Quentin Tarantino stated in 2012 that he once had plans to direct a Luke Cage film with Lawrence Fishbourne in the lead role. The would-be amazing film that Tarantino expressed interest in making has shown that there are comics out there capable of withstanding a Tarantino adaptation. Although Tarantino’s Luke Cage film would have been a perfect fit for him, I think a Batman film would be something Tarantino could definitely integrate into his filmography.
Every Tarantino film comes with his signature long dialogue scenes. The only comic adaptation that Tarantino did direct was in fact a dialogue scene from Sin City between Benicio del Toro and Clive Owen. The way that Tarantino’s dialogue scenes could work in a Batman film would be through one specific character: The Riddler. If Tarantino got Leonardo DiCaprio in the role as the Riddler, he could definitely make Tarantino’s dialogue scenes into something that will fit perfectly into a Batman film, and enhance the character a lot more into something we haven’t seen before. We all know The Riddler likes to talk. Tarantino could use his dialogue scenes to give The Riddler more intellect and we would see a plot that will make The Riddler a villain that the audience will absolutely hate and want to see taken down. After his performance in Django Unchained, DiCaprio could make this version of The Riddler work.
Batman is the type of character that can be on par with some of the characters that Tarantino created. One moment he’s a totally relaxed guy living the life of a millionaire, and the next his dark side totally takes over. Vincent Vega, The Bride, and Django are all characters in Tarantino movies that have really spontaneous changes of personality that go along with the situations they end up in. Now, finding a new Batman would be difficult since Christian Bale really gave us the Batman we needed to see on screen, but I think Gerard Butler could work in the role. He’s done a couple of chick flicks in his career so we know he play a laidback guy. He’s also played the crazy action hero and we know he can yell (300 anyone?).
A Tarantino Batman movie could also be the first to give Alfred his own backstory (through a long dialogue scene of course). And who better to play Alfred in a Tarantino film than Christoph Waltz?
This is what a sample opening Batman scene would look like featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Steve Buscemi as criminals:
Jackson and Buscemi have taken a girl hostage in a building, which is surrounded by cops. The two begin arguing about something irrelevant that happened the other day, which takes the conversation into something that happened the other week. The girl stands near them in panic. They then hear noises coming from inside the building.
Jackson: Cops in here already? Those bastards don’t take us seriously do they?
Buscemi (looking outside the window): No. There’s as many as there was before. Ah shit! It’s him. I’m telling you man it’s him!
Jackson: Him who?
Buscemi: You know… they guy that likes to beat on guys like us. The, the Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight. He’s on the news all the time, or glimpses of him at least. I mean I’ve heard shit about him, but I’m telling you, I think he’s real and he’s here now.
Jackson: Well does he look like a bitch?
Voice: More like a Bat.
A batarang flies out of thin air and knocks the gun out of Jackson’s hands. Batman jumps down from the ceiling and an extremely violent scene ensues (imagine what most Tarantino action scenes look like). The cops get the building and find one of the criminals battered and the other hanging by his leg out the window. The girl is saved and Batman disappears. As Buscemi and Jackson are being taken in by cops Jackson stares at the sky and starts yelling.
Jackson: It was him! That son of a bitch, it was him!
We see a shot of Batman on a rooftop smiling. He turns his back and jumps down from the building. Tarantino style music starts playing (think of some darker sounding version of the 1960s TV theme). The opening credits start rolling.
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