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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.
Birds of Prey was sabotaged from the beginning; if WB had supported it - either with money or by allowing them to reference canon materials without fear that it would sap interest in potential future Batman movies - it would have been as good as, say, Smallville. It also had a ridiculously small budget.
Same with 90's Flash. They did stupid things, like re-imagining his Rogue's Gallery of villains a little too much (David Cassidy as Mirror Master!), and by the time they realized, it was too late. (Bonus fact: A friend of mine played Iris West in the pilot. Cool.)
Also, don't forget Lois and Clark, which was both good and popular, for twice as long as Birds of Prey and The Flash combined. And if you really want to delve into the archives, there's The Adventures of Superman, Batman ('66, and which had a shared universe with The Green Hornet four decades before what would become the Avengers movies), and Shazam, hits all.
Originally Posted by Aries Walker: Birds of Prey was sabotaged from the beginning; if WB had supported it - either with money or by allowing them to reference canon materials without fear that it would sap interest in potential future Batman movies - it would have been as good as, say, Smallville. It also had a ridiculously small budget.
Same with 90's Flash. They did stupid things, like re-imagining his Rogue's Gallery of villains a little too much (David Cassidy as Mirror Master!), and by the time they realized, it was too late. (Bonus fact: A friend of mine played Iris West in the pilot. Cool.)
Also, don't forget Lois and Clark, which was both good and popular, for twice as long as Birds of Prey and The Flash combined. And if you really want to delve into the archives, there's The Adventures of Superman, Batman ('66, and which had a shared universe with The Green Hornet four decades before what would become the Avengers movies), and Shazam, hits all.
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
They can do a Batman Beyond thing with Grampa Affleck mentoring the "new" Batman. Which might be good because it would be a new kind of dynamic after, what 2.5 decades of Batman on film? It'll all depend on what happens with Justice League, which is what this movie's really setting up anyway.
ot liking that take, I did like batman beyond
but
Bruce Wayne IS Batman [Reply]
Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth:
I'm starting to think we're almost setting it up for all being wrong, and he'll end up doing a fantastic job. Murphy's Law
Yeah. Didn't people hate Heath Ledger as the choice for Joker when it was announced?
Although I'm still going to be a skeptic, I did enjoy Social Network and Zombieland though. Haven't seen his other stuff. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Psyko Tek:
the more "new" characters they cram into a movie the more it will such
I agree Luther IS supes' main villian should have got his own movie in the reboot
and yeah they are using this for Justice League origin story
Aside from Lex and Wayne, who both have large roles (some interesting stuff about Luthor's purported origin online today....), everybody else that's been mentioned could just be a cameo. Just because Diana Prince is in the movie, for example, it doesn't mean she has a significant role. [Reply]
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Aside from Lex and Wayne, who both have large roles (some interesting stuff about Luthor's purported origin online today....), everybody else that's been mentioned could just be a cameo. Just because Diana Prince is in the movie, for example, it doesn't mean she has a significant role.
But the anger is over the actor they got to portray her. Doesn't matter if she only has a couple minutes of screen time if person just doesn't fit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Aside from Lex and Wayne, who both have large roles (some interesting stuff about Luthor's purported origin online today....), everybody else that's been mentioned could just be a cameo. Just because Diana Prince is in the movie, for example, it doesn't mean she has a significant role.
That's just it though. Cameos are retarded unless they're in the end of the movie and you're setting up another one.
Hawkeye in the first Thor movie? Fucking stupid. Dipshit doesn't even do anything....just stands up there. Why the fuck was he even there? [Reply]
