DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[theenglish]

Honestly? Not really. If they keep the setting in Gotham I don't see why it can't share the same universe. Of course that all goes away the moment James Gun's Batman movie comes out. Then we will have two Batmans and some audiences will get confused. I know in comic book world that having numerous versions of the same character is the norm, but I'm not sure if movie audiences can be that flexible. Time will tell.

How far into production is Gunn's Batman?

 

[Ovation]

How far into production is Gunn's Batman?

It’s not, AFAIK.

 

[JD]

Yeah, I don't think they've even finished the script, if they've even started it at all. Gunn has referred to Batman being the character he's had the hardest time working on in his new DCU.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Honestly? Not really. If they keep the setting in Gotham I don't see why it can't share the same universe. Of course that all goes away the moment James Gun's Batman movie comes out. Then we will have two Batmans and some audiences will get confused. I know in comic book world that having numerous versions of the same character is the norm, but I'm not sure if movie audiences can be that flexible. Time will tell.

I sometimes think the general movie audiences roll with it easier than the hardcore fans.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I'd be cruel and hoodwink folks with what they think is a Batman cameo and then into focus you see it's Midnighter.

 

[Ovation]

I sometimes think the general movie audiences roll with it easier than the hardcore fans.

Like Star Trek Kelvinverse?

 

[theenglish]

Yeah, I don't think they've even finished the script, if they've even started it at all. Gunn has referred to Batman being the character he's had the hardest time working on in his new DCU.

Then he should really just go with The Batman that exists. Keep the tone and "realistic" elements for the Batman solo films, but go a different way with "Brave and the Bold" or "World's Finest" films.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Honestly? Not really. If they keep the setting in Gotham I don't see why it can't share the same universe. Of course that all goes away the moment James Gun's Batman movie comes out. Then we will have two Batmans and some audiences will get confused. I know in comic book world that having numerous versions of the same character is the norm, but I'm not sure if movie audiences can be that flexible. Time will tell.

I sometimes think the general movie audiences roll with it easier than the hardcore fans.

General audiences have already proven that flexibility. We had multiple versions of Quicksilver simultaneously and no one was confused. They even deliberately tried to confuse that issue by casting Evan Peters as a Quicksilver impersonator in WandaVision and that was a huge hit.

We've also had multiple competing versions of Sherlock Holmes with no problems at all. Ditto for Dracula and Robin Hood and various others. We've had tv versions and movies of characters overlapping (for instance, young Bruce Wayne on Gotham while the DCEU was ongoing or Smallville being still ongoing when SR came out). DC also already did Joker and Joker 2, with their own unique versions of Joker and Harley while other DCEU films continued to release (including TSS which still starred Margot Robbie). Those weren't necessarily all successful, but no serious analysis would claim it was because audiences were confused about there being multiple Harley Quinns or multiple Jokers.

Audiences are perfectly capable of understanding that fictional stories are fictional and don't have to be related to one another if they don't want to be, regardless of sharing the same characters or world. If there would be any confusion at all, it would mostly just be people wondering why one company would choose to make multiple different versions of the same thing as that feels like competing against yourself. But that doesn't make the movies themselves confusing in any way and it won't stop anyone from enjoying the movies if they're good.