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After decades of fighting evil solo, Batman and Superman will finally be teaming up on the big screen, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.
Man of Steel director Zack Snyder will direct the tentpole with Henry Cavill returning as Superman. It is unclear who will play Batman in the new film. A release date of 2015 has been set, with a Flash movie appearing in 2016 and a Justice League movie in 2017.
Snyder's Man of Steel, which rebooted the Superman franchise, has grossed north of $600 million worldwide since it hit theaters this June.
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Warner Bros. is about to bring together two of its most iconic heroes: Superman and Batman will unite in a new film, the follow-up to “Man of Steel,” set for release in 2015.
According to two sources with knowledge of the movie, Warner Bros. intends to announce the news at its Comic-Con International panel Saturday morning. Said a Warner Bros. spokesperson, “We don’t comment on rumors regarding these properties.”
“Man of Steel” director Zack Snyder is expected to reunite with screenwriter David S. Goyer and star Henry Cavill for the new film. It’s unlikely Christian Bale will step back into the bat suit, as the actor has indicated publicly that he has moved on from his days as Bruce Wayne.
“Man of Steel” producer and “Dark Knight” trilogy director Christopher Nolan is expected by some to produce the project, but the exact nature of his involvement is unclear.
The move marks the culmination of years of effort on the part of Warner Bros. and DC Comics to bring their superheroes together in a similar fashion to their primary competitor Marvel, which successfully combined its superheroes into a $1.5-billion box-office hit with “The Avengers.”
In the comic world, the two heroes are teaming up in a new series, “Batman/Superman,” by writer Greg Pak and artist Jae Lee.
Maybe I'm getting old, but the trailer was so dark in the theater today I couldn't see shit. Looks much better on YouTube. Still not sold on Afflek. Actually looking forward more toward WW than either Batman/Superman in this. [Reply]
Originally Posted by unlurking:
Maybe I'm getting old, but the trailer was so dark in the theater today I couldn't see shit. Looks much better on YouTube. Still not sold on Afflek. Actually looking forward more toward WW than either Batman/Superman in this.
What? Ben sounds almost identical to Bat. animated series in one of those theaters.. i think he's gonna pull off the bat [Reply]
Originally Posted by unlurking:
Maybe I'm getting old, but the trailer was so dark in the theater today I couldn't see shit. Looks much better on YouTube. Still not sold on Afflek. Actually looking forward more toward WW than either Batman/Superman in this.
Just saw the trailer again. In a different theater. WTF is the trend with making everything so dark you can't see anything?! Will definitely not be seeing this in the theater. Will wait until I can control the screen brightness, if I see it at all. Still not interested yet. :-) [Reply]
I just bet that they both have too set aside their differences cuz they have to join forces to beat the Super Villains so they create "The Justice League"
Two things that will piss me off. Batman beating Superman and if Lex Luthor isn't bald. [Reply]
So basically from the trailer I get that Bruce Wayne ask Alfred to make him a Superman Buster suit much like Tony Stark built a Hulk Buster suit in Age of Ultron. Then in the trailer looks like Supes is weaker than the suit Bats is wearing so that's what gives Batman the power to beat Superman. Still dumb if Batman can beat Superman. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC Tattoo:
So basically from the trailer I get that Bruce Wayne ask Alfred to make him a Superman Buster suit much like Tony Stark built a Hulk Buster suit in Age of Ultron. Then in the trailer looks like Supes is weaker than the suit Bats is wearing so that's what gives Batman the power to beat Superman. Still dumb if Batman can beat Superman.
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Not dumb if Kryptonite is involved
Or other kryptonian materials, alloys or tech left lying around after the destruction of the world engine. Which Bruce would be all over as much as Lex is.
Trailer looked great to me before deadpool. DC needs to have a color palate that's different than what Marvel does, although I suspect Marvel's going to have some dark tones in certain parts of phase three (civil war...). [Reply]
It's not dark tones, and darkness is not a color palette. It's just too damned dark to actually see. I've seen shitty B rated action movies do this during fight scenes, I assume to hide the cheap FX, choreography, and skill of the actors. MoS and now BvS seem to do it through the whole movie.
DD and JJ were dark (both in tone and brightness), but you could still see what was happening. You could see the details in the background, not just shadow.
It's just annoying not be able to clearly see the whole screen. It's like some parts are in HD while others are in SD. [Reply]
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will get itself a gritty, violent, R-rated alternate version – at least, on Blu-ray.
The film’s theatrical release carries a standard PG-13 rating. But in its latest bulletin, the MPAA (America’s de facto censor board) revealed that a home ent version of Zack Snyder’s superhero battle movie – entitled Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition – has been rated R.
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
Before you think this involves Clark Kent exposing his man of steel, it’s been given the rating for “sequences of violence”. This makes sense, given what we’ve heard from Snyder and his team. The director told us he is a “fanatic” admirer of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns comic series, which took Bats into an extremely dark and brooding place.
The alternate edition may also in part be down to Deadpool’s record-breaking success at the box-office, which has left many studio executives stroking their chins and pondering a new strategy. The received wisdom for tentpole blockbusters had been to aim for a PG-13 rating, which would ensure the widest possible audience.
An R-rating – which requires under-17s to be accompanied by an adult – has long been seen as financially prohibitive. But the emphatically R-rated Deadpool has surprised everyone by earning half a billion dollars worldwide in less than two weeks, and subsequently thrown the superhero rulebook out of the super-window.
What the “Ultimate Edition” of DC’s big blockbuster bust-up will look like remains to be seen. But given the theatrical version has a running time of 2 hours, 31 minutes, the R-rated edition could be broaching the three-hour mark.
