Hey all, it’s Khan here! You may or may not know this, but I am the writer of one of this sites favourite weekly articles, “10 Must Haves…” now I’ve done three of those so far and I’m coming up to my fourth edition later this week. So with that in mind, I have been wondering for the past couple of weeks, who will play these characters that I have mention? Who will play Batman or The Flash? Well that’s the reason my new section “Fan-Casting…” has been invented. This will allow me to post more fan-fiction than a 15-year-old boy really should.
Today I have decided to focus on the inevitable Batman reboot. Batman is arguable DC’s most popular character at the moment so it is inevitable that a reboot is being fast tracked. There are three films in this series, the first one is called
The Batman while the second is called
Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1 and the third and final film is called
Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2. Using my
10 Must Haves For The Upcoming BATMAN Reboot I have come up with a (kinda) new fan cast that I think some of you will enjoy, so grab a Pepsi have a seat and enjoy the ride!
Bruce Wayne/Batman: Matt Bomer
Known For: White Collar, In Time
Character Will Appear In: The Batman, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
How do you start off a fan cast? By casting someone who has been cast in the role a hundred times by different fans. What can I say? I love this idea. Bomer is really one of the best actors out right now. I had never seen
White Collar until last weekend, I came home from soccer practise and turned the telly on, the show was on and I found myself watching the episode. Bomer is arguably the strong point of that show. Despite looking identical to Bruce Wayne in the comics and TV shows, Matt Bomer has the characteristics and ability to make this Batman the most dangerous Batman yet.
Alfred Pennyworth: Hugh Laurie
Known For: House, Stuart Little
Character Will Appear In: The Batman, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
Hugh Laurie has always been my pick for Alfred, I don’t know why. I mean he doesn’t look like a butler; he looks like he could kick your ass if you went out of line. Which is what I want to see, despite negative reviews one of my favourite Batman stories is
All Star Batman & Robin, the book reboots Alfred and makes him a kick ass butler, something I want to see. Alas, Hugh is my kick ass butler.
Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing: Dylan O’Brien
Known For: Teen Wolf, The Internship
Character Will Appear In: The Batman, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
Dylan O’Brien is one of the best up and coming actors in Hollywood today, his comedic timing and hilarious quips would make him a better Spider-Man than Robin, but I think he could still nail the boy wonder. Robin is a young kid who just lost his parents, the first film in the series focuses on Robin’s revenge and how he finds the man who killed his parents (Deathstroke). I think Dylan would have awesome chemistry with Bomer, and I think O’Brien has the look of Dick Grayson and the acting ability. Dick is a police officer like his counter part in the comics, at the Gotham PD he meets Barbra Gordon.
Vicki Vale: Ashley Greene
Known For: The Twilight Saga
Character Will Appear In: The Batman, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1
I love me some Ashley Greene. I mean despite all of
Twilight’s flaws and trust me there are a bunch, Ashley Greene is always one of the positives. With that shit fest over, Greene can now focus her career on getting great roles and I honestly think Vicki Vale could be a great role for her. She has the look down and her acting ability is pretty good, and you know… She’s hot. So I say give her a chance!
Commissioner James Gordon: Brad Pitt
Known For: Se7en, Fight Club
Character Would Appear In: The Batman, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
Come one, you had to have seen this coming. I shit you not; Brad Pitt will play Gordon in the real reboot. Anyways, Brad Pitt is my pick to play Gordon, I think an actor of Pitt’s ability could do wonders in the role and if any fan doubts this casting, go watch any of Pitt’s movies. You’ll change your mind pretty quickly.
Lucius Fox: Donald Glover
Known For: Community, The Muppets
Character Would Appear In: The Batman, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
Okay, so I have based this casting off of Robert Garlen’s wonderful cast for
Batman/Superman: Earth One. His cast features younger actors for the roles of the iconic heroes and allies. I loved his cast and I thought why not make Fox younger? I mean we’ve had the old version now we can have a younger version and if we do the young version, Donald Glover is a must. He is a
huge Batman fan and would be honoured to appear in a Batman movie.
Slade Wilson/Deathstroke: Liam McIntyre
Known For: Spartacus
Character Would Appear In: The Batman
So I’ve been seeing Liam cast as Batman a lot lately and I have to disagree. Liam is all-wrong for Batman, but you know what he is right for? The most badass criminal on the face of the Earth Deathstroke. In this universe I would have the idea that Deathstroke killed Dick Grayson’s parents after being hired by The Black Mask. This would give Robin a vendetta that would be explored in a potential
Teen Titans movie, in which Deathstroke would return.
Roman Sionis/Black Mask: Luke Evans
Known For: Fast & The Furious 6, Immortals
Character Would Appear In: The Batman
Okay, so I wasn’t the biggest Luke Evans fan… That was until I saw
Fast 6, my lord that movie was amazing. Evans played one of the best villains I’d seen in years, he had a clear motive and performed beyond par. So another actor who had been cast as Batman before, but I feel as though they would both excel as villains, which is why I have cast them as you guessed it, villains.
Barbara Gordon (Wife): Mireille Enos
Known For: World War Z, Gangster Squad
Character Would Appear In: The Batman
After seeing
World War Z which starred Brad Pitt and miss Enos, I couldn’t not picture these two as Gordon and his wife. They were awesome, so I decided to cast them. While I haven’t seen a whole lot of Enos’s work, from what I’ve seen, it seems like she can pull off the job. So yeah, she’s cast.
Jason Todd/Robin/The Red Hood: Jamie Bell
Known For: The Adventures Of Tintin, The Eagle
Character Would Appear In: Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
Red Hood is my favourite Batman villain ever. Which is weird, because Joker is a Batman villain (duh!), but I like Red Hood. Jason Todd has always been a character that fascinates me, from his tortured beginnings to his infamous death. The character is due his movie time, and I feel Jamie Bell is the perfect actor to play him. Although Jamie is older than my Dick Grayson pick, I like the idea of Bruce finding Jason Todd homeless and then taking him in no matter what his age is. In
Under The Red Hood Part 1, Jason would die in the climax in a warehouse explosion and then would return as The Red Hood in
Under The Red Hood Part 2.
Barbara Gordon: Brie Larson
Known For: 21 Jump Street
Character Would Appear In: Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
I don’t like Batgirl. I mean I love Barbara Gordon I just don’t like Batgirl. I think the idea of Batgirl is silly, so in this universe Barbara would not become Batgirl, instead she would become Oracle after The Joker shoots her in the spine during the final act of
Under The Red Hood. In this film series, Barbara and Dick would have a relationship and Barbra would work at the police station as a secretary.
The Joker: Elijah Wood
Known For: Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Maniac
Character Would Appear In: The Batman (Cameo), Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
This one… This one is original. Can’t take that from me, you probably could but whatever. I like Elijah Wood, I really do. I think he is one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood today, behind Taylor Kitch and Paul Rudd. Elijah Wood has something few actors have nowadays; it’s called “range”. Elijah Wood can be funny, he can do action and he can be creepy and horrific. All of those elements create The Joker. Considering this Joker would be based on Mark Hamill’s Joker, I thought Elijah
Wood be perfect (see what I did there).
Dr Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow: John Hawkes
Known For: Winter’s Bone, The Sessions
Character Would Appear In: Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 1, Batman: Under The Red Hood Part 2
Okay I take back what I said earlier; this guy is the most underrated actor in Hollywood. Mr John Hawes was nominated for an Oscar a few years back and last year won an Independent Sprit Award for his role in
The Sessions. This guy is the most Scarecrow looking human being you will ever see, he looks like Scarecrow and he isn’t even wearing a mask! Scarecrow’s role in these two films would be similar to
Knightfall, where The Joker and Scarecrow work together to burn Gotham to the ground, the two would have a similar idea in these films.
And that’s a wrap. Thanks for reading gents; I hope you found this an enjoyable cast and a bright new take on the Batman character. If you guys liked this, I will be happy to make Fan-Casts for
The Flash, Wonder Woman & Green Lantern! so be sure to leave a comment below and chuck us a thumb. I’m Khan and I’m out for now!