Warner Bros Wants Seven Batman Movies
 

While the sequel to The Dark Knight is just in the beginning stages of development, Warner Bros is already looking much further down the line. During today ?s Time Warner earnings call, CEO Jeff Bewkes compared the Batman series to the Harry Potter film franchise, saying that they hope to release a long line of sequels.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/04/...batman-movies/

That many ??? Milking the franchise big time.... after the 3rd they will suck.. you heard it here first...

I approve of this.

(as long as Bale is the batman)

although I would want to see more of the X-Men series

If Heath Ledger was still around to make even cameo appearances, I'd be all for it. But without him to at least sneak in from time to time, I'm not sure it has the longevity.

Perhaps they can work in Superman into one or more?

damn the batman movie are not THAT good. without Heath Ledger the last one would have been just average.

Of course you would, you homo.

They're almost done with Wolverine. I assume there are more sequels coming out soon.

Well at 3 year between pics when part 7 comes out Bale will be 49. Mogan Freeman and Michael Caine will probably be dead.

His being a bareback mountain kinda guy not withstanding.... he played the perfect Joker.

Yeah, looking forward for Wolverine.

But would rather they did X-MEN 4. The last film ending definitely hinted at sequel.

If I am Legend was right, there will be a crossover. :upsidedow

Yes, but will the franchise suck so bad by then that Will Smith will be the only one to go see it?

exactly what i was thinking

That's bad news.

Why does so many have such a hard on for Heath Ledger, the movie franchise is very far from dependant on the joker and as much as most think he did such a ZOMG type performance, he just played the role as it should have by most competent actors would in filling the role of such a villain. Seems the only reason people are really that amazed with it is that this series more follows the tones of the comics and graphic novels and is not based on the cheese gimmicks of the first attempts at the film which was way more akin to the depth of the television show and far from loyal to the books. Batman has rarely really been about the villains as much as his own personal issues.

Perhaps but let's face it, the Joker always was Batman's biggest enemy and he played it perfectly. That's not going to be easy to top.
Even a Bane back breaker would have to be done very very well to out perform the Joker performance. And let's say it does, then what? That won't really cover the span of 6 more sequels.

they need better plots

I didnt even like the dark knight all that much.

Don't they realize they ruined it before after two. Batman and Batman Returns were great - then they went Batman Forever and tried to turn Batman into a comedy or something.

There are several villains that could come into play and keep a good story going. Not that people will have to out perform the joker, they just need to portray a villain in their own way that still makes someone say oh wow.
I would personally love it if we could get the final movie in a quasi adaptation of when it becomes time for batman and superman to go at it. Of course they would need to drive the bat more insane which still has to be done. He is nowhere near wrecked in the head enough.
Trying to think of the one villain who was in a mini series, wore a hood. Also had no real powers either. Most of the story took place in Wayne's mind with him commenting on himself and this adversary. How the villain may be better at it than he is. Shit what was that. Oh well.

Anyways there are tons of stories and plot lines they can or could pull from as long as they leave the idiot villains alone and forgotten (almost all of the ones they touched in previous movies, aside from maybe 1 or so).

Those were all giant farces.

no, the irony of this crap is, THEY ARE ALREADY MILKING IT with this Dark Knight crap.

milking it? lolz thats called getting heath ledger to play a 50 year old comic charachter that at one time the Joker was a great char, the comics were good and then came the mainstream Batman.

the joker was altered and changed to mainstream could accept him, Batman was repackaged and sold over 45+ years ago, dont make it out like this is new, his death game tricks all changed and never seen again. he has been disneyed...

the joker was great when he did he death card stuff in the comics, then he was reworked to be a clown and people who read the comics back then know this, but those of you who just watch the movies think Batman is some new shit. Joker was sold out when Nicholson made him look like a fucking jokeing clown,... joker sold out decaded before that

they reworked Batman and the joker before most of you were born and then resold it. theyve been milking this since you were born

lolz

that's crazy

heres the REAL JOKEr

http://anyeventuality.files.wordpres...nwholaughs.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Veidt

from this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man...ghs_(1928_film)

most have no concept of the joker char and how he has been changed since he came out. The original Joker is aand was a GREEAT CHAR, but that shit you guys are calling the joker is a clown. The Joker was not supposed to be a clown, he is a man tormented by a smile he does not want, in fact, forced to smile... its a story of pain and torture, but hey, everybody thinks Nicholson did good, "except the people who know he made the Joker into a baffoon and a clown" but thats the way the char has been going since they changed him...

They are going to have a hard time keeping Bale and Nolan on board... :2 cents:

I hated Nicholson's Joker... but people praised him, said his performance could not be improved upon.

He was a good actor, but a terrible Joker. It's not his fault though, it's what the movie makers wanted. They did his make up, wrote the words, put him in those clothes.

The Joker didn't use knock out gas... he used poison gas. He didn't leave cards that could be analyzed, he left cards that blew up! He didn't trap people to kill them in some contraption.... he shot them between the eyes.

He's a serial killer... and what they did to his character for tv and the movies and the even the comics for a while was terrible.

But I guess it all came at a time when people didn't want their kids reading about that. It was too..... "dark".

this is why this stuff is funny

hmmm, well... the first Batman movie was 1943

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035665/

then 1949 came the Batman TV Series

the second Batman movies was

Batman The Movie 1966

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1966_film)

and then the one that hooked modern day "Batman movie lovers"

Tim Burtons famous 1989 Batman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)

then

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Returns 1992

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Forever 1995

then

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_%26_Robin_(film) 1997

followed by 4 more "attempts to milk batman"

The Dark Knight (2008) (movie)
Batman Begins (2005) (movie)
Catwoman (2004) (movie)
Return to the Batcave (2003) (TV movie)

yeah man, they are JUST STARTING to milk Batman lolz

Dark Knight is actually like the 12th Batman movie, dont freak they gonna make 7 more.

LOL

see what i mean?

exactly, the Joker was such a good charachter, but he was reworked so make him look like a common prankster and not a real thread LONG ago, and these "Batman" movies have sucked since the first, although I thought Michael Keaton did a better Batman than I wouldve thought.

The Joker has been made into a clown and Nicholson probably never read a real Joker comic bubble in his life, nor heath Ledger for that matter. These are Hollywood actors being told what to do, they have no concept or idea about tha actual charachter so you cant blame them, but its always the same with comic book turned movie themes, they always change the charachters.

WOLVERINE DIDNT WEAR BLACK EITHER! he wore yellow, but we all know, they were not going to do that for a movie...

http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/...img/op3108.jpg

I remember reading Wolverine like it was yesterday, then come the TV movie versions and the couch potatos then become comic fans.

it amazes me.

people never heard of Xmen or Wolverine now everyone thinks they are an authority on Xmen abilities LOL

the movies are full of shit folks, the comics are the bible when it comes to their charachters powers and personality.

That movie was really good

PHILIP SEYMORE HOFFMAN =PENGUIN
JOHNNY DEPP= RIDDLER
'nuff said

hey man, my mom is cleaning out her house and making me and my brothers come get all our shit we left there before we all went to college lol

I had to come get some boxes of comics and was thumbing through them and thought of you

sry for the crappy pic :thumbsup

http://www.15dollargalleries.com/images/razor.jpg

my favorite is the Linsner cover, I have a lot of his stuff including the old goodies and Angry Christ and Dawn stuff... awesome he did a Razor cover.

eh, i flipped it over and the bag has a picture of this model as Razor lol, i am still finding comics I forgot I had or ever existed around here lately... fun stuff going through 6-8 old comic boxes you havent seen in 15 or so years...

http://www.15dollargalleries.com/images/razor2.jpg

They were comparing the Batman franchise to Harry Potter. Those were filmed back to back and came out once a year. They realized you couldnt have a 30 year old Potter. My guess is once the 3rd one is wrapped they will bump up the schedule to be similar.

They can also do a James Bond franchise type move and half way through select a new Batman/Bruce Wayne. Bale is great but the franchise can go on with a new Batman if the creative people are still attached.

Awesome, but at the same time they're trying to milk it for all it got

I wonder if Christian Bale will become boring

lol at the people who think Bale will be in all of these. Obviously they will have to go with someone new eventually just like the Bond franchise. It's crazy to me how many people type and press post without even thinking about what they are saying for even one second.

No, we've considered it, but we all recognize it as a given that it would be franchise suicide. George Clooney, Val Kilmer... the end.

they don't have to hurry, i have only seen one film yet

what i meant by milking is the new franchise on which chris nolan has started directing not in batman history..

and when i said after the 3rd they will suck when a new director will pick it up and do a shitty job like batman forever and val kilmer/george clooney actors think they can pull of a batman..