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Reagen Sulewski: I'll take Over as well. First you've got to find someone who wants to take over the project, let them find a vision or story line, and then they've got to develop it, script it, cast etc. etc. Particularly if we're talking a straight reboot of Batman, which I think we've seen people would view as too quick a turnaround. A Nightwing movie - well maybe. That's at least a little further down the road already.

David Mumpower: I believe some of you are over-thinking this. There was nobody clamoring for another Spider-Man movie yet we received one only five years after Spider-Man 3. The reason why is simple. These Tentpole films comprise a staggering portion of a studio's box office for a given year. Warner Bros. has redeemed the Batman franchise thanks to the brilliance of Christopher Nolan. They are not going to leave the shiny sports car in the garage for an extended period of time. This is particularly true in light of what Marvel recently accomplished with The Avengers.

The goal for DC Comics moving forward is to combine their most beloved characters (well, Batman plus less popular ones) in a Justice League project. In order to facilitate this, they will need for Zack Snyder's Superman movie to be good. Assuming this happens, Wonder Woman is probably next and once those two have proven themselves (assuming this happens), DC transitions to a movie that combines the Superfriends in a battle against the Legion of Doom. I hear the sound of inevitability on this, whether the idea passes the laugh test or not. Batman is the linchpin character in the process, which means that with or without Nolan's participation, I do not see the Dark Knight being mothballed indefinitely. I'm taking the under or, at worst, a push. I would be shocked if Batman or at the very least Nightwing did not have another movie by the end of summer 2017.

Kim Hollis: I think that right around five years is about right. I'd love to see them go the Batman Beyond route (it would be a fresh take on the story), but David is likely right that after the success of The Avengers, DC is clamoring to get the Justice League on the big screen. That's too bad, because I do think it's the wrong approach, particularly since no other DC property besides Batman has proven to be any good.

Just...ugh.

Kim Hollis: The Watch, the latest Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn/Jonah Hill comedy, earned $12.8 million in its opening weekend. What do you think of this result?

Bruce Hall: How long do you think it'll take for Fox to blame this on the Olympics? This is a $55 million comedy starring three very well liked stars, pulling in an extremely putrid $12.8 million opening weekend. That's a pretty solid level of rejection if you ask me, and it sort of makes the big name change seem irrelevant, doesn't it? This is a crash and burn on takeoff, plain and simple. Now, let us never speak of it again.

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