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Post by LtD73 on Jul 20, 2013 14:54:40 GMT -5
Batman and Superman will unite on-screen for the first time in a Man of Steel sequel.
Warner Bros and DC Comics are planning to follow on from the success of this summer's Superman reboot with a team-up movie due in 2015.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Henry Cavill will reprise his role as Clark Kent with a new actor likely replacing Christian Bale as Batman.
Man of Steel director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S Goyer - who worked across The Dark Knight trilogy - will oversee the project with Christopher Nolan potentially taking on a producer role.
Plans for upcoming Warner Bros/DC Comics movies will reportedly be unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. A Flash movie has been tentatively scheduled to appear in 2016 and a Justice League movie in 2017.
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crapjust got real.
Superman and Batman vs The Avengers 2. ITS ON
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Post by noir on Jul 20, 2013 15:30:11 GMT -5
I think there's very few people who could do an ensemble superhero film as well as Joss Whedon.
They also seem to be racing to create an ensemble piece because that's what's popular and looking past doing films for the individual superheroes. Just Flash and Superman getting their own films? Granted Marvel's weren't particularly good, but at least they established the different personas of each character. I see them really struggling to introduce Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter... whoever else they decide to put in this.
I didn't bother with MOS (thought it looked crap) so maybe I'm a little bias, but I think this will suck. I'm sure it will make lots and lots and lots of money though...
Aside from that, who are we hoping to see play Bruce Wayne? I've got to say as great of an actor as Bale is, I didn't love him as Bats. I think from a looks perspective, John Hamm is perfect although he's probably too old. I could also see Michael Fassbender play him as a less 'Hollywood' version. Plus he's a very good actor.
Also Bryan Cranston as Jim Gordon x 9001.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 15:37:48 GMT -5
Okay so where's my Wonder Woman and actual Green Lantern movie to set up Justice League? And are we getting a new Batman movie, or are we just setting up Batman in the duo movie with Supes? I like that were finally getting these films, but DC is setting them up terrible.
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Post by LtD73 on Jul 20, 2013 15:40:56 GMT -5
Okay so where's my Wonder Woman and actual Green Lantern movie to set up Justice League? And are we getting a new Batman movie, or are we just setting up Batman in the duo movie with Supes? I like that were finally getting these films, but DC is setting them up terrible. I think they're introducing the new Batman in the SuperBatMan movie because if Batman was getting his own, it'd be in 2014 which means filming right now, and theres nothing
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Post by Rule 30 on Jul 20, 2013 15:43:20 GMT -5
It's official, btw.
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Post by Jacob on Jul 20, 2013 15:50:25 GMT -5
It's official, btw. Slightly better quality... Holy shit.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 15:53:36 GMT -5
It's official, btw. Where's this coming from?
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Post by Rule 30 on Jul 20, 2013 15:55:25 GMT -5
It's official, btw. Where's this coming from? Comic Con. And damn the logo doesn't look too bad in the better quality.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jul 20, 2013 15:57:13 GMT -5
I don't like the idea of this. Mixing franchises doesn't traditionally turn out well.
Wasn't there something about a Batman/Superman movie in I Am Legend? Foreshadowing, perhaps, lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 16:00:09 GMT -5
Where's this coming from? Comic Con. And damn the logo doesn't look too bad in the better quality. Oh cool. The logo does look good. I really hope DC doesn't screw this up. I'm really not sure how there going to do this. I'm looking forward to this, but I'm cautiously optimistic. There is so many ways they could screw this up. I still haven't seen MOS, but I've been hearing mixed reviews. Hope they can pull off the film I've been waiting for since I was a kid. If not, I'll go back to watching Worlds Finest.
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Post by Jacob on Jul 20, 2013 16:11:12 GMT -5
I hope to god Joseph GL is attached to this.
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Post by johnnyb on Jul 20, 2013 16:15:52 GMT -5
I hope to god Joseph GL is attached to this. Barf. Bruce Wayne or GTFO. Honestly, WB/DC should just double whatever Marvel is paying RDJ and offer that to Bale. That could make this the highest-grossing movie ever, especially if they attach some horse 3D to it. But it sounds like Bale is out of the running for his own creative reasons. It'd be great if they could get him but I won't automatically hate whoever his replacement is. Man of Steel sucked hard though. I'd love if this movie had Lex Luthor and Bruce Wayne teaming up to figure out if Superman is a threat to the planet, with Luthor believing he is and Batman eventually trusting Superman (at least to some degree).
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Post by Billy the Kid on Jul 20, 2013 16:25:08 GMT -5
I don't like the idea of this. Mixing franchises doesn't traditionally turn out well. Wasn't there something about a Batman/Superman movie in I Am Legend? Foreshadowing, perhaps, lol. They aren't mixing anything, Batman and Superman have always been affiliated. It's not like it's coming out of the blue.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 16:28:16 GMT -5
Cool.
It's hard to see Batman living in the same world as Snyder's Superman from Man of Steel but we'll see.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jul 20, 2013 16:45:50 GMT -5
I don't like the idea of this. Mixing franchises doesn't traditionally turn out well. Wasn't there something about a Batman/Superman movie in I Am Legend? Foreshadowing, perhaps, lol. They aren't mixing anything, Batman and Superman have always been affiliated. It's not like it's coming out of the blue. I don't consider the comic and movie franchises to be the same. There are so many different comic book archs where Batman has different origins and different associates......even with the movies, the Nolan trilogy has a much different origin than the other 4 movies. So it wouldn't be coming out of the blue, but they'd be doing something that hasn't been done in any of the movies before. I think Batman and Superman are both too big to be in the same movie. I think that the presence of both would take away from the significance of each character.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Jul 20, 2013 16:57:04 GMT -5
I was hoping for another MoS stand alone movie, but I'll be seeing it for sure. I wonder who they'll get for Bats. I also wonder who the villain will be. I'm hoping the get Mark Strong (or Clancy Brown) as Lex Luthor.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Jul 20, 2013 17:55:29 GMT -5
Im trying to figure out who's movie this is. IGN says they made it sound like its "Superman featuring Batman" which is A. Beyond ridiculously stupid, and B. still not that surprising since DC has shown they take this long to finally try to make something of their Movie Universe.
It needs to be Superman AND Batman. In the overall movie spectrum, Superman will pretty much forever pale in comparison to the image and following Batman created in the Nolan Trilogy, so I consider it blasphemous if they want Batman to take a backseat and be introduced in a Superman movie. The Batman brand proved it sells more tickets than Superman, so really it should be Batman Featuring Superman, but I dont approve of that either. They need to be sold as an equal package when billed together.
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Post by StingerSplash on Jul 20, 2013 17:57:16 GMT -5
The fact that they announced this with a quote from 'Dark Knight Returns' scares me. It's WAY too early in this universe to pull that off.
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 20, 2013 19:49:58 GMT -5
As long as Noaln's "realistic" BS isn't in this I'll be happy. Yeah it worked for his trilogy and the first two are very good (hated the third movie) but it was not a good portrayal of his comic version, or in other words the source material. The reason that comic readers can believe that Batman can survive against super humans and gods is that we suspend our disbelief. Yes, he is human, but in the comics he is able to do things not physically possible. That and the fact that the character relies on his brains and detective skills more than anything to survive against them. Christopher Nolan's Batman couldn't last one year w/out crippling his leg. How the heck would we believe that another version of Batman from Nolan could survive from what we saw in MOS.
The problem I have w/ people claiming Nolan needs to control all this is that Nolan isn't a comic fan. Hes a director and writer who had an interest in Batman. His Batman movies were very good but he has even stated himself that he has no interest in other comic characters. I think MOS was truer to its roots than the Nolan Trilogy because Nolan was kept away from writing much of the script and from directing it.
As long as they stay true to the comics (worked great for Avengers), no Joseph Gordon Levit crap, and no Superman vs Batman fight this should be fine.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 20, 2013 20:15:44 GMT -5
If Nolan is willing to put his hand into this and help out (like what was stated in the article) I wonder if they could talk Bale into being Batman as well. I would mark like a 2yo
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