Some tidbits about Superman and Batman from the heads of WB films from Deadline today.
Warner Bros' Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy: Playing The Long Game Mining IP Like A 'Bodyguard' Revamp With Bold Originals In Face Of Brutal Press Coverage
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DEADLINE:
How about Superman? I recall you started that one before James Gunn and Peter Safran became heads of DC…
DE LUCA: Yes, we hired James in secret to start his
Superman script before they took the job.
DEADLINE: The CinemaCon trailer generated a lot of back and forth. And when’s the next Batman with Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson?
DE LUCA: I love
Superman. I think James Gunn has crushed it. It’s got tons of his trademark heart and humor and the action is jaw dropping. It’s the
Superman I grew up with, so I get choked up when I watch it. I think it’s so epic and visually arresting and emotional. The performances are great. It is a five-star movie to me, and I can’t wait for the world to see it. Yeah, we’re really excited about
Superman, James crushed it.
DEADLINE: A closer cousin to the Richard Donner-directed originals with Christopher Reeve?
DE LUCA: I would say in spirit, it is closer to that, but it’s also a big hunk of epic sci-fi. It has a little bit of what I loved about
Guardians of the Galaxy, but it’s true-blue
Superman. The conflict sources that he uses for inspiration,
All-Star Superman and the like are in there, too. It is really a love letter to what has made Superman endure for almost a hundred years. He managed to get it all in there.
ABDY: We’re not in the weeds on the
Batman stuff. It’s really James and Peter Safran who run DC. We have a bit of other collaboration with Matt Reeves, but Peter and James know he is a writer-directing auteur in his own right, and that it will come when he’s written his best
Batman script and is ready.
