Movie Posters of Batman Movies by Major Directors

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Just...no.

Sadly, Christopher Nolan will be leaving the Batman franchise after The Dark Knight Rises.  This begs the question: who will take over the franchise after him?  Because with the first two movies making 1.3 billion dollars worldwide, Warner Bros is going to continue to make Batman movies.  But who will they turn to and what direction will the movies take?  The LA Times Hero Complex lead writer Geoff Boucher wondered about this too.  So he teamed up with graphic artist Sean Hartter to create a series of movie posters of possible takes by other directors.

While the posters aren’t indicative of the directors’ individual styles, they do have a cool unifying style of looking like old movie posters from the 1930s, which I approve of.  Pay close attention to the posters because there are a lot of fun jokes made in casting decisions, as well as who is credited with the score and screenplay.

Catherine Hardwicke

Todd Phillips

Rob Marshall

Zack Snyder

Ang Lee

Tim Burton

Brad Bird

Matthew Vaughn

Wes Anderson

Ridley Scott

Hayao Miyazaki's Bat Mite

Guy Ritchie

Neill Blomkamp

Guillermo del Toro

Martin Scorsese. Yes, please.

The only thing I’m wondering after looking at all of these is where is Duncan Jones in this mix?  He would seem like another pick that could make an excellent Batman movie.

For more explanation you can check out all of the LA Times Hero Complex entries about the posters:

Matthew Vaughn, Todd Phillips, and Wes Anderson

Rob Marshall, Brad Bird, and Guillermo del Toro

Ang Lee, Catherine Hardwicke, and Guy Ritchie

Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, and Neill Blomkamp

Tim Burton, Zack Snyder, and Ridley Scott

You can also check out more of Sean Hartter’s work on his website.

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