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I outlined my thoughts on Synder above...I happen to think he's got a pretty good track record, especially when it comes to comic-to-movie. Sucker Punch is the only stinker, but I do acknowledge it as a cult type of film, and one that just wasn't for me. Man of Steel, I felt had good direction, its just source material and the script were a let down.
For those of you that are down on The Watchmen...did you see The Ultimate Cut of the film? Personally, I feel The Ultimate Cut of The Watchmen is a worthy magnum opus. The theatrical version is a bit of a let down, just because its incomplete.Comment
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Read a couple of pages here, plenty of nerds upset:
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Nolan left Superman in the hands of David S. Goyer. Not someone to be proud of, he's pretty much the Paul W.S. Anderson of comic book movies.Comment
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Looks like Affleck will have his hand in the script and also signed a multi-film contract..
Ben Affleck is Batman. You could have knocked me over with a feather. (He didn't even land on our Batman poll, which was won handily by Michael Fassbender.) I liked Affleck as Jack Ryan. But not so much as Daredevil. (To his credit he turned down the sequel.) He will take over from Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in the next Zack Snyder Superman-Batman feature now slated to open on July 17, 2015, that Warner Bros. announced with great fanfare at Comic-Con. Returning to the next “Man of Steel” movie are Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane.
Snyder approached Affleck months ago, reports THR. Affleck would not take on this role unless he had some say in how this script turns out. He will have a strong hand at Warner Bros., which backed him on "The Town" and the Oscar-winning "Argo" and is invested in telling the town he's sticking around the studio. Affleck signed for multiple pictures. If this works out he'll have a major franchise to play with for years ahead. And a major studio where he can hang his hat, as his hero Clint Eastwood has done for decades.
Affleck tends to do better as an actor in his own pictures--which are often smarter than average studio fare. He shared a screenwriting Oscar with Matt Damon, after all, for "Good Will Hunting." The irony: Affleck turned down directing "Man of Steel." And did fine as George Reeves, TV's Superman, in little-seen "Hollywoodland." The LAT looks at which of his past roles prepared him for this one.
He can do this. Fans are reportedly 70% against this casting, but they opposed Michael Keaton and Robert Downey, Jr. initially, too, as Batman and Iron Man, respectively. Joss Whedon, the EW cover man and Marvel's "The Avengers" writer-director, gives trending #Batfleck a thumbs up. While Affleck is still on board to star in David Fincher's "Gone Girl" opposite Rosamund Pike ("The World's End"), he's letting go of the remake of Guillaume Canet's "Tell No One" (based on Harlen Coben's book) and his adaptation of Stephen King tome "The Stand." ("Crazy Heart" writer-director Scott Cooper is picking up the rewrite.) Affleck is hanging onto his plans to direct Dennis Lehane's "Live By Night" at Warners.
According to Warner Bros.:
"Affleck and filmmaker Zack Snyder will create an entirely new incarnation of the character in Snyder’s as-yet-untitled project—bringing Batman and Superman together for the first time on the big screen and continuing the director’s vision of their universe, which he established in 'Man of Steel.'"
Warners is banking that Snyder's rebooted original story “Man of Steel,” which has earned more than $650 million worldwide to date, is the right way to go. But now he and writer David S. Goyer will bring the two DC Comics icons together in a story they created together, in effect importing Batman into Superman's world. Where will Clark Kent work, Metropolis or Gotham? They are two very different places.
“Ben provides an interesting counter-balance to Henry’s Superman," says Snyder. "He has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter, but retain the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne. I can’t wait to work with him.”
Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan and Wesley Coller serving as executive producers. Production is expected to begin in 2014.Comment
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Yes. He also wrote the Unborn, Jumper, the Blade movies, and some other projects that were really bad. His track record without Nolan is really bad. And I would give most of the writing credit for The Dark Knight trilogy to Chris and his brother, not Goyer.
I would be far more worried, about Goyer then Snyder. Snyder is passionate about the project, and has said in the past that Batman would be his dream project. If he gets a good script I think he can make a good movie. If WB is smart they will let Affleck have final say on the script.Comment
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Fan made trailer that was posted on IGN:
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The movie will film in Detroit.
Michigan is getting the Man of Steel and the Caped Crusader.
The upcoming Superman-Batman movie has been approved for the state’s film incentives, the Michigan Film Office announced today.
The Warner Bros. film featuring the two biggest superheroes of DC Comics expects to begin shooting in metro Detroit and elsewhere in Michigan sometime in the first three months of 2014.
The movie, informally known as the untitled “Man of Steel” sequel, has been approved for $35 million in incentives on an anticipated $131 million of in-state spending.
That would represent a better percentage rate of return on spending for the incentives awarded than Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful,” which was filmed in Pontiac’s Michigan Motion Picture Studios in 2011. The origin story of Oz’s wizard had a projected spending of roughly $105 million and was awarded nearly $40 million in incentives.
The movie, which will star Henry Cavill as Superman and Ben Affleck as Batman, expects to hire 406 Michigan workers. The MFO also said it would use about 500 Michigan vendors and spend $5.1 million on local hotels.Comment
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Ben Affleck’s Batman will be “tired and weary and seasoned and been doing it for awhile,” according to Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara.
The exec offered the character description Thursday at an investor gathering, officially titled the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference.
Affleck was announced as the studio’s selection for Batman opposite Henry Cavill’s Superman character in the untitled “Man of Steel” sequel, due out in 2015.
Though the choice of Affleck has troubled some Batman fans, Tsujihara said he was “perfect” for the film that Zack Snyder is directing. “We think it’s going to be huge,” he added.
The exec said that the studio “could not be happier” about the performance of “Man of Steel,” which has grossed $660 million in worldwide box office. “We think it’s the perfect springboard for Batman and Superman,” he added,
Tsujihara also indicated that there will be “a lot of announcements” coming out the DC Comics unit of Warner Bros., noting that the Warner Bros. has three DC-based animated TV shows.Comment
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