DC Extended Universe THREAD

[verslibre]

Happy Easter, dude!

[The_Noble_Cause]

Even so, marvel thought of a way to do better than emails. That was a pretty cool lightning bolt on Flash's though.

LOL! That scene was so lame.

[verslibre]

Guess which director-titan just landed over at DC...

Steven Spielberg Joins DC Universe With ‘Blackhawk’ Movie

Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment are again teaming up with Warner Bros. Pictures to produce the action adventure “Blackhawk,” based on the DC Comics series of the same name.

Spielberg also has an eye on directing the movie, Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich said in a Tuesday announcement.

The move comes on the heels of “Ready Player One,” also a Spielberg-Amblin-Warner Bros. collaboration, and marks the filmmaker’s first feature centered on DC characters.

Blackhawk is the leader of a small team of ace pilots who fight tyranny and oppression — including Axis powers as well as various supervillains –while operating from a hidden base known only as “Blackhawk Island.” The comic book debuted in 1941 and features team members from around the world, with Blackhawk himself generally portrayed as a Polish freedom fighter.

Blackhawk was created by comics legends Chuck Cuidera, Bob Powell and Will Eisner for Quality Comics. The characters and concepts were sold to DC after Quality ceased publications in 1956.

“We are so proud to be the studio behind Steven Spielberg’s latest hit, and are thrilled to be working with him again on this new action adventure,” said Emmerich on Tuesday. “We can’t wait to see what new ground he will break in introducing ‘Blackhawk’ to movie audiences worldwide.”

The screenplay for “Blackhawk” is being written by David Koepp, who has collaborated with Spielberg on the blockbusters “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “War of the Worlds” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

Spielberg will produce the film along with Kristie Macosko Krieger, under the Amblin Entertainment banner, while Sue Kroll will executive produce, under her Kroll & Co. Entertainment shingle.

“It was wonderful working with the team at Warner Bros. to bring ‘Ready Player One’ to the screen,” said Spielberg, adding, “They bring a blend of passion and professionalism to everything they do and have a tremendous history in this genre. I am excited to reunite with them on ‘Blackhawk.'”

Spielberg’s next two films are the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise and “West Side Story.”

“Blackhawk” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

https://www.thewrap.com/steven-spielberg-dc-blackhawk/

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https://pursuenews.com/new-aquaman-footage-gets-positive-reactions-from-cinemacon-2018-attendees/

I hear they nailed Black Manta's design, too. Can't wait to see the first teaser. They're still working on VFX.

[YoungJRNYfan]

It's going to be McQarrie on Man of Steel 2. Mission Impossible: Fallout junkets have been making the rounds and Cavill has been getting grilled nonstop about Superman..all smiles of his next outing of course, but he has to remain hush-hush. But he's smiling from ear to ear and wants McQuarrie to take it..who wants it.


Christopher McQuarrie reveals he's been talking Superman movie ideas with Henry Cavill
http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/04/26/man- ... ry-cavill/

[verslibre]

It's going to be McQarrie on Man of Steel 2. Mission Impossible: Fallout junkets have been making the rounds and Cavill has been getting grilled nonstop about Superman..all smiles of his next outing of course, but he has to remain hush-hush. But he's smiling from ear to ear and wants McQuarrie to take it..who wants it.


Christopher McQuarrie reveals he's been talking Superman movie ideas with Henry Cavill
http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/04/26/man- ... ry-cavill/

After hitting that link, I agree it's all but ink on the page. Comic Con will bring mucho news.

[verslibre]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=F-7Nvmd0178

[Monker]

Why is this exciting? Spielberg is the KING (or grandfather) of cookie cutter popcorn action movies...and this seems to have very little to do with the core of the DCEU. In fact, it sounds exactly like the "Blacksheep Squadron" series with Robert Conrad...except this sounds like a lame and exaggerated version fighting Red Skull and Hydra, or the DC equivalent.

"Ready Player One" was OK for what it was. But, it definitely is not Spielberg at his best.

Guess which director-titan just landed over at DC...

Steven Spielberg Joins DC Universe With ‘Blackhawk’ Movie

Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment are again teaming up with Warner Bros. Pictures to produce the action adventure “Blackhawk,” based on the DC Comics series of the same name.

Spielberg also has an eye on directing the movie, Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich said in a Tuesday announcement.

The move comes on the heels of “Ready Player One,” also a Spielberg-Amblin-Warner Bros. collaboration, and marks the filmmaker’s first feature centered on DC characters.

Blackhawk is the leader of a small team of ace pilots who fight tyranny and oppression — including Axis powers as well as various supervillains –while operating from a hidden base known only as “Blackhawk Island.” The comic book debuted in 1941 and features team members from around the world, with Blackhawk himself generally portrayed as a Polish freedom fighter.

Blackhawk was created by comics legends Chuck Cuidera, Bob Powell and Will Eisner for Quality Comics. The characters and concepts were sold to DC after Quality ceased publications in 1956.

“We are so proud to be the studio behind Steven Spielberg’s latest hit, and are thrilled to be working with him again on this new action adventure,” said Emmerich on Tuesday. “We can’t wait to see what new ground he will break in introducing ‘Blackhawk’ to movie audiences worldwide.”

The screenplay for “Blackhawk” is being written by David Koepp, who has collaborated with Spielberg on the blockbusters “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “War of the Worlds” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

Spielberg will produce the film along with Kristie Macosko Krieger, under the Amblin Entertainment banner, while Sue Kroll will executive produce, under her Kroll & Co. Entertainment shingle.

“It was wonderful working with the team at Warner Bros. to bring ‘Ready Player One’ to the screen,” said Spielberg, adding, “They bring a blend of passion and professionalism to everything they do and have a tremendous history in this genre. I am excited to reunite with them on ‘Blackhawk.'”

Spielberg’s next two films are the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise and “West Side Story.”

“Blackhawk” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

https://www.thewrap.com/steven-spielberg-dc-blackhawk/

[YoungJRNYfan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=F-7Nvmd0178

He's been cracking in every interview lol. They asked him about Shazam and he said "Okay, obviously I can't say anything about that right now.."

Book Henry's Superman in Shazam and book a showdown with the Rock's Black Adam soon.

[YoungJRNYfan]

Henry still mentions how he wants a direct sequel to Man of Steel. Story-wise, it just isn't possible since BvS was the follow-up.

The only way they can do so is to set the timeline in that 18 months after MoS and prior to BvS within' that year and a half gap.

[verslibre]

Henry still mentions how he wants a direct sequel to Man of Steel. Story-wise, it just isn't possible since BvS was the follow-up.

The only way they can do so is to set the timeline in that 18 months after MoS and prior to BvS within' that year and a half gap.

Which is a pretty big window!

[YoungJRNYfan]

Henry still mentions how he wants a direct sequel to Man of Steel. Story-wise, it just isn't possible since BvS was the follow-up.

The only way they can do so is to set the timeline in that 18 months after MoS and prior to BvS within' that year and a half gap.

Which is a pretty big window!

It would actually be a very clever way to do it. We would finally see Superman interacting and building his name with the public while building relationships at the Daily Planet and how he's dealing with the pressures of becoming Superman. We can tap more into that heroic mindset that was set forth at the end of Man of Steel ("Look, I'm here to help, but it has to be on my own terms..") rather than the manipulation by the time we got to BvS ("Superman was never real..") Either way, I still want a refreshed/new take. Even flashbacks and character building from those 18 months could work within the new and present timeline.

[YoungJRNYfan]

Yes. Please...yes.

Henry Cavill Teases Superman vs. Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/04/30/henr ... e-johnson/

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Yes. Please...yes.

Henry Cavill Teases Superman vs. Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/04/30/henr ... e-johnson/

[YoungJRNYfan]

Jesus, Jay Olivia is layeth the smackdowneth on fans who claim MoS was a disappointment and that Batman was added only later. Glad somebody who worked on these films weigh in on the hatas:


'Batman V Superman' Art Director Corrects 'Hitman' Producer's "Revisionist History"
By RUSS BURLINGAME - April 30, 2018

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Jay Oliva, who directed the two-part animated feature film Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and who provided storyboard art on Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Wonder Woman (among many others), spent some time on Twitter recently correcting a widely-held misconception about one of those films.

According to Oliva, Man of Steel was meant to be the first of a five-part story, and a direct sequel was never part of the immediate plans. When Daniel Alter, a producer on the Hitman video game films and the upcoming Jonny Quest movie, chimed in on Twitter to call the claim "revisionist history," the conversation soured pretty quickly.


"Daniel, with all due respect, who would know more about this?" Oliva began. "You or I? It’s not revisionist history. Seriously I take offense to you insinuating that I don’t know what I’m talking about."

Alter then countered that it was "widely known around town" that Batman was added to the film after Man of Steel "was a big disappointment at the box office."



Man of Steel made $291 million at the domestic box office and $668 million globally, meaning that it underperformed the Iron Man films in North America but earned more than both of the two that were out at the time worldwide. There was disagreement at the time about whether this performance was underperforming (since, after all, Superman is a widely-known global brand and Iron Man was not, particularly, at the time) or not (it was the highest-grossing Superman film at that point and among solo superhero films was still a pretty big hit).

Oliva fired back that he, unlike Alter, had been involved in discussions at the time and that he was in a position to know better than the gossip.

"Back in April 2013 (before Man of Steel was released in June) I was tasked with doing the Superman 75 short," Oliva said. "I met with Zack, who was the exec producer on it, and he showed me storyboards of Batman v Superman, with Batman already in it. AND it was a Batman from The Dark Knight Returns. I know this as fact because I was there and I remember it very clearly because I was sad that I may not get the opportunity to work on a film that used Miller’s DKR as an influence. Because well you know, I kinda did a little film that did just that. So how could it be revisionist history if the plan for the following films were already planned BEFORE the release the Man of Steel? Now was there a plan to do a sequel when Goyer and Nolan wrote it? I don’t know for sure but you can bet your ass that prior to June there was a plan."

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/05/01/batm ... s-revisio/

[YoungJRNYfan]

Rumor: WB planning for Henry Cavill's Superman to be the Nick Fury of their films; will be the glue that holds the DCEU together moving forward.

https://batman-news.com/2018/04/26/henr ... nick-fury/

[verslibre]

What could have been. #UntilItWasnt

Jesus, Jay Olivia is layeth the smackdowneth on fans who claim MoS was a disappointment and that Batman was added only later. Glad somebody who worked on these films weigh in on the hatas:


'Batman V Superman' Art Director Corrects 'Hitman' Producer's "Revisionist History"
By RUSS BURLINGAME - April 30, 2018

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Jay Oliva, who directed the two-part animated feature film Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and who provided storyboard art on Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Wonder Woman (among many others), spent some time on Twitter recently correcting a widely-held misconception about one of those films.

According to Oliva, Man of Steel was meant to be the first of a five-part story, and a direct sequel was never part of the immediate plans. When Daniel Alter, a producer on the Hitman video game films and the upcoming Jonny Quest movie, chimed in on Twitter to call the claim "revisionist history," the conversation soured pretty quickly.


"Daniel, with all due respect, who would know more about this?" Oliva began. "You or I? It’s not revisionist history. Seriously I take offense to you insinuating that I don’t know what I’m talking about."

Alter then countered that it was "widely known around town" that Batman was added to the film after Man of Steel "was a big disappointment at the box office."



Man of Steel made $291 million at the domestic box office and $668 million globally, meaning that it underperformed the Iron Man films in North America but earned more than both of the two that were out at the time worldwide. There was disagreement at the time about whether this performance was underperforming (since, after all, Superman is a widely-known global brand and Iron Man was not, particularly, at the time) or not (it was the highest-grossing Superman film at that point and among solo superhero films was still a pretty big hit).

Oliva fired back that he, unlike Alter, had been involved in discussions at the time and that he was in a position to know better than the gossip.

"Back in April 2013 (before Man of Steel was released in June) I was tasked with doing the Superman 75 short," Oliva said. "I met with Zack, who was the exec producer on it, and he showed me storyboards of Batman v Superman, with Batman already in it. AND it was a Batman from The Dark Knight Returns. I know this as fact because I was there and I remember it very clearly because I was sad that I may not get the opportunity to work on a film that used Miller’s DKR as an influence. Because well you know, I kinda did a little film that did just that. So how could it be revisionist history if the plan for the following films were already planned BEFORE the release the Man of Steel? Now was there a plan to do a sequel when Goyer and Nolan wrote it? I don’t know for sure but you can bet your ass that prior to June there was a plan."

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/05/01/batm ... s-revisio/

[verslibre]

Shazam! has wrapped!

[The_Noble_Cause]

Jesus, Jay Olivia is layeth the smackdowneth on fans who claim MoS was a disappointment and that Batman was added only later. Glad somebody who worked on these films weigh in on the hatas:

Never heard of Olivia. But we have statements from Snyder verifying that Batman was an after-thought. Here he is talking about sequel ideas for MOS...

"One of the ideas was that at the end of the movie, a crate of kryptonite would be delivered to Wayne Manor. That didn't happen, but once Batman was mentioned, he wouldn't go away. It couldn't be undone."

Some master plan. He sounds like a drunk on a barstool after leaving ComicCon. In any other director's capable hands, Batman vs Superman would have earned a gazillion dollars. DC done shat the bed!

[YoungJRNYfan]

Bro, Olivia did storyboards for these films lol. This is how discussions and ideas work. There are continuous ideas thrown around on set even during filming. Feige even admitted to scrapping a solo Cap 3 for Civil War in response to BvS. Things change.

Snyder said those things in the MoS press junkets. Like Olivia said, there was probably a plan for MoS ideas when Goyer and Nolan took it to the studio but once Snyder was involved, there's NO timeline to when the Batman discussions took place. Snyder talks about it in the junkets but offers no timeline to when the discussions occured. According to Olivia, who worked with Zack on storyboards, Batman was already involved (even Miller's TDKReturns Batman) before Man of Steel's release. Point blank, they decided this at some point before MoS and announced BvS, a film the studio wanted to make forever, just 30 days into Man of Steel's theater run.

[The_Noble_Cause]

Bro, Olivia did storyboards for these films lol. This is how discussions and ideas work. There are continuous ideas thrown around on set even during filming. Feige even admitted to scrapping a solo Cap 3 for Civil War in response to BvS. Things change.

Snyder said those things in the MoS press junkets. Like Olivia said, there was probably a plan for MoS ideas when Goyer and Nolan took it to the studio but once Snyder was involved, there's NO timeline to when the Batman discussions took place. Snyder talks about it in the junkets but offers no timeline to when the discussions occured. According to Olivia, who worked with Zack on storyboards, Batman was already involved (even Miller's TDKReturns Batman) before Man of Steel's release. Point blank, they decided this at some point before MoS and announced BvS, a film the studio wanted to make forever, just 30 days into Man of Steel's theater run.

I don't care about Olivia. If Batman's introduction into the DC cinematic universe was masterfully planned, it doesn't show in the final product. It felt shoe-horned and half-assed.

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[YoungJRNYfan]

Rumor: WB planning a Man of Steel sequel for 2020
https://www.supermanhomepage.com/rumor- ... el-sequel/

[verslibre]

Margot Kidder has passed away.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/superman-actress-margot-kidder-dead-age-69-montana-170231225.html

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http://dcfilmshub.com/henry-cavill-talks-about-those-justice-league-reshoots-the-mustache-marketing/

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https://medium.com/@pierzy/the-brilliance-of-zack-snyders-dc-universe-6e650caaf6dc

If they’d let Snyder finish the job, we’d have ended up with another polarizing film with a clear identity, instead of this freakish personality-free hybrid. Then, when the film disappointed at the box office Snyder could have taken the fall and the DC Extended Universe could be handed over to someone else. Because when I watched Justice League, I wasn’t thinking about how Snyder screwed this up. I was thinking that the execs at Warner Bros. have no idea what they’re doing. Not if they think Justice League is a movie anyone wants to ever sit through again.

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https://medium.com/@cherrynghh/the-controversial-martha-leitmotif-in-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-58f02c5035c4

[The_Noble_Cause]

https://medium.com/@pierzy/the-brilliance-of-zack-snyders-dc-universe-6e650caaf6dc

If they’d let Snyder finish the job, we’d have ended up with another polarizing film with a clear identity, instead of this freakish personality-free hybrid. Then, when the film disappointed at the box office Snyder could have taken the fall and the DC Extended Universe could be handed over to someone else. Because when I watched Justice League, I wasn’t thinking about how Snyder screwed this up. I was thinking that the execs at Warner Bros. have no idea what they’re doing. Not if they think Justice League is a movie anyone wants to ever sit through again.

I only skimmed this, but I agree they should have let Snyder tell the story. JL is a campy Schumacher-esque train wreck.

[RedWingFan]

https://medium.com/@pierzy/the-brilliance-of-zack-snyders-dc-universe-6e650caaf6dc

If they’d let Snyder finish the job, we’d have ended up with another polarizing film with a clear identity, instead of this freakish personality-free hybrid. Then, when the film disappointed at the box office Snyder could have taken the fall and the DC Extended Universe could be handed over to someone else. Because when I watched Justice League, I wasn’t thinking about how Snyder screwed this up. I was thinking that the execs at Warner Bros. have no idea what they’re doing. Not if they think Justice League is a movie anyone wants to ever sit through again.

I only skimmed this, but I agree they should have let Snyder tell the story. JL is a campy Schumacher-esque train wreck.

What kind of loser would spend all that time to write a 30 minute read on this subject? Unbelievable.

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What kind of loser would spend all that time to write a 30 minute read on this subject? Unbelievable.

It only takes YOU one half-hour to read it.