Superman/Batman movie coming in 2016
 

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

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

Not a surprise, but neat nonetheless.

Makes sense, Supes and Batman are the only two DC superheroes with box office clout.

Stupid question,

Why would Superman even need Batman?

The biggest question for me is whether or not it's the traditional Batman or The Dark Knight?

To break a billion at the box office.

Good question. Since Bale won't be involved, will this be a Batman reboot, or continue the continuity of the Nolan films? I suspect it will be a reboot. But if Nolan is still involved.......hmm...

If Nolan is still involved, it would surprise me to see JGL as The Dark Knight, with a "prequel" some point down the road.

Ok yea....I can roll with that. JGL was great in the last movie.

Well, it was implied that he was "The Dark Knight Rising" at the end of the film, so it makes sense continuity wise.

Yep.

I really would've liked a sequel to Man of Steel with just Supes.

I would watch an Aquaman movie before I spend money on anything Superman related. I have very low expectations for this movie as well as the proposed Justice League movie.

Looks like a new bat symbol. Strikes me as a disconnect from the previous franchise.

Heh, this was in I AM LEGEND

http://www.cinemasoldier.com/storage...=1267440187437

Facing off"?

Maybe i'm in the minority on this, but pairing them up sounds kinda corny.

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No, no, no. Too soon. Make a Man of Steel 2 then make this. Not a good idea, IMO.

For the most part this will be Man of Steel. This will be treated as the sequel except with Batman thrown in a bit.

Yet you feel compelled to post in a Superman movie thread.

You've already read the treatment?

This sounds like a terrible idea.

Sounds like its going to be Superman Vs. Batman. Hmmmm


http://badassdigest.com/2013/07/20/s...oming-in-2015/



“"I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you."

That line, one of the best moments in Frank Miller’s seminal, genre-changing The Dark Knight Returns, is what Zack Snyder used to announce his next movie: a film that has both Superman and Batman. The film is untitled, is currently dated for summer 2015 and that’s all we know.

Snyder was quick to say that the quote didn’t mean they were adapting TDKR; rather it informs what this movie will be. So expect Batman and Superman to be at odds, and duking it out. We have to assume this is how Kryptonite is introduced into the rebooted Superman movie universe, that Bruce Wayne finds it.

What will the film be called? It can’t be Man of Steel 2. I’d love it if they went old school and called it World’s Finest, but that might be too square for the new, darker Superman.

The other question is who will be Batman? They’re going into production next year according to Warner Bros, so they’re going to have to find their new Batman quite quickly. Will they attempt to tie it into the Nolan films? Is this a Batman reboot? We’ll know more soon.

I hope this is solid...really not sure what to think. HUGE batman fan...

I may have to watch the dark knight returns part 1 and 2 that came out recently and re-read the comic, good stuff

That sounds reeruned. Hopefully it isn't Suppes v batman for the big fight. That would be lame.

It would mostly be lame because Batman wouldn't stand a goddamn chance.

That's the problem with the way Man of Steel is constructed.

It's a great movie (that's right, it is), but it is such a great, comprehensive tale of who Superman is and how extraordinary his presence on earth is, that you can't really create a villain that has a prayer at competing with him.

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The two hero's at each others throat... thats not going to play well in mid-Murica, i bet they scrap this idea after some thought.

Before they write a single line, it sounds clunky and hard to get across.

I didn't realize I could only post my opinion as long as I was excited about what the thread was about.

My apologies. Please don't report my post.

Yeah, I'm thinking it'll be more along the lines of a small tiff to start off, then they'll unite later against a common enemy. Maybe Luthor? Darkseid? Brainiac?

........ Or perhaps........ A Lex Luthor/ Joker team up!

EDIT: Kind of like the Avengers.

fyp

Batman is a douchebag. Shouldn't be too hard to create some tension between the two.

BOOOOOO

Oh, I love Batman. In fact, he's my second fave superhero behind Spidey..

Just saying.. The guy is a douche.

doubting it, the bat has more box office appeal than supes

Watch that video I posted, I think it will be pretty much like that. Lex get a kryptonite laced charm and controls Superman with it and Superman and batman fight. Batman snaps superman out of it and they team up to defeat Lex.

When I say a bit, I don't mean throw away scenes or just a quick Cameo. I just mean most of the screen time will be on Superman. Batman will be featured heavily, but the main focus will be Superman vs. Lex.

Actually it is a Batman/Superman movie. Batman will get top billing...it is the more successful franchise, even in the comics. (D.C. recently started a new series titled Batman and Superman)

If Nolan is truly involved count me in. Plus didn't Christian Bale say that he would do Batman again, only if Nolan were involved?

i just don't see Bale coming back at all...

I still want a real superman 2 movie before this as well. I am hoping whoever plays the new batman is close to Bale, really really hard to top him.

It sounds really stupid. Superman is an alien with unimaginable power and could kill Batman with one blow. They dont really belong in the same "world". I like Batman cuz hes just a rich dude who cares. He has absolutely no special powers except for being a trained ninja and being insanely rich with an almost infinite resources

Yeah, Batman works in with the Justice League much better in the comics and cartoons where if a guy like Darkseid or Doomsday gets his hands on him they just throw him around. I don't think movie audiences will buy into seeing these guys that can move continents get their hands on Bats and just toss him to the side everytime they grab him. In reality, any kick or punch from them would kill him instantly and if they got their hands on him, he'd be mashed to molecules.

Don't get your panties in a wad. I just found it interesting that you'd even bother to read a Superman thread since you apparently have no interest in the character. The fact that you'd bother to post in such a thread was even more interesting.

I wasn't going to report your post. I was planning to hunt you down in real life. :p

There is no way this will be a Batman versus Superman movie. Now, they may at some point bicker with each other, kind of like what went on in the Avengers movie, but in the end they will be working together to defeat whoever the real "Big Bad" is in the movie.

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In the Dark Knight Returns Part 2, Miller did a great job with the Batman/Superman fight. The Dark Knight Returns animated movies are definitely worth a watch. The basic tenet that Miller got across was that Batman's main advantage over Superman is that he will do whatever it takes to win, where Supes is constrained by all of his different rules. Plus, Bats gets a little aid in the fight near the end that completely turns the tables (thus doing whatever it takes).

Nolan did Batman wonders, and now someone is going to destroy it.

Stupid.

Seeing as how Nolan is producing it, I don't think he'll let them do anything stupid to mess up what he created.

Having trouble with your link for some reason, so here's another:

<iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="270" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x124npa"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x124npa_batman-superman-comic-con-announcement-batman-news-com_shortfilms" target="_blank">Batman/Superman Comic-Con announcement | Batman...</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/BatmanNewsCom" target="_blank">BatmanNewsCom</a></i>

Thought the way they handled the announcement was pretty cool.

I hope Nolan is involved enough so they don't as well.

They can't **** this up...that said this movie is too soon. Hope im proven wrong.

they should've had Kevin Conroy reading the lines

Dane mentioned the best solution. Bring back JGL as the new Dark Knight. That way it serves as a reboot and continues the continuity of the Nolan Batman people loved.

Speaking of those lines, is that insinuating that they get into a fight and Batman wins? How is that ****ing believable? Superman kills Zod, who is/was equally powerful, but a human in a bat suit with cute ninja skills can beat the most powerful superhero ever? Not buying it. That's ****ing crazy. Comic book people should be shot for coming up with that. They should've had a MoS 2 with just Superman.

It's from the graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller.

1. JGL acquires Kryptonite
2. Random Flashbacks, Flash Sideways, and Flash Forwards.
3. EPIK SACK CIDER TWO HOUR BRAWL (leaving billions dead)
4. ???
5. Profit

Don't you think they're jumping the gun a bit because they see all the movies that Marvel is shitting out and will be coming out?

Kryptonite and magic are Batmans only ways of beating Superman.

I've never heard of Batman using magic so his best bet is kryptonite. Shouldn't be a problem to get some with his wealth.

When do we get Batman vs Wolverine?

Superman vs. Goku

That is what I am guessing, president Luthor gives Supes red kryptonite. Batman fights and defeats him, then joins Supes to take him down. Hopefully someone else is working with Luthor to balance it out.

Zod was not as powerful. He was not around the red sun as long, so his body did not asorb as much as Kal El who grew up here.

IMO.

There is actually a decent video of that.

Sub Zero vs E Honda

:hmmm:

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It will just depend how they will integrate both of them in concurrent story arcs.

Do you think they're both too big to be in the same film? It'll be interesting. It has to be well done. I think it's one way or the other. That meaning they're either gonna butcher it, or nail it.

It will have to be handled with care with no favoritism with one or another concerning Supes and Bats.

The popular thing now is to kick the shit out of Superman, while Batman can never lose "because he's Batman". which IMO is very played out as you can see on the street with the culdoscope of douchebags decked out in Dark Knight schwag .

Rumor is they don't want JGL.

As far as Luthor controlling supes Kryptonite hasn't even shown up on earth in this universe yet, so I wouldn't count on that.

Goku would wreck Superman's shit...

Cracking me up reading all the guessing at who the next Batman will be.

One place actually put Ben Afflect as the top choice. LMAO

http://blog.chron.com/guystuff/2013/...e-next-batman/

http://screenrant.com/batman-casting...ustice-league/

http://showbizcafe.com/who-will-be-t...-top-5-actors/

Given how Lex Luthor, in the comics, is pro-human and pro-Metropolis and that city just got destroyed by aliens, I have a feeling that is how he will be introduced. He will reach out to Bruce Wayne to help restore Metropolis to where it was before.

Bruce Wayne, having seen what just occurred and being the detective he is, will want to investigate any potential threats that may arise again and how to deal with those potential threats. He comes to Metropolis cautious and suspicious as he generally is about anything new and discovers kryptonite is Superman's weakness. They square off until it is realized that there are more threats in the world than each other. They team up and whip some ass.

That's how I see this movie going down.

I want this made...

http://www.comicbookresources.com/as..._5-1.jpg&h=250

That was the quote from the end of the Comic-Con video posted earlier in this thread, so my guess is you're getting your wish.

Another wave of applause bubbled up from the audience, and Zack waited a moment before continuing. "There's a lot of speculation about what we're doing. So it is official that we're going to make another Superman movie. And so you say 'Zack, what is the movie about?' You don't want me to tell you what it's about. You want to go and see the movie. But I can say that maybe there's a single element that will be in the film that I could help you out with."

That's very important, by the way, because some people immediately made the jump to announcing that Snyder is doing "The Dark Knight Returns." He is not. That is a story you tell at the end of a cycle of films, not at the start. It's about Superman and Batman at the end of a long history of encounters with one another, and doing that immediately after introducing Cavill in "Man Of Steel" seems wildly unlikely.

At that point, you could feel the energy in Hall H, all of it focused on what Zack was saying. "How could I do that? I sort of pored through the DC universe to look for a way to tell this thing, to announce our plan. And I came across a thing that I feel like sums up what we're writing now. This isn't what we're doing, but I found a thing that can help you understand the spirit of it."

He brought out Harry Lennix, who was in "Man Of Steel," and asked him to read the quote because he has a better voice than Zack, and they lowered the lights as Lennix stepped up to the microphone.

"I want you to remember, Clark, in all the years to come, in all your most private moments, I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you."
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He says, "this isn't what we're doing" so I don't think Supes and Batman are gonna be enemies, or even beat Superman, which to me is hilarious.

Which is why I don't understand why they used that quote from a story they are no using.