@Mr.:
So I really gotta know, how come they haven't gotten the likes of Paul Dini, Bruce Timm or Alan Burnett on board for the scripts? 'Cause it's not like they're feeling burnt out with the material, Dini did the Arkham games (minus Arkham Knight from what I recall), and Timm's been working with some of the recent animated stuff.
Because for all that they've proven themselves over decades and are fan favorites, animation really is a completely different beast than live action. Different scripts needs, different timetables, different effects and action sequences, different executives and expetations in charge, etc. Sure they could write and storyboard it, and it'd probably turn out great… but it does have different needs.
Also, they haven't kissed up to the right people/made huge amounts of $$$ in anything theatrical. Despite their track record and pedigree, they are "unproven" theatrically.
Grant Morrison wrote a script for man of steel studio denied it for Goyer. And if Kevin Smith is to be believed, the studio exec don't take comicbook guys too seriously, which is kind of dumb.
Dini mentioned on an episode of Fatman on Batman that he worked on a treatment for a Batman Beyond movie with Baz Luhrman before it got scrapped. He apparently had a terrible time working it, and wouldn't do another live action DC movie again.
For the time being it mostly seems like the DCU movies hate the comics they're based on, which is the big problem.
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There is an elitist attitude at WB, where the film guys think that they are special, and that only they can do what they do.
Marvel Studios is oriented from the bottom-up, where the comic guys have control, while WB/DC is ass backwards, with the WB guys who have no interest in the source material in control.
It's the same reason they cast a different Flash. I don't watch The Flash TV show, so I don't have a stake in the matter, but what I do care about is why WB went with a different Flash. It's because they think Grant Gustin being a TV actor would cheapen the 'grandness' of the film.
It's that kind of elitist attitude that prevents real creativity to flourish there. What Nolan did was an anomaly, because he was an outsider who came at the right time and was handed the reins almost by chance, thanks to Batman & Robin.
BvS basically only breaking even caused them to shift around the power structure some and reassign roles some… but it didn't do quite badly enough to jut keep Snyder off the next film.
@Green_vs_Red:
Robin Williams playing Robin Williams?
Nah, Williams was actually an actor. Sure, if you told him "this is a comedy, do your shtick, we haven't actually written dialogue for you because we got you", then yes, you got that effect. ANd that's obviously the kind of free reign they gave Carrey.
But Williams was a fan of the 66 version and wanted to play it more like that, and what the animated series was doing, and not super crazy over the top. (Granted, that was still pretty over the top.) Which is why he didn't take the role.