The Flash being the lead was an issue. He's just not as marketable as Wolverine or Deadpool (yes on paper he should be as marketable as Deadpool but D&W is the third Deadpool movie, the first two being hits, Reynolds has made the character a fan favorite), The Flash needed a bit more building up to get to be the lead of a big movie... Ezra Miller being a weirdo who people don't like really doesn't help.
You're right that mentioning Batman in the title and making him co-lead would have been a good idea. Should have been as much a Batman movie as a Flash one.
It was cool seeing Michael Keaton back as Batman but his tenure was 1989-1992, a lot more dated than Jackman's Wolverine (2000-2017, not including his return in D&W). Truthfully if Christian Bale returned instead of Keaton it would have been a much bigger deal.
Lynda Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer and co wouldn't have helped I don't think. We're going back too far in time to be of any real interest to current theatre attending audiences (especially in Carter's case, the WW show ran from 1975-1979... it may as well be ancient history).
Bale as Batman, Hardy as Bane, Phoenix as Joker, Margot as Harley & more Wonder Woman would all have helped this be a big hit. I would have liked more Faora too but I don't think that would have helped at the box office.
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bozo_500 (12889)
a month ago
Yeah it just wasn't going to happen with Ezra headlining and his neurotic version of The Flash , but there's no way Bale was going to appear he himself may have been up for it but Nolan probably told him not to mess with the DK trilogy (I think I remember reading somewhere they wanted him at the end instead of Clooney) and neither would Phoenix joker (maybe Nicolsons joker couldve been resurrected via CG but then where to put him..?) Gadot WW could've had more to do more as she (was) quite popular but don't see where to out her beyond the cameo she had as you'd want to keep the 'nu JL' as it was to face zod (with maybe Cage Superman somehow lol)
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