Lifelong fans of Aquaman, rejoice.
Zack Snyder tweeted out the first picture of Jason Momoa as Aquaman and I can’t…words…things…trident.
Even those who have made fun of Aquaman over the years (you know who you are, haters) should admit that this is the King of the Effing Sea. Seeing him use two dolphins as chariots would actually scare the shit out of me.
Warner Bros. opened the floodgate today on DC Comics movie news. They released dates for nine movies based on DC characters including TWO Justice League movies (both directed by Zack Snyder) and announced the casting of Ezra Miller as The Flash, who will appear in Justice League and his own movie. This puts to rest any rumors that Arrow or The Flash TV series will have anything to do with the DC movie universe.
Justice League will come out in 2017 only one year after Batman v Superman as rumors suggested. Suicide Squad, directed by David Ayer (Fury) is Warner’s second DC movie of 2016 following Batman v Superman. We should hear more about casting for the Squad soon.
There are two DC movies per year starting in 2016 until 2020. Wonder Woman leads the way in 2017 with a June release while Justice League will avoid the summer of 2017 and stake its claim as the biggest movie of the holiday season. The Flash will open in March 2018 which is smart since it is not in the middle of the summer onslaught and should find a good audience. Aquaman with Jason Momoa has a harder task with a July 2018 release especially if audiences aren’t accepting of the character in Justice League.
Shazam starring The Rock as Black Adam starts 2019 with Justice League Part 2 in June. 2020 seems to be the year that has the most questions with a solo Cyborg movie and a rebooted Green Lantern. Hopefully eight years is enough time to get the taste of the first film out of their mouths.
This is certainly a balls out move by Warner, but a necessary one if they are going to compete with Marvel in theaters. They have to stick to their guns, even if some of these movies are only moderate successes.
Check out the schedule below.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – March 25, 2016
Suicide Squad – August 5, 2016
Wonder Woman – June 23, 2017
Justice League Part One – November 17, 2017
The Flash – March 23, 2018
Aquaman – July 27, 2018
Shazam – April 5, 2019
Justice League Part Two – June 14, 2019
Cyborg – April 3, 2020
Green Lantern – June 19, 2020
Now everyone that writes about this movie for the next two years can stop using the popular “untitled Batman vs. Superman movie” because Zack Snyder’s team-up film that will lead into Justice League has an official title; Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Good thing they already announced that Justice League is coming after this, otherwise the internet would be exploding right now because of the subtitle. As far as titles go…it works. Don’t get me wrong I am super ready for this damn movie and I am in the camp that thinks that Ben Affleck is going to own his role, but the title reads like a studio think tank idea.
Of course Justice League 0.5 wouldn’t have worked as well.
The untitled Batm…had to catch myself there.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will release on May 6, 2016.
Warner confirmed what we all suspected, that a Justice League movie is in the works. Not only that, but they announced that Zack Snyder will return to direct the movie.
Snyder is about to begin filming the Man of Steel sequel with Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and the just announced casting of Ray Fisher as Cyborg. All four are returning for Justice League.
After the announcement this past weekend, rumors began circulating that Justice League could be filmed back-to-back after the Man of Steel sequel for a possible 2017 release, only a year between movies. This has not been confirmed and Warner has given no indication of release date.
Now let speculation begin on who will make up the rest of the Justice League. With four members already cast will Warner include Green Lantern, The Flash and Aquaman or any combination of the three? Will the new Flash TV show keep him out of a Justice League movie? These are just a few of the questions that will come up.
I will gladly sacrifice Flash or Green Lantern to finally have a big screen Aquaman.
The untitled Batman/Superman film has added another member of the Justice League.
Ray Fisher has been cast as Cyborg (Victor Stone) in Zack Snyder’s sequel to Man of Steel which is more and more looking like a full-on Justice League movie. Victor is the son of two S.T.A.R. Lab scientists who becomes Cyborg after a terrible accident leaves him disfigured and his father combines him with mechanical parts to save his life.
With Gal Gadot already cast as Wonder Woman and now the inclusion of Cyborg is anyone else wondering that the reason this movie does not have a title yet is that Warner is just waiting to announce that it will actually be Justice League? I still think it will be titled Man of Steel: Enter Subtitle Here, but I would not be surprised with the Justice League title.
Batman/Superman will release on May 6, 2016.
Artist Dan Panosian has brought members of the Justice League into the world of steampunk with these two pieces featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg.
Batman looks a little like pirate Batman from Grant Morrison’s The Return of Bruce Wayne. I do love Superman’s look as well. Cyborg’s character was custom fit for the steampunk world and is well represented in the top work looking like the Vitruvian Man.
See the other piece below and let us know what you think about the mix of styles.
The summer of 2015 is getting less and less crowded the closer we get to it. Star Wars has already staked out a December 2015 release date and now Warner Bros. has announced that their huge untitled Man of Steel sequel, which will see the first ever big screen team-up of Batman and Superman, is being delayed to May 6, 2016.
The big deal here is that it will put DC’s biggest heroes in direct competition with a Marvel movie. Marvel has an untitled movie set for release on May 6th also, which means it will be one big ass movie weekend, or one of the studios is going to have to flinch and move release dates. We don’t know what movie will be released from Marvel but the timetable suggests possibly Thor 3 or a new Phase 3 hero like Doctor Strange.
There have been huge rumors that Warner is secretly wanting to film the Justice League movie right after Man of Steel 2 and release it only a year later. This delay could give them time to get the two massive productions off the ground without an unnecessary rush. One has to wonder if Ben Affleck’s busy schedule has come into conflict somehow also. I think we can all agree that we just want to see a shot of him in the Batsuit.
File this under rumor but in parenthesis put BIG. A source has revelaed to Batman-on-Film.com that Warner Bros. is looking to jump head first into the superhero team up pool after The Man of Steel releases next year. And not only that but they would use the Justice League film as the opportunity to reboot Batman and begin to establish him and the other characters in one movie universe.
No we all know that Marvel’s massive Avengers gamble paid off but I think DC may have to take another direction and this may be the best way. With how poorly Green Lantern was received and The Man of Steel not even released, DC has no real way of getting all these characters individual movies and guaranteeing that they will all be hits enough to lead to a Justice League movie. Taking the opposite direction of Marvel may be the answer for DC.
It has already been reported that Warner would like the movie for summer of 2015 which would put it in the same year as The Avengers 2 and they have already (reportedly) been in talks with Ben Affleck and the Wachowskis about directing the film. Ben Affleck has denied any kind of involvement with the movie and although Speed Racer was a massive bomb, Warner still has faith in the Wachowskis to deliver a big time movie.
