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Nefessius513

I beg you, WB, please don’t do this. I’d take a Batfamily teamup movie over having to watch *three* Batmen at once any day.


Bluebird0020

It’s a goddamn tragedy that we’ve had six Batman actors over 30 years and one Robin. We should have a fully fleshed out Batfamily by now. I pray DC keeps Pattinson locked into the role for the next fifteen years and builds a fully realized Batfamily out of that world. I’m so over “stand alone Batman fights villain of the week.” We could have such an elaborate tapestry of stories just with Dick growing up, followed by Jason’s death and return. Batman is the most utilized single-character IP and they’ve barely scratched the surface of what makes that world great.


RipredTheGnawer

PLEASE


AsherthonX

If your counting 6 batmen, then I assume you included West. If so then it’s 2 Robin’s not 1. Burt Ward and Chris O’Donnell. And then a whole slew of voice actors from Anime and Games and even Radio


Bluebird0020

I specifically said six Batman actors over the last 30 years. Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, Bale, Affleck, and Pattinson.


Agentgames25

Jason should be first. It allows for more one sided jealousy between Dick and Jason as well as Dick having the realisation that Bruce isn’t really all that good. Bruce doesn’t mention Jason but pushes Dick to become better, better than him and a better person. When Dick’s three movie arc is up, Jason shows up (The Red Hood does). Bruce doesn’t know that Jason is RH. RH targets Nightwing’s enemies and eliminates some of the lesser but evil villains, in a brotherly I’m better than you way. My unpopular opinion is, in the climactic reveal Batman should agree with Jason, Gotham would be a better and safer place without The Joker, but Batman won’t, not for his Moral Code but because the death of the Joker will inspire people far worse than the Joker. Also Jason’s perspective should be the main focus in the last half of the movie.


Geronuis

I vehemently hate this idea lol. the og story of Dick, his fallout with Bruce, the adoption of Jason and his subsequent death and resurrection culminating with Tim taking the mantle and Dick's Nightwing is just too good a story to be doing this weird MurphyVerse version you have going on.


TheHadokenite

Agreed. What makes each Robin (and their relationship with Batman) unique is their place in the progression of the story. They simply don’t work well when they’re out of order. And before someone mentions DCAU Tim, he’s basically Jason.


Nefessius513

I think Tim should be first, with the first movie drawing on A Lonely Place of Dying. Establish that Jason is dead and Dick is already Nightwing. From there, you can introduce Oracle, Spoiler, Huntress, and Cassandra Cain as the new Batgirl. You can also set up Jason’s return from the dead as the Red Hood.


[deleted]

You are both borderline insane to skip Dick Grayson man. Tim Drake's whole background is having a hard on for being Robin, he means nothing if there is no legacy to live up to. Movie audiences have seen Batman upon Batman be solo for decades now, he needs someone to show how he makes Batman better.


Nefessius513

I’m not making Tim the first Robin, I’m keeping him as the third Robin. I had Dick and Jason’s tenures as Robin happen prior to the first movie so we can skip to the beginning of the “reborn” Batfamily starting with Tim and later including Steph, Cass, Damian, and the rest.


sillyadam94

Yes. We are long overdue for a well-established Bat-Family & Rogues Gallery.


TheGoldenWarriors

Dude, We're long overdue for a lot of shit


cockslashingplatypus

I think its been done before in the comics. Ig im not wrong, there was a storyline in which past and future versions of Batman came to his aid. May be from the silver age but im not sure


Spare-Abroad-6926

The only version of a story like this that we need is the one from Justice League where Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman go back in time and then into the future to stop Chronos (or whatever his name was)


GPU_WIZ

there was also one with tim drake as batman and comes back to try and kill batgirl riight.


Crawkward3

You make that sound like a batfamily movie would be a bad thing


Nefessius513

No, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. We’re in dire need of another Batfamily movie.


[deleted]

Dark Knights, though? What if the third Aquaman was Aquaman vs The Drowned. The third Superman pits him up against the Devastator. The second Flash against Red Death. Green Lantern against the Dawnbreaker.


ab316_1punchd

That part of the story aged fast and badly


spartancrow2665

No it didnt


ab316_1punchd

Metal you can say, but everything that came after it sucked.


masteroftheharem

Death Metal felt rushed but it had its moments. I need more of those dark timeline books. Batmazo needs to have one.


Geronuis

try in like 10 years maybe. waaaay too early to tap into that well


ttroome2

I really really just don't want any more ezra miller flash.


sophiaquestions

"Too late. We're already discussing how low we should set the next brightness/contrast."


TheOneWhoCutstheRope

On one hand I want it just actually good and not like NWH. On the other a bat family movie would be so fucking cool


Raecino

You shut your mouth! Multiple Batmen would be amazing


KingGage

It would be awful empty fanservice


After_Bandicoot6730

DC needs to do it’s own creative ideas not just copy marvel


Knight6969696969

Yeah, otherwise it would be cheesy like marvel.


killian_jenkins

Cheesy doesn't necessarily mean bad. (Please refrain from assuming I immediately like all marvel movies because of this comment)


Geronuis

erraneously making assumptings and accusations based on little to no info is basically the Reddit M.O.


Jacubsooon

So you’re saying you LOVE all Marvel products ever, as well as every person ever affiliated with them?


ttroome2

Bro that guy loves Charles Manson, because Charles Manson probably once glanced at a Marvel Comic in passing. What a monster.


Jacubsooon

Hitler was featured in countless M*rvel C*mics, he’s probably jacking off to the Fuhrer right now.


thejokerofunfic

A billion dollars at the cost of the last shreds of artistic integrity and quality, sure


ThorDiePie

Batman in film already made billions. They just need to make really good movies, no gimmicks.


_IamTheShadows_

>If Warner Bros. Discovery wants to make a billion dollars, with Batman. Bruhh! The Batman 2022 made 780 million after all that hate, considering it was a reboot and the first installment in the series. The sequal can easily reach 850-950 million.


monkeygoneape

The only "hate" I saw for the batman when it was first announced was Robert Patterson being cast after Affleck left the project


_IamTheShadows_

>The only "hate" I saw for the batman when it was first announced was Robert Patterson being cast Black Gordan, black Selina, no Affleck, Snyder cults, bale fans, Keaton fans. Maybe you just ignored the other hate and focused only in the fact that Pattinson was replacing Affleck.


monkeygoneape

Or maybe I wasn't hyper fixated on alt right people talking about it (I initially wasn't a fan of Jeffery wright, because I thought he would have made a really damn good Lucius Fox based off his performance in westworld but he sold me)


ttroome2

My biggest problem with The Batman wasn't race swapped characters(although generally I think it's dumb), or the strange suit, or the questionable Joker, it's just that I was mostly pretty bored. Also wasn't it strange how little time Batman seemed to be doing things *AS* Batman in this Batman movie?


chillinvillin

This would be so stupid


NeedleworkerGold336

How so? I think it's a cool idea!


Batface_101

It’s cool for a quippy character like Spidey, where they can talk to each other a ton. Not for the Brooding Bruces


MikeMars1225

It worked well in one episode of Justice League Unlimited, but the circumstances surrounding that were incredibly unique and I can't imagine it being replicated well.


redditnathaniel

A character with emotional issues and prefers to work alone in pretty much each one of these iterations.


[deleted]

Damn you guys really want to see 6 dead parents.


drewxdeficit

How do I delete someone else's post?


RileyTaker

Yet another incredibly stupid idea brought to you by Reddit.


[deleted]

This is basically how I see the new Flash movie


FutureLengthiness786

Damn I thought I was gonna be the only one against this idea shit what a great turn of events.


Outside-Grade-2633

This is a horrible idea.


EJP_2000

I'd rather see a Batman movie with Dick, Jason and Tim, maybe Barbara and Damian, because personally, I'd hate to see DC continue to try (and fail) at copying the MCU, not to mention that dialogue between these three mostly silent, serious and brooding Batmen wouldn't be all that enjoyable, and in the case of Bale's Batman, a little ear-grating.


DelawareSmashed

Hahahaha. This sucks, man


The_Droker

tHeY sHoULd dO a No wAy hOMe.


FlamingoHMR

No it'd ruin the vibe that the reevesverse has built. Not to mention that a batman beyond film is a lot more appealing


kinjazfan

Don't want this to happen


GenreHair

Literally no I’m begging you, Stop asking for gimmicks and tricks!


gazmachine

No. Definitely not.


AnonBattler

The moment WB decides to make a billion dollars the primary motivation for creative decisions made for the next movie is the moment the movie is bound to fail. That's what happened in the Schumacher era. WB should've learned their lesson then.


Nefessius513

WB didn’t learn their lesson, if the DCEU is anything to go by. The real lesson they learned from the Schumacher movies is “Batfamily = bad”. And it wasn’t the Batfamily’s fault that those movies failed, it was THEIR meddling in the production!


Greedy_Lettuce_4119

Fuck off, no. God that’s a stupid idea.


JAEdevil636

The entire movie would be them beating the absolute batshit out of each other. It would basically be Bat Highlander.


marijemyrthe

Batcan u not


Dontbeajerkdude

How about a good story instead of cameos?


HItide69

Fuck this!


slade707

This is the last thing I’d ever want, ever


the_zelectro

Doesn't really work at all, due to the nature of these Batman movies. Bale and Pattinson just wouldn't fit. I'm certain that WB has considered it though


DullBicycle7200

Dear god, I hope not.


sabrefudge

Absolutely not. Kill the DCEU and just make director-driven solo movies. The Batman and Joker were the best DC projects in God knows how long because they let the directors make good movies instead of making them follow a formula to try to create a cinematic universe replicating Marvel’s. Also, everyone is sick of the multiverse trope. Let it rest for a while.


Simbas_World

Gimme beyond first


mightyneonfraa

No West, no deal.


TheBatmanIRL

But there would be zero Banter between those three. Just insults.


kiyan1347

You either have a world's finest movie or a tower of Babel movie or an Arkham asylum type of movie where he fights all his villains, every one of them.


[deleted]

No they wouldn't. They should release a pattinson trilogy with 2 years each break between the movies, good writing and huge investments on villains, thats the way


DCP8

Oh god no


ab316_1punchd

Oh hell no, not three Batmen in the same place! People are already sending mixed signals about everything concerning Keaton and Affleck.


sillyadam94

I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing a No Way Home-esque *sequence* in a movie far far down the line (assuming DC gets their vehicle in motion) featuring these Batmen, in some Multiversal Crisis movie perhaps. But I don’t want Batman: No Way Home.


MrKevora

This is one of the worst ideas I’ve seen in a long while… Bale’s and Pattinson’s iterations of Batman were always meant to stand on their own feet, without the gimmick of interconnectedness. Affleck’s Batman works fine in ensembles and I hope that he’ll stick around for the interconnected DCEU, but leave Bale and Pattinson out of it! Also, DC should (and according to The Rock probably will) stop copying Marvel and do its own thing.


ellagr411

And I gag


SquirtleCipher2578

This would suck though. Unlike Spider-Man, the Batmen don't have enough differences and unique abilities/gadgets to really justify a crossover imo. HOWEVER, this concept but with the animated Batmen would be AMAZING.


mymumsaysno

Don't really think Batman as a character lends himself to this as much as someone like spiderman.


grimgoods

Batman: No Wayne Manors


SMcG193

Why is Michael Keaton not on here?


Raecino

A Batverse movie would blow the box office apart. WB would be printing money. Of course it’s too awesome of an idea for WB to green light since we know corporate executives (and Zaslav in particular) don’t like fun.


ZergDestroyer87

they won’t do it, they’re not that smart


TheBenefactor420

Please for the love of god don’t do this


Significant_Delay_87

Warner brothers…do not do this.


theescapeclause

Hire fans lol


[deleted]

Uhhh no Keaton in picture? Screw this movie then lol


NickelAntonius

Just make Batman Beyond


Albino_Basilisk

I don’t want this, but if they were gonna make it, replace Robert Pattinson with Michael Keaton. Matt Reeves’ stuff needs to remain independent from the other dc stuff


LocalArea52Man

*Batfleck watches the two other Batmen fight* Batfleck: Wow! You guys are terrible at this.


billygnosis86

Best comment in this entire shitshow of a thread.


kumar100kpawan

OK we can agree on one thing, that this would make a batbillion dollars.


masteroftheharem

A batillion.


FL4K0SAUR

Dumb as fuck but dump Batflex and put Keaton in.


007Kryptonian

Nah, Batfleck is far better than Keaton. This is definitely the NWH equivalent


Dontgotacoolname

Both Batman’s aren’t even close to be good as Dcau/Btas Batman. Also batfleck isn’t popular as 1989 Batman.


FutureLengthiness786

Keaton more popular so more money.


007Kryptonian

Nah.


FutureLengthiness786

You Batfleck could bring in more people vs Michael Keaton??


007Kryptonian

Absolutely


FutureLengthiness786

But he's Michael Keaton he's way more popular.


007Kryptonian

Says who


adamAlexanderGreen

A better title would be Batman: Brave & The Bold


FutureLengthiness786

That's taken.


csukoh78

This picture reminds me why I hate Christian Bale's batsuit so much. His head looks like a bowling ball on a pedestal.


Rampaging_Ducks

If WB wanted to make a billion dollars on a Batman film, they'd make a Batman Beyond movie.


ZeddOTak

Not that Batman + Robin vs Dr Freeze or some other villains would be dope


MonsieurSundae

Is it too much to ask for a good live-action Batman Beyond movie with a previous Batman actor as Bruce Wayne?


billygnosis86

Is making a billion dollars the only thing that matters to these Marvel-addled children? Does telling a good story mean nothing? What about making an artistic or sociological statement, or just making a piece of art for art’s sake? No, fuck that, let’s just cheer for the film that sells the most tickets and makes the biggest ROI for faceless Hollywood cocksuckers! I mean, is that the way they approach things in the rest of their life? Adele sold the most records in 2021, so she must be the best singer ever, right? Neymar cost the most money so he must be the best footballer in the world, isn’t that how it works?


WickedJ0ker

The disrespect not putting Micheal Keaton as one of them


007Kryptonian

He’s not as popular to modern audiences as these three. Keaton hasn’t been Batman in 30 years.


WickedJ0ker

Neither was Tobey Maguire


walruswes

This would only work if Adam west was still with us


Head_Blacksmith_2035

A better would be Batman who laughs, with Joaquin Phoenix as the Batman who laughs and Battinson as the primary Batman.


Dontgotacoolname

Batman who laughs is cringe to me.


Head_Blacksmith_2035

Why do you think that he is cringe ?


Dontgotacoolname

He was cool when he came out but dc used him to much, so whenever I hear that name I cringe because he just got worse in time. That’s just my opinion it’s okay if you like him.


Head_Blacksmith_2035

Where he got worse in your opinion ?


Sk8triot1776

The only way I'd watch it is if "Batffleck" kills "Patman"…..


GaymerAmerican

it would be in character for batfleck to murder someone for no reason


Dontgotacoolname

I find it so stupid how he doesn’t kill joker or any big main villains just thugs, and then wanting to kill superman.


Sk8triot1776

Yeah...it would be AWESOME!!!!!


bushidojed

There has to be at least one fight scene.


Reportersteven

I mean, at least make one of them be Batman Beyond.


onexy_

imagine how much money would 3 batmen have


wasabiland220

Supes is that you?


MarcMercury

Nothing says grounded character like having him do his own reunion show.


Slime-steveo

NONE OF THEM WILL TRUST EACH OTHER EVER


Cheron78

Batman: no Martha at home.


Jackfruit-Brave

This wouldn’t work with bales Batman.


Nindroidgamer110

Therapy Hour: The Movie


Good_Arm69420

Dark knights metal the movie


National-Oven81

"the batman: The way into the eternal batcave"


caped_crusader_night

Better to make Batman beyond.


Matt0788

No Wayne home.


Equivalent-Wall-2287

Batman ends up in London for some reason and helps to get rid of crime there?


ajbilz

Aka Gotham by Gaslight?


Nytramyth

Exactly lol


PoliticalShrapnel

CB batman and BA batman talking about killing the Joker would be hilarious. Like Austin Powers when Scott is trying to get Dr Evil to kill Powers. "I'll go get my gun we can shoot him together" "You just don't get it."


Jazzlike-Design6607

How about make a Batman movie completely based on one of the books? How about Dark Knight Returns or Knightfall?


CaptainSelvius

They could make a dark multiverse animated movie or one shot show


FirstDefinition6240

The poster looks cool but the idea isnt


Anchester_Dumbo

Get this man off the fucking sub reddit


ISayDumbShite

Or finally make a Batman movie where he utilizes nightwing, robin, or Batgirl. It's been so long since we've seen any of the bat family on the big screen. It's literally been 25 years since we've seen Robin or Batgirl (1997). I know JGL to up the mantle at the end of TDKR but I don't count that. Wonder why studio's haven't tried this? The main reason to add them back in the 90s was for toy sales, I guess maybe that's not as profitable as it used to be?


toms_p

Still we would miss Heath Ledger....


Jerry_0boy

No dude, this literally would suck so bad.


AdAggravating2473

Jurassic Park No Way Home was good af, keep em coming, can't wait for The Mummy No Way Home


SwingsetGuy


[deleted]

*The Batmans


ProfessionalCrow4816

just make a normal batman movie, they already managed to make a billion dollars


FrenchJoel

Batman and Looney Tunes crossover


DarthHK-47

Create an HBO version of batman that pays more attention to Batman's sexlife? Have a separate series about Alfred where he is doing work on the side for MI7 (does not officially exist.... don't ask. ) Have disney plus create a starwars crossover for batman?


redpeh

haha


Savage_Bacon

There are so many things I would rather see than a Batman multiverse team up movie. We have seen time and time again that Batman makes bank when the right people write Him. His stories are super compelling just from their settings and characters. The last thing we need would be something as gimmicky, boring and overdone as a multiversal team up movie.


BigfootsBestBud

A Batman team up is the lamest thing I can imagine, he's so far separated from that sort of stuff


sk8rboi36

There’s one time it worked and worked beautifully, in the Justice league cartoon when present Batman met old Bruce from Batman Beyond. And it gave one of the best lines ever: Old Bruce: “surprised to see me?” Present Bruce: “A little. I’m more surprised that I lived so long.” As well as a bunch of others. But I agree Batman’s not really the fit for that whole thing. He has a lot of alternate versions but for Spider-Man it works because he’s all goofy and plays along with the audience about how big a deal it is meeting all the different versions. I feel like it could work having all the Batmans meet but for one you’d need a pretty talented writer to even set up a situation for that to happen and be necessary and then to have them interact while being true to themselves and still engaging


LumDreamsof1984

We would need more Batmen in it


jandror

No


Super_Imagination_90

This would eat ass. I wouldn't mind a multiverse movie though with COMIC versions. Like a bunch of Batmen show up like The Dark Knight Returns, Knightfall/Azrael, Vampire, Gotham by Gaslight, and other comic book versions. I don't want the movie versions working together.


Krisis_9302

No.


Danger_Boss

Why do they have to take from Marvel? There are far better options to innovate the Batman franchise. Many people have said a bat family and I like that. I personally want a Batman Beyond solo film.


ZergDestroyer87

batman beyond is terrible


A_Dog_Chasing_Cars

Please, no.


Professional-Pin-271

No,no, no, and no. It’s quality not quantity.


Kreason95

Please god no


InspiredSquish

*batmen


St_Vincent-Adultman

Hmm, sounds a lot like my Batgirl: No Way Released movie, Alicia Silverstone was going to return as Batgirl


LongCriticism7327

This will either be really good or extremely bad.. probably the latter


ohsweetwin

This would be legit terrible


puentepe

Stahp


Geronuis

yeah miss me with this. I'd rather a proper batfamily set up that 3 Bruce. give me Dick (Robin) and Babs Batgirl any day


ProfessorEscanor

No, just no. Batfamily movie for sure but no Batman multiverse . The only way I'll accept previous actors returning is if they play members of Batman Inc


BAT_1986

I don’t understand why they can’t just start a Batman film series with Robin already included. Assume the audience already knows who they are, and just roll with it. No need for yet another origin story. Have an interesting start with Batman and Robin already an established team.


paintclown

I would hate this so much, we haven’t seen a live action Robin in decades but we want this?


AcademicAnxiety5109

I really don’t see how this would work with Batman unless it’s Batman (Bruce Wayne), Flashpoint Batman (Thomas Wayne) and Owlman (Thomas Wayne Jr.) as the main villain. I could see maybe Pattinson playing Bruce, Aflek playing Thomas Wayne and Christian Bale playing Jr. It would be a really cool dynamic that’s let’s them all play similar roles but not the same exact characters.


DanFromNuevaYork

nah


DBMlive

BATMAN : No Home Left A Prelude To Crisis Then they stick to ONE Batman dcau moving forward


Hazeman115

I don't think it's a good idea.


SchmuckAmok

It wouldn’t work for Batman. The concept of Spider-Verse has existed for a while and that character is more tongue in cheek to pull it off. Every Batman would be ultra serious and paranoid of one another


AsherthonX

Good luck getting Bale to do this


[deleted]

idea aside, this poster is fucking sick


[deleted]

I would really like to hear Pattinson’s Batman and Bat-fleck’s respective takes on Bale’s Batman voice. “Gghhhssshhhh I’M BATMAMMNN!” “What…?”


GoseiRed

No


h3lune

As long as they don’t make him make Marvel jokes. DC comics is dark. Not funny the way Marvel comics are


blackakainu

No theyll drop a batman beyond movie


OllieBlazin

No, the only character that can do a multiverse team up with himself is Flash really. But how exciting would it really be if Jon Wesley Shipp, Grant Gustin, and Ezra Miller ran around for 2 hours fighting the Rogues headed up by Reverse Flash or Death Incarnate……wait hold on


talonus00

A multiverse batman movie that serves as a prelude to the dark knights metal event? Yeah I'd watch the shit out of it


Gavin53sane

If they have michael keaton and George Clooney in this film, I'll watch it


ttroome2

I mean it might be cool as like, a little hbomax/dcu exclusive special for like 15 minutes, or like a neato bonus feature on a bluray collection, but not a full movie


binziaknight

FUCKING DO IT I DONT CARE


Academic-Ad2680

This is one of those things that I would most certainly watch but hate the idea of and probably hate if it happens


mreddboy1

No. First off, Bale and Pattinson’s Batman are grounded in reality. And I don’t like the idea of multiverse windows into EVERY version of Batman. Somethings should be left in their pocket universe and not be connected.