About a year and a half ago, I did an iteration of Hero Worship called Why the Justice League Movie is a Terrible Idea, a column I stand by. This past week, there were Hollywood rumblings about Joseph Gordon-Levitt taking part in the film in the role of Batman, almost certainly continuing the role of John Blake and picking up from the end of The Dark Knight Rises. Even more than trying to scrape together a team movie out of thin air, this would castrate any chances WB has of building a mega superhero franchise to rival that of The Avengers.
To be clear, at this point, it’s still speculation. JGL’s representation has refuted the claims. Still, you never know. Hollywood refutes everything until it happens. If this were to be the case, it would be an attempt by WB to build something out of nothing; to retroactively shoe-horn Christopher Nolan’s Batman films as a precursor to a larger shared universe, despite numerous declarations over the last seven years that they are not intended to exist in a greater DC Universe. Don’t get me wrong – I adore JGL and I’d love to see some John Blake Batman stories. Or, better yet, more Anne Hathaway Catwoman. But a foundation for Justice League, that is not.
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