Joss Whedon Desperately Wanted to Make a Batman Film
While promoting Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, director Joss Whedon expressed his desire to make a DC movie with Warner Bros. Even though the director has said that he's leaving The Avengers behind to focus on original stories and films, it still isn't stopping him from wanting to take on the challenge of bringing some DC superheroes to the big screen.
While talking with IGN, the director was asked if he would consider making a DC movie and he started off with a joke, saying:
"Sure. I’d be like 'I have all these joke ideas.' And they’d be like 'No, we don’t do that here'.
He went on to seriously say:
"I desperately wanted to do a Batman film – who doesn’t? And I wanted to do Wonder Woman. I was a Marvel kid growing up, but I was always DC-curious. And I see myself on the spectrum in between."
I would absolutely love to see what Whedon would do with a Batman film! This isn't the first time that he's said this, and if he's seriously this open about doing it, Warner Bros. shouldn't hesitate to bring him on board! The studio is eventually going to start developing a new solo Batman movie, and it would be amazing if Whedon had the chance to bring it to life. Whedon previously described Batman as being a "Marvel character in the DC universe."
As for Wonder Woman, the filmmaker was developing a version of the film back in 2005. Patty Jenkins is directing the studio's new take on the character after Michelle MacLaren bailed due to creative differences, and the movie being developed to fit in into the DC cinematic universe. This is what Whedon had to say regarding that film (with the character of Wonder Woman being the "she" he mentions in the first sentence):
"I don’t care who she’s seeing now. We don’t talk much. And I wish her well! I worked really hard on that movie and it meant a lot, but I don’t know if what I was trying to do would fit in with what their vision is. I’m excited to see it so I just want them to make it so I can see it!"
Would you like to see Whedon take on a DC Comics adaptation like Batman?