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On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 06:49:31 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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>On Jun 21, 2025 at 10:32:49 PM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb"
><arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> On 6/21/2025 12:34 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>  Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (4K disc) 2023 movie set in the DCEU
>>>>  starring Jason Momoa as Lobo, I mean Aquaman.  Aquaman drives around on
>>>>  his motorcycle and does the haka dance.  Are we sure he's not playing
>>>>  Lobo?  Anyway, Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) returns to try and
>>>>  kill Aquaman which forces Lobo, I mean Aquaman to team up with his half
>>>>  brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to save the day.  The movie has issues, but
>>>>  it's watchable.  It's just annoying going in and being aware of all the
>>>>  behind the scenes issues.  For example, the movie originally had Batman,
>>>>  all the scenes were filmed, then they decided to edit him out of the
>>>>  movie.  And as far as I can tell, they replaced Batman with a CGI
>>>>  octopus.  And I just noticed WB released 4 DCEU movies in the same year,
>>>>  then had the nerve to complain about low box office returns.
>>> 
>>>  Who played the Batman?
>>>  
>> It's unclear.  Both Keaton and Affleck are referenced as filming scenes. 
>>   This is part of the behind the scenes nonsense that was taking place 
>> where WB couldn't make up their mind if they wanted to go forward with 
>> Keaton or Affleck.  They filmed an entire Batgirl movie using Keaton, 
>> then scrapped it.  My guess is it would have been Keaton.  Don't even 
>> ask about the ending of The Flash and how that affects who would be 
>> Batman going forward.  The whole thing was a mess being played out in 
>> front of the audience.  Even now, the Batman shuffle is still having 
>> ripple affects with it being up in the air if Robert Pattinson's Batman 
>> will be the new Batman in Gunn's rebooted universe or not.  As of now, 
>> it's not Pattinson, but Gunn has also said he's open to the idea.
>
>And at the same time, aren't they going forward with another standalone Batman
>movie with Pattinson?
>


Robert Pattinson is playing Batman in "The Batman Part II," which is
scheduled for release in October 2027, according to Deadline. The film
will also feature Andy Serkis as Alfred and Jeffrey Wright as
Commissioner Gordon.