Joss Whedon Thought About Directing A Female BATMAN Movie Post-AVENGERS

Joss Whedon Thought About Directing A Female BATMAN Movie Post-AVENGERS

Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon thought about pursuing a unique take on Batman following the box office success of the first Avengers movie. Is that a concept fans want to see?

By MarkJulian - Jan 31, 2015 09:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Buzzfeed via Screencrush

Before Joss Whedon agreed to helm Avengers: Age of Ultron, Whedon thought about trying to get a DC superhero film off the ground again with Warner Bros. (see Joss Whedon's failed Wonder Woman film).  Said Whedon, "I will say that when I was thinking about, Well, if I wasn't’t going to do Avengers 2, what would I want to do? — of course the first thing I thought of was ‘turn-of-the-century female Batman.’ Not Batman actually. But, you know, something cool. One person. Can’t stress that enough. Movie about one person — not a team, not 10, just one. But [I would] do a nice sort of hard action movie that combined all my favorite things.  Something that would be the love child of Sam Fuller and Edward Gorey. You know, I’ve had many thoughts since then. Oh, I could do this! Oh, I could do that! But it is my instinct to want to tell those stories."

With Whedon seemingly stepping aside to let the Russo's direct The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (2018) and Part 2 (2019) could this avant-garde take on Batman be a concept that Whedon looks to explore post-Age of Ultron?  For that matter, what does Whedon even mean by a "turn-off-the-century female Batman?" Would that be Batgirl Barbara Gordon, Batwoman Bette Kane or a female version of Bruce Wayne?  If Marvel Studios and Whedon do actually decide to give their relationship a breather, is this an idea you would want Whedon to explore?
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Ghostyy
Ghostyy - 1/31/2015, 9:29 AM
Honestly that would just be dumb.
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 1/31/2015, 9:30 AM
Okay bor, that's a little too far...
TronVin
TronVin - 1/31/2015, 9:32 AM
Okay Joss...
billnye69
billnye69 - 1/31/2015, 9:33 AM
Do an Avengers Justice League cross over. Screw everything else.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 1/31/2015, 9:34 AM
So basically Batwoman or Batgirl. Or Huntress.
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 1/31/2015, 9:35 AM
A Joss Whedon "Batgirl" movie would be pretty dope.
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 1/31/2015, 9:36 AM
I'd watch it
SoFresh
SoFresh - 1/31/2015, 9:37 AM
Dear god Joss Whedon is the biggest White Knight in the world.
Stick to making every character a quirky, fast talking, joke spouting stereotype.
I'm glad the Russo's are taking over.
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 1/31/2015, 9:38 AM


Thank god for the Russos. They know how to bring diversity to movies without making it a zoo or, being as G3n3r4lzZoD9 so accurately put it, acting like a white knight.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 1/31/2015, 9:39 AM
Whedon is mastertrole.
supes123
supes123 - 1/31/2015, 9:40 AM
wonder what whedon's gonna do next, what if he goes over to wb/dc
TronVin
TronVin - 1/31/2015, 9:40 AM
We're getting BvS and Suicide Squad news next week!

TronVin
TronVin - 1/31/2015, 9:41 AM
(2:40 BTW)
Odin
Odin - 1/31/2015, 9:41 AM
When there are characters of Batwoman and batgirl in the comics, what the hell would be the point of making a female version of Batman, except of course trolling the fans.

@SpiderFraud For what I've heard, his Wonder Woman-movie script was grisly.
RextheKing
RextheKing - 1/31/2015, 9:42 AM
I know Joss is a feminist and all so hope he knows that just making a Batwoman, Huntress, Batgirl, or any other film based on a female bat family member would be better than making a film stealing all/most of the work and effort put into a character and slapping the penis off it and replacing it with a vagina. Now if he went completely different with everything revolving around the character then okay, but I think fans would rather see a cbm based on an already established superheroine, and save this new character for something non DC related, since all the changes would make her an original character.
tokens
tokens - 1/31/2015, 9:43 AM
.........no.












































































































NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
superotherside
superotherside - 1/31/2015, 9:43 AM
I would love to see a Batgirl movie from Joss. His work on Buffy is some of my favorite stories ever.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 1/31/2015, 9:43 AM
Omarlvs- neither because i doubt we will get any of those 2.
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 1/31/2015, 9:43 AM
He could've made Black Widow this version of a female Batman.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 1/31/2015, 9:44 AM
I have no problem with people pushing for more female roles but Joss just sounds so bitchy and whiny about it.

How about making films in which both male and female characters are equally as badass?

Hell come to think of it, why is there no black heroes in the Avengers Age of Ultron film? I mean yea we see Rhodey but we don't know that he will be War Machine and War Machine isn't a member of the Avengers or on any of the posters. There's also Falcon out there. The only other 2 heroes on Earth who aren't Avengers members just happen to be black heroes.

Explain that Joss?
Numbuh1Nerd
Numbuh1Nerd - 1/31/2015, 9:45 AM
For a second I thought he actually wanted to genderbend Batman in a movie (although if he wanted to do it on TV, just call CBS). I kinda like the sound of what he's suggesting, though. I'd like to see him do Captain Marvel next, but if he ever decides he wants to come back to DC, I will do everything but complain.
Odin
Odin - 1/31/2015, 9:45 AM
LEVITIKUZ You once said, when everyone was complaining about Bryan Singer, that eventually fans turn on every director. You said that it was going to happen to Whedon too at some point, but people didn't believe your prophecy. Now it seems to be starting.
BobbyDrake
BobbyDrake - 1/31/2015, 9:47 AM
I imagine he was talking about an Anne Hathaway Catwoman.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 1/31/2015, 9:47 AM
Seeing a lot of Whedon hate around here recently…

"In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you."
-Green Goblin
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 1/31/2015, 9:48 AM
@Odin

I heard it was pretty bad, lol.

Joss knows how to write some good female characters, I wouldn't mind seeing him get a crack at Batgirl or Batwomen.
Bigbongtheory
Bigbongtheory - 1/31/2015, 9:48 AM
Wow, amazing to see how weak some peoples reading comprehension skills are.

Go back and read what he wrote again. He didn't say he wants to turn Batman into a woman. He didn't even say he wants to do Batgirl or Batwoman. He said he wants to make a movie about a female Batman-like character. A movie about one bad-ass woman. It could be Marvel or DC, or even an original character. Sad that so many people are just going to freak the hell out thinking he wants to turn Bruce Wayne into a girl.
CapFan79
CapFan79 - 1/31/2015, 9:49 AM
I don't know what his fascination is with female heroes but his ideas are boring. If a character is interesting and female then fine, but just being a chick hero isn't interesting by itself. That's why there aren't so many.
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