Freeze

[johnnygobbs]

WB Developing A Standalone Mr. Freeze Movie Outside The DCEU

Joker might have been a bigger success than Warner Brothers had anticipated. Grossing $93.5 million in its opening weekend – the biggest October premiere ever – Todd Phillips' slow-burn original origin story has (metaphorically) taken the world by storm.

Despite the several avenues of controversy the film has paved out, the audience reaction seems to be incredibly positive. Currently sitting at a 90% fan-approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Joker is also (at the time of writing) the 9th highest-ranking movie of all time on IMDb, with a score of 8.8.

With all the accolades the pic has gathered thus far – including the top prize at the Venice Film Festival – executives at WB are surely looking towards the future. And sources close to We Got This Covered – the same ones who revealed that Jonah Hill would be in The Batman, Black Adam will be in Shazam! 3 and that Tom Welling was returning for "Crisis on Infinite Earths," all of which are now confirmed – have told us that their plans include a solo Mr. Freeze picture.

No, Arnold Schwarzenegger will more than likely not be reprising his iconically campy performance and from what we understand, this film, if it comes to be (it's only in the early development stages right now), will be taking the same set of steps Joker did, with a story set outside the DCEU. While Victor Fries has yet to pop up in the cinematic universe, we can expect that whatever actor decides to pick up the role in this project will, like Phoenix, not be involved in any other superhero pics.

Surely, Joker's grim atmosphere contributed to its success – bringing into the spotlight the great Scorsese loner films like Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy – and in that respect, a Mr. Freeze movie could very easily tap into that same arena of darkness.
As most Batman fans know, Victor, obsessed with finding the cure to his wife's terminal cancer, was engulfed by cryogenic coolants and rage. We don't know to what extent WB will tamper with the villain's setup for this movie, but if a Mr. Freeze project is green-lit, there'd surely be a lot of room to explore that tragedy.

Source: https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/warner-brothers-developing-solo-freeze-movie/?utm_content=buffer3047d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Kamdan]

I am curious to see what kind of "Oscar bait" they can make out of someone like Mr. Freeze. Like, can they make him a Holocaust survivor or possibly an ex-Nazi scientist (since he was originally conceived as a German character) that survives into The Cold War and has his work taken away from him and he swears revenge on those who turned him into an ice cube. Not entirely sure if they'll go with a period piece angle, but it did add something to Joker. I'm just anxious to see them do Golden Age versions of Superman and Batman. It's the true era where those superheroes can strive in.

[johnnygobbs]

I'm not sure how much credibility the 'Freeze' rumour has, but there's no doubt that Warner Bros will now be looking at various ways of capitalising on the success of Joker by taking more 'unconventional' approaches to DC's various rogues, along with a few heroes.  The latest rumour I've seen is that Warner Bros is keen on doing a solo Penguin film, although since The Penguin is due to appear as one of the villains in Matt Reeves' The Batman, I'd be surprised if that's the next villain they choose to do a Joker with.