BvS All Things Superman and Batman: An Open Discussion - Part 99

[Rorschach2012]

I think Green Lantern would be awesome on HBO...they need new series and oh the fun they could have!

Dude... i know.

They really should get Sandman and Green Lantern both on HBO asap

 

[zryson]

You disagree with the fact that people online would not take an opportunity to take a shot at WB/DC? You must not hang out online at all.

I dont see people's opinons that way.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

DC TV is doing Flash vs Arrow
DCU is Superman vs batman

Marvel? iron man vs Captain America

At some point it probably be X-men vs FF

 

[Black Narcissus]

When I think Nightwing, I think intensity. But also a cute face, and a hot body to match. With Starfire, when I think of her, Madonna's song Girl Gone Wild comes to mind in how I feel about her.

This right here is a gem.

 

[Herolee10]

The Year 2016 shall be the Age of Apocalypse as a result of a Civil War before a Dawn of Justice emerges...

 

[roach]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chuck-roven-spills-secrets-batman-740260?facebook_20141013

Here is the full Charles Roven interview (not sure if this was up our not)
THR: You’ve continued to collaborate with Christopher Nolan. How involved is he in Batman versus Superman?

ROVEN: He’s an executive producer on the movie, as is Emma Thomas, his wife, and I would say that he’s much more focused on the movie’s Interstellar that he was off, you know, writing and directing, he co-wrote it with his brother, he rewrote his brother let’s just say because Jonah had been developing that script at Paramount for a long time. And they’re off doing that movie, but he’s certainly involved in different stages. I would say he has an advisory capacity.

THR: Was he involved in the casting of Ben Affleck?

ROVEN: Yes.

THR: And walk me through how that came about. That took some people by surprise.

ROVEN: Yeah, it was great. We knew that we wanted a very mature Batman because we wanted to juxtapose him against this young Superman. So we wanted a guy who, you know, was tougher, rugged, had signs of life, had lived, hard life lived about him and we wanted the guy to have chops for sure. And so when we went down that list there just weren’t a tremendous number of guys that we felt could carry that. Russell wanted a guy who had big stature. Ben is six four.

THR: Is he?

ROVEN: Yeah, he’s six three or six four. Henry’s six or six one. We wanted Batman to tower over Superman. Not hugely. Not like a basketball, like a seven foot player, but where Superman needed to look up to Batman. We wanted that dynamic and Ben could do that easily. And so he was the first guy we went to. That’s who we wanted.

THR: Who made the call to him? How did that come about?

ROVEN: I don’t really know whether or not—I think that Zack…

THR: Snyder?

ROVEN: I think Zack Snyder probably reached out to him. We have a very strong relationship with Warner Brothers obviously, all of the DC comics are at Warner Brothers, Ben had literally just won the Oscar for Argo, which was a Warner Brothers movie, so it wasn’t like it was difficult to reach him. [LAUGHS] And all of us independently had The Dark Knight, well first of all, The Dark Knight was around when The Town was around so we all hung around during that Oscar, that award season. And then Argo was around when The Dark Knight Rises was around so we all hung around during that award season. And also, Ben, at one time, had been attached to the predecessor of American Hustle when it was called American ********. And, in fact, he left American ******** to go do Argo. So we’re all playing in a very small set.

THR: Does he hesitate? Did he hesitate before he took the role?

ROVEN: I don’t think, no, I wouldn’t say he hesitated. I think that what he did do was he made sure that he understood what Zack was looking for.

THR: Which was what?

ROVEN: Well, he wanted to know exactly how Zack planned on treating this Bruce Wayne that was going to make him be completely different even though he was still in the same, you know, he was still Bruce Wayne, still Batman.

THR: And how is he completely different?

ROVEN: He’s a much more social animal in the Bruce Wayne incarnation, but he’s also a extremely rough guy in the Batman incarnation. Very, very, very, very rough.

THR: I just want to ask one or two questions, but then I want to open this up to questions. We have a clip from American Hustle, but I want to make sure you get your questions in so we’ll try and get some questions in and then take a look at that clip. Is this going to be like The Avengers and it’s going to spawn, are we going to see other characters from DC Comics in this?

ROVEN: Well, I don’t think it’s a secret that, you know, it’s called Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Warner Brothers has announced a number of DC properties that are going to be made over the next five years, including Justice League. And the biggest difference between what Chris did in The Dark Knight trilogy and what we’re doing now is that Bruce Wayne, Batman lived in what I call a closed universe in that there were no superheroes in it. There’s Batman and he is a human being and he has taken himself, or Bruce Wayne has taken himself and made himself in many ways, even though he’s definitely got some dysfunction to him, he’s made himself, in many ways, into the best a human being can be, intellectually, in terms of his ability to be a detective, physically, etc. But he’s real. He’s human. Forget real, he’s human, he’s a human being. He has no super powers. As Chris is fond of saying, his biggest super power is the fact that he’s one of the wealthiest guys in the world.

ROVEN: And when we embarked on Man of Steel, and Chris Nolan produced that with me, one of the things that we were doing was we were creating a universe that had a superhero in it because Superman is clearly a superhero. He has super powers, he comes from another planet. So once we did that it was with the knowledge that if the movie was successful and we expanded the universe we were going to expand it and populate it with other like characters.

THR: In this film, too, there will be other superheroes?

ROVEN: Well, Wonder Woman’s in it. We know that. So she has powers. She’s a goddess, right. She’s a demigod.

THR: Yes, she is.

ROVEN: She’s a demigod. Her father was Zeus.

THR: Are you actually developing scripts for follow up to that?

ROVEN: Yes, we are.

THR: Do you have a title for any?

ROVEN: Can’t tell you any of that stuff.

 

[dhandler01]

The Year 2016 shall be the Age of Apocalypse as a result of a Civil War before a Dawn of Justice emerges...

/endthread

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

This right here is a gem.

That it is Sam ( May I call you Sam?). That it is.

 

[dhandler01]

Thank you for posting that roach!

 

[Micromind]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chuck-roven-spills-secrets-batman-740260?facebook_20141013

Here is the full Charles Roven interview (not sure if this was up our not)
THR: You’ve continued to collaborate with Christopher Nolan. How involved is he in Batman versus Superman?

ROVEN: He’s an executive producer on the movie, as is Emma Thomas, his wife, and I would say that he’s much more focused on the movie’s Interstellar that he was off, you know, writing and directing, he co-wrote it with his brother, he rewrote his brother let’s just say because Jonah had been developing that script at Paramount for a long time. And they’re off doing that movie, but he’s certainly involved in different stages. I would say he has an advisory capacity.

THR: Was he involved in the casting of Ben Affleck?

ROVEN: Yes.

THR: And walk me through how that came about. That took some people by surprise.

ROVEN: Yeah, it was great. We knew that we wanted a very mature Batman because we wanted to juxtapose him against this young Superman. So we wanted a guy who, you know, was tougher, rugged, had signs of life, had lived, hard life lived about him and we wanted the guy to have chops for sure. And so when we went down that list there just weren’t a tremendous number of guys that we felt could carry that. Russell wanted a guy who had big stature. Ben is six four.

THR: Is he?

ROVEN: Yeah, he’s six three or six four. Henry’s six or six one. We wanted Batman to tower over Superman. Not hugely. Not like a basketball, like a seven foot player, but where Superman needed to look up to Batman. We wanted that dynamic and Ben could do that easily. And so he was the first guy we went to. That’s who we wanted.

THR: Who made the call to him? How did that come about?

ROVEN: I don’t really know whether or not—I think that Zack…

THR: Snyder?

ROVEN: I think Zack Snyder probably reached out to him. We have a very strong relationship with Warner Brothers obviously, all of the DC comics are at Warner Brothers, Ben had literally just won the Oscar for Argo, which was a Warner Brothers movie, so it wasn’t like it was difficult to reach him. [LAUGHS] And all of us independently had The Dark Knight, well first of all, The Dark Knight was around when The Town was around so we all hung around during that Oscar, that award season. And then Argo was around when The Dark Knight Rises was around so we all hung around during that award season. And also, Ben, at one time, had been attached to the predecessor of American Hustle when it was called American ********. And, in fact, he left American ******** to go do Argo. So we’re all playing in a very small set.

THR: Does he hesitate? Did he hesitate before he took the role?

ROVEN: I don’t think, no, I wouldn’t say he hesitated. I think that what he did do was he made sure that he understood what Zack was looking for.

THR: Which was what?

ROVEN: Well, he wanted to know exactly how Zack planned on treating this Bruce Wayne that was going to make him be completely different even though he was still in the same, you know, he was still Bruce Wayne, still Batman.

THR: And how is he completely different?

ROVEN: He’s a much more social animal in the Bruce Wayne incarnation, but he’s also a extremely rough guy in the Batman incarnation. Very, very, very, very rough.

THR: I just want to ask one or two questions, but then I want to open this up to questions. We have a clip from American Hustle, but I want to make sure you get your questions in so we’ll try and get some questions in and then take a look at that clip. Is this going to be like The Avengers and it’s going to spawn, are we going to see other characters from DC Comics in this?

ROVEN: Well, I don’t think it’s a secret that, you know, it’s called Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Warner Brothers has announced a number of DC properties that are going to be made over the next five years, including Justice League. And the biggest difference between what Chris did in The Dark Knight trilogy and what we’re doing now is that Bruce Wayne, Batman lived in what I call a closed universe in that there were no superheroes in it. There’s Batman and he is a human being and he has taken himself, or Bruce Wayne has taken himself and made himself in many ways, even though he’s definitely got some dysfunction to him, he’s made himself, in many ways, into the best a human being can be, intellectually, in terms of his ability to be a detective, physically, etc. But he’s real. He’s human. Forget real, he’s human, he’s a human being. He has no super powers. As Chris is fond of saying, his biggest super power is the fact that he’s one of the wealthiest guys in the world.

ROVEN: And when we embarked on Man of Steel, and Chris Nolan produced that with me, one of the things that we were doing was we were creating a universe that had a superhero in it because Superman is clearly a superhero. He has super powers, he comes from another planet. So once we did that it was with the knowledge that if the movie was successful and we expanded the universe we were going to expand it and populate it with other like characters.

THR: In this film, too, there will be other superheroes?

ROVEN: Well, Wonder Woman’s in it. We know that. So she has powers. She’s a goddess, right. She’s a demigod.

THR: Yes, she is.

ROVEN: She’s a demigod. Her father was Zeus.

THR: Are you actually developing scripts for follow up to that?

ROVEN: Yes, we are.

THR: Do you have a title for any?

ROVEN: Can’t tell you any of that stuff.

Thanks for the last part (which I missed.) this pretty much indicates a plan for a WW movie.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

I'm still most excited for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Eustace

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I'm still most excited for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Eustace

I can't give you the internet, but if I could I would for that post. t:

 

[roach]

Thank you for posting that roach!

I had missed it too and then I saw the whole transcript on THR and he goes to talk about Heath Ledger and the very violent death of a stuntman during stunt rehearsals for TDK

 

[zryson]

Thanks for the last part (which I missed.) this pretty much indicates a plan for a WW movie.

WB has been planning a WW movie for a long time. But when its finally announced will it be a solo movie? Or another team-up movie?

 

[Jaspertian1105]

Thanks for the last part (which I missed.) this pretty much indicates a plan for a WW movie.

Yeah that was a pretty important announcement, glad that they are finally moving forward with it

 

[TheNextNolan22]

I can't give you the internet, but if I could I would for that post. t:

 

[zryson]

Thank you for posting that roach!

Its interesting reading the interview (in part) because many people I have talked with/or seen comments from online felt that Batman was only going to play a minor role when compared to Cavill's Superman but looking at the interview, they seem to be in full-mode - both playing up Bruce Wayne's vast wealth and also him as Batman.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Its interesting reading the interview (in part) because many people I have talked with/or seen comments from online felt that Batman was only going to play a minor role when compared to Cavill's Superman but looking at the interview, they seem to be in full-mode - both playing up Bruce Wayne's vast wealth and also him as Batman.

Where have you seen any of this, since in fact around here, and among many Superman fans, the exact opposite is what some feared from the start, not what you've said in the least.

 

[roach]

why would anyone think Batman would play a minor part in BATMAN VS SUPERMAN

 

[Chip Chipperson]

why would anyone think Batman would play a minor part in BATMAN VS SUPERMAN

because they haven't accepted BatGod as their lord and savior

Hallowed be thy #PrepTime

 

[Boom]

Reading the last few pages of this thread gave me a throbbing headache.

 

[fake]

Its interesting reading the interview (in part) because many people I have talked with/or seen comments from online felt that Batman was only going to play a minor role when compared to Cavill's Superman but looking at the interview, they seem to be in full-mode - both playing up Bruce Wayne's vast wealth and also him as Batman.

Who are these people you are interacting with who are feeding you this nonsense?

 

[zryson]

why would anyone think Batman would play a minor part in BATMAN VS SUPERMAN

Fans have wide-ranging opinions when it comes to the movie. Some feel that Batman is only included because WB wanted a bigger box office. Others worried that Batman will play a secondary role to that of Superman while its reversed with other fans worrying that Batman will be the dominant character with Superman getting less screen time. Considering the name of the movie I expect opinion to be heavily divided moving forward to the release. I'm sure WB wants this to occur considering the title.

 

[Black Narcissus]

That it is Sam ( May I call you Sam?). That it is.

You may.

 

[roach]

because they haven't accepted BatGod as their lord and savior

Hallowed be thy #PrepTime

Our Batgod, Who art in bat cave
Hallowed be Thy cape;
By Kingdom Come,
Thy will be done,
on Metropolis as it is in Gotham.
Give us this day our daily justice,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into Catwoman's Lair,
but deliver us from Joker. I am the Night.