawson will play Barbara Gordon in any live action movies?

No. One has nothing to do with the other, otherwise Will Arnett would be Batman lol

[Johnny]

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/j...es-1203373471/

Jonah Hill has walked away from playing a villain in The Batman.

"Why exactly Hill is passing is currently unknown"

[Frontier]

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/j...es-1203373471/

Jonah Hill has walked away from playing a villain in The Batman.

Not too bothered about this to be honest.

[Robotman]

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/j...es-1203373471/

Jonah Hill has walked away from playing a villain in The Batman.

Thank Grodd!

[Colossus1980]

The thing that worries me about the Joker movie success is that it could give WB the wrong idea that we only need bleak and violent DC movies like it...

More worried about all the 'tortured' villain origin movies that will be coming out since they cost way cheaper than superhero movies without any big battle scenes. Joker is making massive profit on such a small budget. It's the era of the villain movies.

[Holt]

Depends on if the success of Joker is something they can replicate. A lot of things went exactly right here: huge A-list character with a massive global fanbase and who (unlike some earlier DCEU movies) was tailor made for this sort of gritty tone, a powerhouse performance from one of our best living actors, right moment in history due to the whole ongoing cultural conversation around incels and mass shooters, doing something different than usual for comic book movies, and a controversy that brought in a bunch of extra attention.

[Johnny]

The media tried to destroy the movie and only made it that much bigger. This will never not make me laugh.

[The Darknight Detective]

The media tried to destroy the movie and only made it that much bigger. This will never not make me laugh.

It is amusing, isn't it? The funniest thing about the whole campaign was it was doomed from the start.

[Blind Wedjat]

It's important to remember that the first people to talk about the Joker controversy were those who had actually seen the film in Venice and Toronto, not the opportunistic media that kept parroting it or people on Twitter or whatever. I don't think those people had any sort of goal or agenda except reviewing the film, but it later spiralled into that.

As for recreating Joker's success, use Doctor Psycho.

[Jim Kelly]

JOKER movie: “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”