Superman/Batman movie coming in 2015

[tk13]

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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.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...-league-589521

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.

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movie...-man-of-steel/

[Sure-Oz]

This guy working for one of those nerd sites have it 8.5/10 most I've seen give it that score or close fwiw
One neutral guy from ign compared it to watchmen if you compare to avengers. so dark, brooding...

@smichaelmadden: I'm not further commenting on BvS. Shared my feelings last night. It isn't what these reviews are making it out to be.

[Sure-Oz]

@BatmanNewsCom: After you see #BatmanvSuperman it'll be easy to see why there's an R-rated cut. It's very dark & violent, but they cut away to keep it PG-13

[DaveNull]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Yeah most of the geek due hard fan sites are positive. Still not the best but it's fun and a good start to the DC universe. Most those sites are saying 'turn off film Twitter or we warned you about film' Twitter. Up to 39%

Nerd hate

The movie clocks in at over two and a half hours and it still feels like there’s not nearly enough time for what Snyder is trying to fit in here. The first half of the film is a meandering mess with serious pacing issues where we go from Clark Kent taking on Bruce Wayne, Lex discussing trade embargo of radioactive rocks, Lois Lane following up on a possible cover up, nightmare visions of the future, mysterious women and guest appearances. If you are one of the people who feel like Marvel movies are only elongated commercials for the next movie then I have some bad news for you. It’s only until we get to the third act where the film feels refined, and at that point it is just two dudes fighting so how complicated can it get?

[Sure-Oz]

This guy said he fell asleep to man of steel.

@EliotETC: I hope the BvS reviews even out and get less mean. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a great launchpad for the Justice League franchise

@EliotETC: Ben's Batman is the closest we've seen to deranged Frank Miller TDKR. He's a badass hero but also paranoid and gives no ****s.

[Priest31kc]

39% with 42 reviews...Wow. Didn't expect it to be even close to that low. Was thinking 60-70%...

[Pitt Gorilla]

Gustin has breathed amazing life into a character that didn't have a ton. Really stinks he wasn't cast as the Flash in the movie.

[RobBlake]

I couldnt really care less about "critics". This movie has all the right pieces to be solid.

[unlurking]

Originally Posted by Priest31kc

39% with 42 reviews...Wow. Didn't expect it to be even close to that low. Was thinking 60-70%...

Wow. That's seriously rough.

I understand the geek critic vs film critic debate, but that 's just bad.

[keg in kc]

It was at 8% after the first 20 or 25 reviews. I'm actually surprised it got up around 40% already after that. There's usually 200-250 total reviews for major movies compiled on rt as I recall, so there's plenty left.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

It was at 8% after the first 20 or 25 reviews. I'm actually surprised it got up around 40% already after that. There's usually 200-250 total reviews for major movies compiled on rt as I recall, so there's plenty left.

Exactly even some of the more picky reviewers are even surprised by the venom of some of these early reviews.

[unlurking]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

It was at 8% after the first 20 or 25 reviews. I'm actually surprised it got up around 40% already after that. There's usually 200-250 total reviews for major movies compiled on rt as I recall, so there's plenty left.

It's still at 42 reviews counted, and I've seen it at 39%, 40%, and now 41%. Maybe I just don't understand math?

[unlurking]

Spoiler free review...

[unlurking]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Meh. I'm always suspicious of pre-release twitter hype for this reason. The "reviews" usually come from people specifically invited to attend and who have personal connections to the production.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fantas...-major-a123570

You weren't swayed by the initial Fant4stic twitter reviews?

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by unlurking

You weren't swayed by the initial Fant4stic twitter reviews?

Everyone knew that as the perfect storm of $#it going in...

[unlurking]

True, but the initial Twitter reviews were all glowing. Usually don't pay attention to that sort of thing, but thought it was odd.

I will definitely still see BvS in the theater, but more likely to wait a couple weeks.