Top 10 Filmmakers Who Can Tackle The Batman Reboot

September 22, 2012 Matt Joseph 6 Comments

Stepping into the shoes of Christopher Nolan is a daunting task, no matter what the job calls for. He’s one of Hollywood’s greatest directors and to follow in his footsteps is a bold move that not many filmmakers would dare attempt.

With Nolan’s final film in his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, now out of theatres, Warner Bros. has turned their attention to rebooting the series. The director has stated many times that under no circumstances will he return, which leaves the studio with the colossal task of finding a new director to sit behind the camera. It’s almost as big a job as finding a new actor to play Batman.

While the studio is keeping super quiet on who they have on their watchlist, we have ten candidates that we think may do a pretty good job.

Join us as we explore ten filmmakers that can tackle Batman in the upcoming reboot.

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http://twitter.com/MinimeJer05 Jeremy Lebens

Rian Johnson, Duncan Jones and Darren Aronofsky sound like great picks, but I’d really like to see Alex Proyas handle Batman, even though I don’t care for much of his films. His dark and broody atmospheres are Tim Burton-ish, without the constant need for heavy makeup and eye shadow.

I think pretty much any of these could tackle Batman just fine with the exception of Refn. Refn is a MASTERCLASS director, but Batman just doesn’t fit his style.
http://twitter.com/MinimeJer05 Jeremy Lebens

I’m also randomly thinking of Sam Mendes, especially after all of this Skyfall promotion.
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I think the best way to re-conceive Batman is to step away from Nolan’s realistic grittiness. I think the Arkham games are a great example of the more fantastical Batman having a near equal amount of deep quality. Though I’m a ridiculous fan of Nolan, especially his DK films, I do would say that there still hasn’t been the definitive Batman film with regards to all his classic trademarks. Especially his more common crime-fighting/detective aspects fell a little short in the grand ideologic scale of Nolan’s “Batman is a symbol “style.

This having said I think the Wachowski’s are the best thing that comes to my mind right now. They have the experience, the prowess, the visual talent, the intellect. I think they’re one of the few with the potential to truly match Nolan’s run in quality. Perhaps Paul Dini as a writer?
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I am not sure whoever wrote this article is thinking. Do you think WB is gonna put their number one ace up the sleeve in hands of someone who wants to try to make darker batman? In fact, WB will let batman as dark as it got w/ these 3 trilogy. Any darker, you are looking at batman paranormal activity. WB should hand this into already proven director. Did I mention batman is only superhero they have got who can consistently bank out big money?
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No James Cameron?
Ridley Scott is a great choice.
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You left one mate, what about Gareth Evans? Director of The Raid:Redemption. This guy can do action like I haven’t seen before! That coupled with an amazing script, would be a mind blowing perfect storm to the franchise, the next level so to speak?