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.
Zack Snyder tweeted out our first official look at the new Batmobile from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. A little piece of the vehicle could be seen in the first shot of Ben Affleck’s Batman and a few pictures leaked online from filming so I think Snyder just decided to show off Batman’s new ride in all of its Frank Miller-y glory.
It looks like a mix of the Tumbler from The Dark Knight Trilogy and Batman’s weaponized tank (for the lack of a better term) from The Dark Knight Returns.
The more we see from this movie it is easy to see how much Miller’s work is influencing Snyder’s take on the character.
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.
You knew when Ben Affleck was cast as Batman that long time friend Kevin Smith would be privy to some inside information and true to form the lucky bastard has seen Affleck’s Batman costume. He revealed his thoughts about the new look on his Hollywood Babble-On podcast which I believe is the 33rd podcast he does a week…which is cool.
“I saw the Batman costume. More than that I saw a picture of him (Affleck) in the costume. Now, I don’t want to give anything away ’cause that is up to them and stuff, but I am going to say this, I instantly bear hugged him (Snyder). You have not seen this costume in a movie on film before, and for a comic book fan it was mind bending. I was like ‘Get out of here, only you have enough power to pull this off.’ Because everyone always like does this Matrix/X-Men black armor…It was fantastic. I’m already a flag waver for this movie, but the costume, it blew my mind. I think everyone is just gonna be like ‘Holy ****!’ It’s its own thing, man. It’s like we haven’t been down this path at all. I was so elated….Even the hardest core “**** all this” person will be like ‘alright, I’m ready.”
Thanks for keeping my expectations low there Kev. There were already rumors that the new look was going to be based on the Batman: Noel graphic novel so reading Smith’s thoughts makes me think we will finally get a grey and black costume like the comics. If that is true, I will bearhug Zack Snyder too.
DC Comics has been celebrating Superman’s 75th anniversary all year long. Here is another reason to say Happy Birthday to the big blue boy scout. Bruce Timm (the genius behind Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series) teamed with Man of Steel director Zack Snyder to fit 75 years of Superman lore into this wonderful 2 minute short film that begins with John Williams’ legendary theme and ends with Hans Zimmer’s score from Man of Steel.
It is a blast to see all the variations of Superman including George Reeves, Max Fleischer cartoons, Christopher Reeve, Dan Jurgens’ Death of Superman all the way up to Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel.
The short film is a special feature on the [amazon_link id=”B008JFUPK8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Man of Steel[/amazon_link] Blu-Ray that releases on November 12th.
August 22, 2013, the day the Batman film franchise died.
Or you would think so from the response of the news that Ben Affleck has been cast to take up the cape and cowl in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel, Batman vs. Superman.
I am not here to pile on the Oscar winner. Rather, I am here to say this…I really don’t have a problem with it.
No, Affleck was nowhere on my, or anyone else’s, radar when it came to casting rumors for the first ever movie team-up of the two greatest superheroes in comics history. We all had our favorite choices that we wanted to see play The Dark Knight. I was firmly set in the Jeffrey Dean Morgan camp and even was coming around to the idea of Wes Bentley, who Christopher Nolan was rumored to have been suggesting. So the Affleck pick was certainly out of left field, but let’s be completely honest, if this was Ben Affleck of ten years ago, some of the insane internet hate may have been a tiny bit justified.
This is not ten years ago when hating Ben Affleck was the “in” thing to do. Yes, there will always be the Gigli jokes and I will never own Reindeer Games, but this is the multiple time Golden Globe winner and Oscar winner for starring in and directing the Best Picture of 2012. It is easy to see why Warner jumped all over the opportunity to get him to play Batman. You can not watch The Town or Hollywoodland and tell me that Ben Affleck can not play Batman, a role that has been played by Val fu**ing Kilmer. To not even give him, or the movie, a chance is pure ignorance. I say this from experience.
“They got Heath Ledger to play The Joker. Yeah, the dude from A Knight’s Tale is gonna play the role Nicholson made his. Way to ruin the character. Schumacher would be proud.”
This is an actual quote from me when it was announced in 2006 that Ledger was cast in Nolan’s follow-up to Batman Begins. It would be easy to say I always thought he would make a wonderful Joker, but there is no use in lying. Since hindsight is always 20/20, we all know how asinine that line of thinking was five years and one Oscar for Best Supporting Actor later.
Am I saying that Ben Affleck will automatically make a great, good, or even serviceable Batman? No. Not by a longshot. I am saying that I will reserve right to judge the movie and Affleck’s portrayal of Batman for when I sit my fat ass in a theater seat in July 2015. Just with any performance, there is a chance he could be the worse thing to happen to the Caped Crusader since bat-nips and ice skates, but you also have to realize there is another set of possibilities out there where Affleck surprises a lot of people and brings something new to the role and actually makes the movie better.
I will end this by throwing something out there to Ben Affleck.
I respect the massive set of balls shown for taking this role. You just basically swept the awards season for Argo and have proved your worth in the director’s chair. You went from the joke to the toast of Hollywood. There is no way the internet community will ever give you a free pass, even after winning the biggest award in motion pictures. All you can do is prove them wrong. Don’t fu** it up.
But at the end of the day I know you really could care less what the ravenous masses that hide behind a computer screen say because you have two Oscars, get to play Batman and go home every night to Jennifer Garner.
Well played Affleck. Well played.
Let’s file this under ‘Please God, let this be true”.
With the news of Warner searching for an older Batman and a possible short list being bandied about, there is plenty to get excited about when it comes to the Man of Steel sequel coming in 2015. Now we will add a new variant to this equation.
New rumors around the wonderful world of the interwebs are saying that Jeffrey Dean Morgan has actually had a meeting with Zack Snyder about possibly donning the cape and cowl opposite Henry Cavill’s Superman. Nerds will recognize Morgan as John Winchester from Supernatural and the ladies will remember him as the ghost that banged Katherine Heigl on Grey’s Anatomy and my girlfriend knows him as my “man crush” that is known, but never talked about.
The rumor is not that far-fetched with Morgan already playing The Comedian (rather expertly) in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen in 2009.
What are you all thinking about this possibility? Have any of you already set your mind on who you want to see take over the role?
With Batman/Superman only two years away and David S. Goyer and Zack Snyder hard at work on the script, Warner Bros. is in full on search mode for the next Batman. With the news last week that they were looking for an actor in their 40’s to play the Dark Knight guesses have been coming in fast and furious. Now it appears there is a short list flying around of the possible actors Warner is looking to take on Henry Cavill’s Superman.
Here what’s we got so far according to rumors: Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, True Blood’s Joe Manganiello, The Hobbit’s Richard Armitage, Watchmen’s Matthew Goode and Pacific Rim’s Max Martini.
OK, first off my #1 pick is not on this list and that is Karl Urban, but this doesn’t surprise me since Urban is filming his new TV show Almost Human. Oh well…one can dream.
Josh Brolin is certainly a good choice. He has the look and acting chops down to pull off the role, but at 46 he is on the upper end of the age range and this Batman is going to have to carry over into the Justice League movie. Joe Manganiello is built to be an exact comic book replica of Batman and Richard Armitage probably has my vote out of this entire list of actors.
From this rumored list here are my order of choices:
1. Richard Armitage
2. Josh Brolin
3. Joe Manganiello
4. Matthew Goode
5. Max Martini
I left Ryan Gosling off the list because here are my thoughts on the possible casting of him as Batman:
If you are not familiar with all the actors listed I will save you the trouble of hitting your Google tab and give you some handy pictures.
Josh Brolin
Ryan Gosling
Joe Manganiello
Richard Armitage
Matthew Goode
Max Martini
Alright here is a new rumor that you should know about when placing your bets on who will get the coveted role of The Caped Crusader in 2015’s Batman/Superman movie. Batman On Film is reporting from multiple sources that Warner Bros. is actively looking for an older “more grizzled” Batman for the Zack Snyder-directed feature set for release in 2015. The age range has been narrowed to actors who are almost or already in their 40’s.
To me this is a bit of good news because it is guaranteed that we will not get any form of Batman origin story again for this movie. It looks like we will be getting a Batman that is already on the job and good at what he does. This makes the dynamic between the two characters much better than two rookie heroes figuring things out as they go. At least one of them will be a veteran who can lead by example.
Let us know who you think would make a great Batman (no matter the age) and we will include it in our fantasy casting article that is coming soon.
And yes, I know Jon Hamm is going to be the overwhelming favorite. I am in the minority on this. I used to be all for it, but over the past year or so I have found other actors I would rather see in the role.
Who you got?