Batman, Joker, Watchmen, Crisis, and more

This episode of the DC Drop looks at The Batman and Joker movie news, Watchmen release date, and more.

Robert Pattinson discusses The Batman in interview with Variety

Pattinson was “furious” when it was reported he was cast as Batman before his audition; thought it ruined his chance
As a kid, he was a big Batman fan and it “was the only outfit” he had
He said the response to his casting was “less vitriolic” than he expected
Wanted to meet with Matt Reeves as soon as he heard he was directing – “I’d had Batman in my mind for a while…It’s such an absurd thing to say. I sort of had an idea to do it, and I’d been prodding Matt. He didn’t accept any prods. I kept asking to meet him.”
Reeves agreed to meet only after he finished the script – “And then I had to kind of try to imagine what he’d written, and I hadn’t even read the script. I’d come with this pad full of notes.”
Said it’s “pretty humiliating” having several people put you in a costume, but the Batsuit is “transformative” once its on
Officially got the role the same day he started filming Christopher Nolan’s next film, so he asked a bunch of questions, including how to move in the suit
Wouldn’t discuss if the plan is for multiple films or anything

More additions to the cast of The Suicide Squad – Deadline

WB has released a teaser for Birds of Prey, but it will only appear in theaters

Early (3 weeks out) domestic opening weekend Box office tracking for Joker – Deadline

Registering strong interest from males of all ages and all in the early 20s demographic
Mentions sources projecting $90 million and $82 million
Variety – $76 to $88 million
Good chance at October record from Venom last year ($80.2 million)

HBO announces debut date for Watchmen on October 20 – (Twitter)

John Wesley Shipp to return for “Crisis on Infinite Earths” – TV Insider

Which role or number of appearances is unknown
Shipp has played Henry Allen, Earth-3 Jay Garrick/Flash, and Earth-90 Barry Allen/Flash

Johnathon Schaech will return as Jonah Hex for “Crisis on Infinite Earths” – Entertainment Weekly

Batman Beyond pilot – “Rebirth” Part 1 and Part 2

January 10, 1999
Directed by Curt Geda, written by Alan Burnett, Pual Dini, Stan Berkowitz
Will Friedle as Terry McGinnis, Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne
Overall thoughts on Batman Beyond
Animation style
Setting (future)
Premier (2 parter)
New suit (high tech, can fly)
Old batman (new suit, vows “never again”, has to take pills)
20 Years Later
Terry McGinnis (high schooler, divorced parents, his dad dies, already fighting Jokerz)
Sherman Howard as Derek Powers (runs Wayne enterprises now, bad guy)
Terry finds batcave, brings back the secret info that got his dad killed and takes the suit
Bruce offers Terry a “job”

Return of the Joker

Released December 2000 (during 3rd and final season), uncut version released in 2002
Directed by Curt Geda, Written by Paul Dini, Glen Murakami, and Bruce Timm
Mark Hamill as Joker
Bruce is taking back control of Wayne Enterprises
Joker is back
Bruce wants Terry to stop being Batman
Joker breaks into Batcave, poisons Bruce
Flashback of Batgirl, Batman, Harley Quinn, Robin, Joker
Terry figures out Tim is helping the Joker
Joker is living in a microchip attached to Tim’s brain
Final fight

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