Bale to play Batman in Justice League, Nolan to be involved. Rumour

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Story from Latin Review, via IGN

The studio allegedly wants the film to be set in the same universe as Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, which naturally means a return of Bale's Batman. Not only that, but Justice League would also tie in with Snyder's gritty Man of Steel

Just so long as they don't Lucas the end of The Dark Knight Rises, and have Clark rescue Bruce from The Bat moments before the bomb goes off... although I can't see any other possible explanation for Batman's escape

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This appears to actually be happening. Mark Hughes from Forbes and the guy at Batman on Film seem to have known something about it already. I don't know what to think about this. I will watch it (if it happens) but I wonder if it was better to have rebooted Batman. I understand the choice from a business level though.

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I doubt Bale would return unless he's a complete sell out. I have a feeling Joseph Gordon Levit would play the role if they're going for a Nolanverse Batman, or annother actor would play Bruce as Bale would have nothing to do with it. personaly, I want Levit as Batman, my family agrees with me he'd be good for the role (plus my mum hates Bale for some reason as she thinks he's ugly. She only really likes actors for their looks.) I don't think a reboot of Batman would work in JLA without a Batman film establishing him in the DCA Cininatic Uni first, I'd rathe rthey stick to a franchise people know and love. However, I want to retain the idea that Bruce died. I know alot of people think he survived and we even saw him with Selina at the end (yes, I watched the film and saw that. I was confused at the cinima), but I'm doing what BDD did with Alien 3 &4 and pretending that never happened and Bruce infact died and Alfred was just imagining him there. I just think it ends Bruce's era as Batman so much better. Plus I think Bale wouldn't work so well in a team of powered beings, he seems too much of an outcast. Levit would play it well though.

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Next to none of that makes a lick of sense

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Suggest what you want to see happen.

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I want to see them go ahead and make a good JLA movie.

I couldn't care less if they tie it in to Nolan's Batman films, since the only effect that would likely have would be on casting. They aren't likely to actually continue plot threads from those films into a JLA movie, I would think. Not without it having been planned when the films were made, which it wasn't.

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The casting would largley affect some of the film for me.

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I don’t buy that article for one second.

Sounds fake if you ask me.

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The casting would largley affect some of the film for me.

Well, yeah. Sucky casting would tend to make the movie sucky.

But the result of this rumor being true would likely just be that Bale would play Batman in it, and I don't personally consider that sucky casting, even if there are probably better candidates (I haven't given it a lot of thought).

I can't think of a lot of ways that this rumor being true would make a JL movie worse (or better, without knowing who the alternative to play Batman is), or really have much effect aside from, as I said, casting Bale. Hence, I don't really much care if the rumor is true or not.

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To me, Bales era as Batman is over. It was great when it lasted, but it' over now. We need new blood.

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Im all for that just not JGL

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Or it could somehow take place in between Begins and Tdk, or creatively rewritten to fit in between tdk and tdkr.

That way there is no "how is he alive" bit and they could have a bit at the end of JL with Bats telling all the powered heroes to stay away from gotham. it's his town.

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@ A-Train
I think he'd do the job okay, however I'm not too fussed about him. But he would be my direct choice for a JL movie.

@Robinson
That is a terrible idea. I'm just going to leave it at that.

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Or it could somehow take place in between Begins and Tdk, or creatively rewritten to fit in between tdk and tdkr.

That way there is no "how is he alive" bit and they could have a bit at the end of JL with Bats telling all the powered heroes to stay away from gotham. it's his town.

thats one of the few ways i can see it working

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@ A-Train
I think he'd do the job okay, however I'm not too fussed about him. But he would be my direct choice for a JL movie.

@Robinson
That is a terrible idea. I'm just going to leave it at that.

You couldn't identify a good idea if it blew a load on your face. Do not speak to me in such a tone ever again.