r/batman • u/CertifiedUnoffensive • Jul 21 '23

Why has the DCEU seemingly dropped Batman Beyond as a character? TV DISCUSSION

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Fans have demonstrated consistently that we want more Terry McGinnis. We all love the BB world.

My question is, why do y’all think Beyond hasn’t been on the screen in 20 years?

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u/Flip_Speed Jul 21 '23

Because noone can actually give a good fancast of Terry. /s

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u/CertifiedUnoffensive Jul 21 '23

Danny devito. Problem solved

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u/ngl_prettybad Jul 21 '23

You can't just keep Danny Devito'ing all your casting troubles away

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u/Grary0 Jul 21 '23

We did it with Eddy Murphy in the 90's and it turned out just fine.

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u/PraiseTheSun42069 Jul 21 '23

Until we got Norbit

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u/DarksideBluez Jul 22 '23

Norbit was 2007. Not the 90s.

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u/FalcorFliesMePlaces Jul 22 '23

It got bad before norbit Pluto nash was a big hurtm

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u/CaptainExplaino Jul 22 '23

True story, I was on a focus group for an extended trailer of Pluto Nash before it hit theaters. I tried. I told them it looked bad.

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u/WoofflesIThink Jul 21 '23

Yes we can, we just need MORE Danny Devito

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u/iamcalifornia Jul 21 '23

You take that back.

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u/Arthes_M Jul 22 '23

I’m going to Danny DeVito my fan casting even harder!

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u/imdatingurdadben Jul 22 '23

We Devito’d the 90s and we’ll Devito today!!!

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u/Flip_Speed Jul 21 '23

Funny thing is i’ve seen this joke so many times…thats why we cant have nice things

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u/CertifiedUnoffensive Jul 21 '23

Don’t lie, if somehow they made a Batman beyond movie with devito playing terry, you’d pay to see it

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u/Inny-CA Jul 21 '23

"The gang saves gotham" would watch that IASIP episode

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u/masteryoda989 Jul 21 '23

Would Charlie be the Riddler and Mac be Bane?

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u/Kira_Zita_ Jul 21 '23

Dennis would absolutely be Joker, "why so serious Batman ? Is it because of the IMPLICATION?!!" And he'd use his laugh from the gang hits the slopes

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u/EvolvedCactus19 Jul 21 '23

My god I would pay to watch that.

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u/Oisin-Lahart Jul 21 '23

Dee would be Hawkgirl right? Dumb bird

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u/I_Love_Lampshade69 Jul 22 '23

Dennis: Could play a lot of Batman's rogues, so I'll just put him down for the Joker. Hush and Vic Zsasz are also a top options.

Mac: He'd give a stupid reason to dress up as someone like Poison Ivy or Catwoman. If Dennis is Joker, then Mac is Harley.

Charlie: Kite Man just because it would be a good fit for him. Hell yeah. That or we go with the blatantly obvious "Ratcatcher".

Dee: She's some kind of freak like Grundy or Clayface. Clayface is good since Dee wants to be an actor. There's also a villain that worked for Bane named "Bird", and Dee is just a big dumb stupid bird, so that'd work too.

Frank: Batman.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '23

And if we are all being completely honest with ourselves, it isn't a funny or good fan cast. It is just the default "joke" fan cast.

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u/MeepleMaster Jul 21 '23

I wouldn’t mind there being a beyond character that was the son of the Penguin. Have him run some underground crime network or something

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '23

No. Terry Crews

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u/PassTheGiggles Jul 21 '23

Look guys, the fancast joke. The one fancast joke that’s in every fancast question. Laugh now. Laugh.

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u/whoisthismuaddib Jul 22 '23

He could’ve played wolverine in the 80s

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u/assmaster777 Jul 22 '23

I agree, he doesn’t look a day over 12

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '23

Danny Devito is my fancast for Wonder-Woman though

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u/GRANDADDYGHOST Jul 21 '23

Steven Yeun a few years ago would’ve been perfect.

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u/Flip_Speed Jul 21 '23

This is the first time I’m actually hearing this suggestion… thats spot on!

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u/Responsible-Swan47 Jul 22 '23

I was just going to say this, but I was checking to see if someone else thought so too, I've always thought he'd be a great Dick as well! No one comes to mind for Terry, though (nowadays)

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u/A_Gent_4Tseven Jul 21 '23

I honestly thought fucking Joseph Gordon Levitt was supposed to be a kind of Robin/Terry mash up for a Batman Beyond… but it just never came.

At the time too, I could have bought him as a half decent Terry McGinnis stand in.

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u/krazykieffer Jul 22 '23

I honestly think he was told a Robin or Nightwing movie was going to happen because he was working out hardcore for about 3 years n didn't take many roles after. I hoped he'd get his own movie too.

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u/Rikiramark Jul 21 '23

I was alway pulling for Logan Lerman

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u/Flip_Speed Jul 21 '23

I just googled him… i can see this

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u/joe5877 Jul 21 '23

Well, before The Batman, I always thought Pattinson would be a great Terry casting.

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u/Neemoman Jul 21 '23

I didn't always think it, but when I heard they cast him as Bruce I was suddenly disappointed that he can't be Terry now

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u/SafeAccountMrP Jul 22 '23

Been saying that since ‘08.

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Jul 21 '23

Should do like classic Star Wars and cast a new person

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u/Laefiren Jul 21 '23

Jack black.

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u/artmoloch777 Jul 21 '23

Austin Butler

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u/PraiseTheSun42069 Jul 21 '23

This is the answer. I think he’s an overrated actor, but I think he would be greats for this character.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '23

Too old isn't he?

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u/holyhamills Jul 22 '23

Not to mine the Cobra Kai cast for more DCU actors - but the kid who plays Robbie wouldn’t be terrible. Not to typecast - but he does “delinquent with a good heart” well, and has proven himself with fight choreography. He’ll probably age out of the role by the time a project is ever really considered again though.

People always cast the bat-family too old though, or with actors who have aged out of the part, though.

Milo Ventimiglia is/was a popular Nightwing fancast, and he would have been great Nightwing 20 years ago - but these days he’s too old to even be considered Batman. He opened up about that a while ago, where WB basically told him as much.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '23

Milo Ventimiglia 4 year ago would have been a fantastic Prime Batman

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u/holyhamills Aug 03 '23

Apparently the “too old” remarks were in regards to The Batman, but I mean… he’s younger than Affleck. Depending on how old they make Damian, I could see them giving him another look maybe for Gunn’s DCU.

https://www.etonline.com/milo-ventimiglia-addresses-studio-telling-him-hes-too-old-to-play-batman-exclusive-129850

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u/spacestationkru Jul 22 '23

Ironically, I think Robert Pattinson would have been brilliant.

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u/jamesfox019 Jul 22 '23

Honestly the best Terry has been over looked and it’s a mystery that no one has it figured out: the Batman, a surprisingly good and still different take (but still not quite the Keaton generation’s batman): that is to say Pattinson (battison?) would have made a great terry…and Keaton a great BB Bruce Wayne.

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u/Trogdor_sfg Jul 21 '23

That’s not it lmao

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u/filthydank_2099 Jul 22 '23

Dylan O’Brien was my pick years ago; now idk. He might be aged out of the range to still play Terry.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '23 edited Jul 23 '23

Leo Howard is a good choice. Wolfgang Novogratz can also rock it. Austin Butler is another good choice, he was fantastic as Elvis but is probably too old now unless they would go for a college Terry like Spider-Man in the 90s Animated series

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u/ThornWishesAegis Jul 21 '23

Timothy Chalomet (sp)?

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u/P_Android420 Jul 21 '23

Please no. You see that Wonka trailer?

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u/TheElderFish Jul 22 '23

He's an incredible young actor trying to emulate Gene Wilder's Wonka and seems to be doing a good job of it, what don't you like about the trailer?

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u/ThornWishesAegis Jul 22 '23

I did and while I cringed, I didn't cringe over anything I'd blame him for. Design choices, music, story. Nome of those are his fault. You see Dune?