JLA, Batman Reboot Could Have Separate Batmen
Rumor has it there could be two different new Bat-stars.
by Jim Vejvoda SEPTEMBER 15, 2012
Remember way back when Warner Bros. shut down the Justice League of America movie -- the version that would have been directed by George Miller and starred Armie Hammer as Batman and D.J. Cotrona as Superman -- because Christopher Nolan didn't want another Batman competing with his Dark Knight trilogy starring Christian Bale?
Well, Batman-on-Film says it has heard, via a longtime source, that the studio "has at least considered the possibility" of multiple Batmen, Supermen and Wonder Women onscreen.
The studio's already having LEGO Batman (voiced by Will Arnett) swing onto the screen in their new LEGO Movie, but this would be one actor playing Batman in the JLA movie and a different actor altogether playing the Dark Knight in a presumably tonally different Batman solo series/reboot. This would also presumably extend to Henry Cavill's Superman from Man of Steel as well.
Again, this is a rumor. Warners might nix it. Maybe it was just something some exec threw out there at a meeting that got mentioned elsewhere, etc. Or maybe it's their new road map, a way for the studio to have their cake and eat it, too. We shall see.
Sound off in the Comments below if you think the idea of multiple Batmen onscreen would confuse you as a filmgoer or be the coolest thing since the Joker killed a guy with a "magic trick."
JLA, Batman Reboot Could Have Separate Batmen - IGN
The whole reason to re-boot the Batmen movies so soon, is so you can use that Batman in the JLA movie.