Matt the Bruins Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 Wasn't the Rhodey recasting because Terrence Howard is basically batshit crazy and was making salary demands based on the assumption that he was the star of the Iron Man franchise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 IIRC, Marvel asked him to take a pay cut which he refused, and he was also hard to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Which is a shame, because while I like Don Cheadle in other things, he was wrong for that particular take on Rhodey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 54 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: Which is a shame, because while I like Don Cheadle in other things, he was wrong for that particular take on Rhodey. Agree. Terrence Howard is a more convincing Rhodey. Jagged 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Howard's lawyer saw the writing on the wall and his contract had a decent salary worked in for sequels. TPTB wanted him to take a paycut. He refused. They recast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 I never liked Terence Howard as Rhodey partly because of his high squeaky voice. Cheadle wasn't a great choice either but he's always really good to watch in any role so I could live with it. The guy that really works is Anthony Mackie as Falcon, he'd have been a good pick for the part. But back when Iron Man was being done, they were looking for names because they thought the project wasn't strong enough on its own. Now they know they need cheaper unknowns and the project will carry its own weight by being popular. archer and Cassandra 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 I prefer Cheadle to Howard. But to be totally honest, the Rhodey character isn't important enough (to me) that I really care that much one way or the other who plays him. I was more disappointed over the loss of Ed Norton as Banner; I thought he fit the Ultimates style Banner really well, and would have been great going forward. And really, almost anyone other than ScarJo would have been better as Black Widow, AFAIC, but I say that mostly because I'm simply not much of a ScarJo fan, not because Black Widow is a character important enough that it screams out for perfect casting. Christopher R Taylor and Cassandra 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Classic costume appears in a new extended trailer Hermit and Lawnmower Boy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 The trailer makes the movie look like a lot of fun. There's some exceptional camera work in the live action scenes. I remain cautiously optimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 There are reports that James Gunn will be working on the next Suicide Squad movie. https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/james-gunn-suicide-squad-2-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-firing.html Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Well, SS is all about using bad guys to do things no one else can do. (too soon?) Christopher R Taylor and massey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Hmm... judging by his Guardians work, Gunn might be able to pull off the kind of movie it looked like SS1 was trying to be: light-hearted but with an edge, morally grey but with heart at its core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Maybe he can cast some little kids to get some quality time with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said: Hmm... judging by his Guardians work, Gunn might be able to pull off the kind of movie it looked like SS1 was trying to be: light-hearted but with an edge, morally grey but with heart at its core. Yup! I wonder which characters he'll be working with, the Suicide Squad changed up a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 He probably doesn't like "Fish Guy" either. Lawnmower Boy, BoloOfEarth and Hermit 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 6 hours ago, Starlord said: He probably doesn't like "Fish Guy" either. Well, the next time he's talking with the fish, he should ask them to stop calling him that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Appears that DC is going to do a "Flashpoint" style reboot, but with Wonder Woman instead of the Flash. They're delaying Wonder Woman 7 months to restructure and rewrite, to add in time travel elements to fix their universe (and justify different actors in the roles). Apparently they have figured out that they've done such damage to the setting and characters they have to start from scratch. Which is a pretty good idea, if it weren't DC. Who hasn't demonstrated that they really deserve any trust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Dang. Sounds like they're going to screw up the movie. I was looking forward to it, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 I vote for Arthur Curry to travel back in time. They can call it "Splashpoint". Lawnmower Boy, Netzilla, Starlord and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 7 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said: Appears that DC is going to do a "Flashpoint" style reboot, but with Wonder Woman instead of the Flash. They're delaying Wonder Woman 7 months to restructure and rewrite, to add in time travel elements to fix their universe (and justify different actors in the roles). Apparently they have figured out that they've done such damage to the setting and characters they have to start from scratch. Which is a pretty good idea, if it weren't DC. Who hasn't demonstrated that they really deserve any trust. 5 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: Dang. Sounds like they're going to screw up the movie. I was looking forward to it, too. The track record of Warner meddling with their DC properties has been abysmal. If this is true, word of it is going to cripple their box office, whatever the result turns out to be. Patty Jenkins has earned the trust to be allowed to make the movie she wants to make. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 As I said in my comment to Grace's video, I'm convinced this is doomed to failure. Whenever you resort to time travel and "soft reboots" to save your failing franchise, you've already lost. This will just make an even bigger mess of the DCEU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Crisis on Infinite Earths was a great reboot, so DC has shown they CAN do it, plus Ms Jenkins did well with the property so... we'll see. I'm just not confident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 6 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: The track record of Warner meddling with their DC properties has been abysmal. If this is true, word of it is going to cripple their box office, whatever the result turns out to be. Patty Jenkins has earned the trust to be allowed to make the movie she wants to make. SO agreed. Honestly, if they really want a new Justice League movie, put Patty Jenkins in charge of it. She's proven, she's got a fan base, and she gets superheroes- the fact that she fought for the scene where Wonder Woman charges no man's land proves that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Hmm, so they already took Superman being the personification of Hope and gave it to Wonder Woman. Now they take one of Flash's biggest storylines and give it to her. Next I am sure she will deal with the Killing Joke. After that, she will realize if she takes all the Green Lantern's rings, she can go back in time and fix things so Steve doesn't die in WW1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Christopher R Taylor said: Crisis on Infinite Earths was a great reboot, so DC has shown they CAN do it WB/DC has not shown that they can do much of anything on screen like they do in the comics. So far, Wonder Woman is the only standout and does not represent what WB/DC can do on a consistent, shared-universe-wide basis. I have zero confidence that they can take a dubious storytelling device like rebooting through time travel, and make it anything but obvious that it is nothing more than a desperate attempt to salvage what they can from the epic (overall) failure that is the DCEU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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