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Make this into a live action movie

posted 12 years ago by outfielder24
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It would really be something fresh after many years of increasingly over the top yet stale superhero movies. I enjoyed Batman Begins but am not too fond of the two that followed. Batman Beyond would offer something enticing, a chance to present new characters and storylines worked into a futuristic Gotham, as opposed to the silly ticking bomb theme of TDKR. I'd like to see some cool villains like Inque or Blight rather than the mediocre Bane and Catwoman.

Who would you cast as an elderly Bruce Wayne and Terry McGinnis? My choice would be Clint Eastwood as Bruce or maybe Christopher Lee if he can pull a convincing American accent. Not sure about Terry.

[–] Journeyman1 12 years ago

I was just thinking about this today.

Bruce Wayne: Clint Eastwood
Terry McGinnis: Milo Ventimiglia (I know he can't pass for high school age but the movie can be set a few years into his career as the new Batman).
Barbara Gordon: Jessica Lange
Derek Powers/Blight: Nicolas Cage
Maxine Gibson: Kerry Washington
Dana Tan: ?

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[–] TheMagiciansWorkshop 12 years ago

Before The Dark Knight Rises, I would have said Joseph Gordon Levitt would have made a great Terry McGuinness.

[–] Zarathustras_Crown 11 years ago

Levitt's a really solid actor honestly...I got the feeling in that flick it was more the character than him that led to the performance he gave. Not to mention he's a bit old for Terry now, he'd be a good "older Terry" from that episode with Amanda Waller from JLU that closes up the series, a thirty year old Terry as such, but I don't know if I'd buy him as a seventeen year old at this point.

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[–] Darwinskid 12 years ago

A live-action movie could work but I think the problem would be it might just please a small portion of the general public, most people have probably never heard of this show and only know of Batman as being Bruce Wayne and in his 30's-40's fighting crime, not as an old man helping a teenager in the future.

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[–] WhoopsieThree-D 12 years ago

Bruce Wayne - Clint Eastwood (shame Paul Newman isn't with us anymore; I'd have said him.)

Terry McGinnis - Thomas Dekker

Dana Tan - Jamie Chung

Warren McGinnis - Hugh Laurie or Bryan Cranston

Mary McGinnis - Mariska Hargitay or Julianne Moore

Matt McGinnis - Zachary Gordon

Barbara Gordon - Helen Mirren

Sam Young - Delroy Lindo

Maxine Gibson - Jessica Lucas

Chelsea Cunningham - Saoirse Ronan or Brittany Snow

Blade Sommer - Aly Michalka

Nelson Nash - Chris Zylka

Willie Watt - Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Derek Powers/Blight - Jon Hamm

Spellbinder - Michael Pitt or Matthew Gray Gubler

Inque - Moon Bloodgood or Morena Baccarin

Mad Stan - Henry Rollins (who else?)

Directed by Joseph Kosinski

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[–] Darwinskid 12 years ago

I know this is a fan cast and all but come on dude, Chung's 30 years old, too old for Dana. Other than that, solid cast.

Spider-Man 3. The Dark Knight Rises. Really, what's the difference?

[–] blahblahblah12345 12 years ago

It's not like there are many other Asian actresses to choose from lol...

[–] SuperNostalgicBrother 12 years ago

I'd love to see it made into live action!

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[–] Zarathustras_Crown 11 years ago

They're around, they're just more common in...well...Asian countries :P lots of really, really good acresses from South Korea out there, just don't know how fluent they are in English. The character didn't have much in the way of an accent...was she Asian in that show? I actually don't remember it being brought up...

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[–] pnayballer10 11 years ago

Yes Dana was Asian. Her last name was Tan a common Chinese name. Her dad also had Asian features. The actress who voiced her Lauren Tom is Asian.

She didn't have an accent. She was born in Gotham, so she would not have an Asian accent.

There are plenty of Asian actresses in the US and Canada. Problem is there are very few Movies and TV shows that feature Asian characters in the lead role.

[–] Darwinskid 11 years ago

Dana is Asian, or half-Asian. We never saw her Mother on the show( at least I think) but you saw her Father in one episode("Rats" I believe) and he looked oriental.

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'THING's from the East or 'ASIAN' lands are called "Oriental" not people, at least in Contemporary Times.

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[–] WhoopsieThree-D 11 years ago

I know this is a fan cast and all but come on dude, Chung's 30 years old, too old for Dana.

I don't care. Andrew Garfield's playing a high-school student and he's 30 as well. Wouldn't be the first time. People way too old to be bought as high-school students are cast anyway all the time.

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[–] pnayballer10 11 years ago

I don't care. Andrew Garfield's playing a high-school student and he's 30 as well. Wouldn't be the first time. People way too old to be bought as high-school students are cast anyway all the time.

I don't like Jamie Chung as Dana for other reasons. It seems like every time a female asian character is needed she is always the first choice. She's become the official token asian girl in Hollywood. I'm kind of sick of it.

Plenty of Asian actresses to give the role to. And god knows they need it. I say Cassie Steele or Ellen Wong should play Dana.

[–] Darwinskid 11 years ago

Fair point, but I'd prefer a younger actress and a better one than Jamie Chung is, I will admit that I don't think she's as bad as some people make her out to be but she's nothing to really come home and brag about either.

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[–] masterwrathall 12 years ago

Bruce Wayne could be played by Christopher Plummer. Alex Pettyfer can be Terry McGinnis.

[–] WhoopsieThree-D 12 years ago

Actually, I'd buy Pettyfer as Terry. Dye his hair black.

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[–] pnayballer10 12 years ago

Terry Mcginnis-Callan McAuliffe

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2786608/

Bruce Wayne-James Brolin

Blight-Bryan Cranston

[–] SuperNostalgicBrother 12 years ago

Adam West should be Bruce Wayne

Judd Nelson should be Blight

An unknown teen/young adult actor could be Terry McGuiness/Batman

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[–] TheMagiciansWorkshop 11 years ago

Adam West should be Bruce Wayne

His voice isn't gruff enough like Eastwood's to play this old hardened weathered Bruce Wayne.

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[–] TermyUT 11 years ago

Keaton as the elder wayne.

[–] sandroalgra 11 years ago

That's what I thought. I also like the idea of Clint Eastwood though.

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[–] idowhatiwantnyg 9 years ago

For those of you who have been waiting for any sort of live-action series you should check this out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8crwE3T7dhc