- MAN OF STEEL
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| No Justice League Until Man of Steel proves his worth |
Last week, it was reported that Justice League‘s team would
be comprised of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and The
Flash. However it would seem that the
Man of Steel would need to prove that he is also the Man of Gold, Box office
gold that is, as a Justice League film hinges on his success.
Buried in an article about Warner Bros. President Jeff
Robinov, Variety makes the somewhat unsurprising report that a greenlight on
Justice League is dependent on how well Zack Snyder‘s Man of Steel does at the
box office.
Per Variety:
Stakes are high for “Man of Steel.” Other than Nolan’s
Batpics, Warners has not been able to effectively exploit the DC library. Its
2011 “Green Lantern” underperformed, and a “Justice League” film wouldn’t
likely be in theaters before 2015, as Warner’s top brass has indicated that
they are awaiting the results of “Man of Steel,” which opens June 14, before
moving further ahead.
It’s difficult to say how far along Warner Bros. is willing
to go before officially pulling the trigger on Justice League. Will Beale (Gangster Squad) is already
writing the script, and it will be interesting to see if Warner Bros. attaches
a director before Man of Steel opens so they can hit the ground running if
Snyder’s film connects with audiences.
In other Superman news, David S. Goyer conceived the story
for Man of Steel with Christopher Nolan and wrote the screenplay. This is what he had to say about the film:
“We’re approaching Superman as if it weren’t a comic book
movie, as if it were real.”
In the latest issue of Empire [via CBM], Goyer compared his
take to the two Richard Donner Superman movies:
“I adore the Donner films. Absolutely adore them. It just struck me that there was an idealist
quality to them that may or may not work with today’s audience. It just struck me that if Superman really
existed in the world, first of all this story would be a story about first
contact.”
He’s an alien. You can easily imagine a scenario in which
we’d be doing a film like E.T., as opposed to him running around in
tights. If the world found out he
existed, it would be the biggest thing that ever happened in human
history. It falls into that idea of
trying to humanize the inhuman. He’s
made out of steel, he’s not made out of flesh, metaphorically speaking. We are portraying him as a man, yet he’s not
a man.
It is obviously a much longer process with a character like
Superman. It is much easier to do a realistic
take on Batman. You know nothing can
hurt Superman, presumably other than Kryptonite. The challenge was simply: can we figure out a
way to make those elements work, quote unquote, in the real world? It’s very much a story of a man with two fathers.”
Here’s hoping director Zack Snyder harnesses more of the
good than the bad by the time Man of Steel hits theaters on June 14, 2013.
And what do you think about Goyer’s comments? Is his idea
about Superman on point or is it askew. Let us know.
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