One of the many questions revolving around the apparently upcoming Justice Whore…. I mean “Justice League” movie (the whole project is just a whore to pimp out potential spin off movies of the minor characters while jobbing down Superman and Batman) has been “Will Christian Bale play Batman in the Justice League”. Well… our friends at IESB asked him… and he said “NO”.
The following is from an interview done at a 3:10 to Yuma junket:
Q: Are you doing Justice League after TDK?
Bale: No
IESB: Have you been approached for Justice League?
Bale: No
IESB: How would you feel about the studio recasting Batman for Justice League?
Bale: It’d be better if it doesn’t tread on the toes of what we’re doing, though I feel that it would be better if it comes out after Batman 3.
Yikes… sounds like aside from not being involved in the project… he doesn’t even like that they’re doing it. And damn it… he’s right. To do a Justice League right now would step on the toes of both the Batman and Superman franchises that already proven blockbusters and the most important characters of the whole DC Universe.
So at this point, what does Warner Bros. do? Do they not have Batman in Justice League? Oh come on… you know they will to leverage the popularity of the character to push the others. So do they re-cast Batman? Having 2 different actors playing the same character at the same time seems pretty lame… but its probably what will end up happening. Damn, this movie is already a mess and they haven’t shot a single thing yet.
