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  • Batman/Superman Movie Official For 2015!!!

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    Marvel’s Comic-Con panel isn’t until tonight, but Warner Bros. may have just won Comic-Con with their HUGE announcement today.

    Their two greatest heroes, Batman and Superman, will be heading to the big screen together in the summer of 2015. Zack Snyder will return to direct with a script by Man of Steel writer David S. Goyer. Christopher Nolan will serve as executive producer and presumably head up the entire project. Henry Cavill will return as Superman and a search will begin for a new Batman.

    Snyder surprised everyone by showing up at the Comic-Con panel and had an excerpt from The Dark Knight Returns read and the Superman logo was shown on screen then a new Batman logo appeared behind it.

    NERD FEELS….EVERYWHERE!!

    On the heels of this big event, it is also being rumored that Warner is prepping a Flash movie for 2016 which will lead into a 2017 Justice League film.

    Here is the official statement from Warner Bros. on the massive team-up of the two biggest superheroes in the world:

    “On the heels of the worldwide success of Man of Steel, director Zack Snyder is bringing together the two greatest Super Heroes of all time —Batman and Superman —for the first time on the big screen.  The announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution,Warner Bros. Pictures.

    The current hit, Man of Steel, has taken in more than $630 million at the worldwide box office to date, and climbing.  Along with its star, Henry Cavill, the upcoming film brings back Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane.  The new Batman has yet to be cast.

    Snyder is co-writing the story with David S. Goyer, who will then pen the screenplay.  Production is expected to begin in 2014, with an anticipated release date in Summer 2015.”

     

  • Zack Snyder Talks About Henry Cavill In Man Of Steel. “Holy Sh**, That’s Superman.”

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    Photo courtesy filmofilia.com

    Zack Snyder gave an interview in SFX Magazine about his upcoming Man of Steel and was asked about his impressions of Henry Cavill taking over the iconic role.

    “God, he’s so Supermanish it’s crazy! There was a telling moment – we put him in the Christopher Reeve costume, because we didn’t have a suit yet, we just had the old spandex suit. He stepped out of the trailer and no one laughed. It’s the difference between being Superman and dressing up like Superman. If I’m dressed up like Superman it’s like a Halloween costume. If you’re Henry it’s your clothes. It’s awesome. Watch the movie and you’re like ‘Holy shit, that’s Superman.’ And it’s not weird or crazy, it’s just cool.”

    Snyder may have given the best explanation about what makes a Superman in that paragraph when he talks about the difference as dressing up as Superman and being Superman.

    You can read other excerpts from the interview here. Man of Steel releases on June 14th.

    In case you haven’t seen it, here is the newest trailer.

  • Man Of Steel Takes Center Stage On EW’s Summer Movie Issue

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    This isn’t really a big piece of news, but let’s face it, it’s Superman. Henry Cavill is this year’s cover boy for Entertainment Weekly’s summer movie issue and director Zack Snyder reveals that Kryptonite will not be in this summer’s Superman adventure. He says that it has been used so often as Superman’s weakness that they wanted to take a different approach this time.

    Zod beating the shit out of him is a good start.

    Man of Steel releases on June 14th.

  • New Man Of Steel Statues Coming This Spring

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    Photo courtesy brusimm.com

    DC Collectibles is ready and set to unleash a full line of 1:6 scale statues for Zack Snyder’s huge Superman revival, Man of Steel. Below you can see a very good look at Michael Shannon as Zod. He is looking very non-Terrence Stamp and all badass. Other statues which you can see are Superman himself played by Henry Cavill, the mysterious Faora played by Antje Traue and Jor-El who is obviously played by Russell Crowe who comes with a Kryptonian gun and not a phone to assault people.

    Prices have not been revealed for the statues and will be released this spring.

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  • Zack Snyder Is Developing A New Star Wars Movie (UPDATED: Maybe Not)

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    So I will just let that title soak in for a second……………………………………………….

    Yes, you read that correct. Vulture is reporting that the director of 300, Watchmen and this summer’s Superman reboot, Man of Steel, is indeed hard at work developing a Star Wars movie that will not be a part of the planned trilogy from Disney. The report claims that it will be a stand alone film and may run parallel to the new trilogy. The report goes on to describe the movie:

    “It will be an as-yet-untitled Jedi epic loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai, with the ronin and katana being replaced by the Force-wielding knights and their iconic lightsabers.”

    Disney has already stated that there would be more Star Wars films past the new trilogy, but it is a little weird that we seem to know a bit more about this stand alone Star Wars movie than the new trilogy which is set for release in the summer of 2015.

    Many fans may gripe at this with their deep hatred of Zack Snyder, but I will remain optimistic in this early going. It is more Star Wars so that’s a good thing and nothing could possibly be worse than Episode 1…..right? And at least it will look pretty.

    UPDATE:

    Zack Snyder’s spokesman has gone on record saying that the director is not involved with any Star Wars film.

    “While he is super flattered because he is a huge fan, Zack is not involved in any way with the new Star Wars. He is currently in post on his two films, Man of Steel and 300: Battle of Artemisia.”

    Of course, denials in Hollywood are nothing new so take this statement with a grain of salt. If Disney has locked up Snyder for a stand-alone Star Wars film and Man of Steel hits it big this summer that will leave Warner Bros. in a bit of a bind if they wanted Snyder to return foe a sequel.

  • New Man Of Steel Trailer

    The new trailer for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel has just gone online and say what you will but the movie looks nothing short of beautiful. I am always one that grows tired of origin stories in comic movies but I could not help but watch this and want to go see it now. Let’s hope that Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder are guiding this character into movie relevance again.

    Man of Steel releases on June 14, 2013.

  • New Man Of Steel Poster

    Not to be outdone by the Star Trek Into Darkness poster that was revealed this morning, Warner Bros. has revealed the newest poster for Superman’s return to the big screen, Man of Steel.

    Directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher “DC movie godfather” Nolan, Man of Steel may (or may not, who knows) be an official beginning of a Justice League movie. Little is known about the film plot wise but a new trailer is set to screen in front of The Hobbit in a few weeks.

    The poster is very different from what I was expecting with Superman being handcuffed (voluntarily I would assume) and being followed by military officials. Since we know so little about the movie this poster just adds to the mystery of what will lead to this point. So as a marketing tool I think Warner got it right here.

    What do you think about it? Are you looking forward to Superman’s return to the big screen?

    Man of Steel releases on June 14, 2013.