The Daily Planet Vol. 2: Superman News and Speculation Thread (🚨TAG SPOILERS🚨)

Tracking is all over the place.

I still believe this movie will open in the $150M+ range. There's too much hype around it for it to not at least open big.

I think a lot of the estimates that are on the lower end is analysts being conservative because of the failures of the DCEU.

This is the only film this summer that's coming out that actually feels like an event.
I think this movie needs to get good reviews in order to do well and it has to be a movie that people want to see again.

I've never a good judge at box office but superman already has brand awareness, which is a hurdle new properties struggle with, its whether or not that converts into being a must see on the big screen.
 
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Since the topic of SR has come up periodically, I feel a little bad that James Marsden got wasted in that movie and as Cyclops in three movies where it was clear that Singer and his writers had no interest in the character. To be fair, X-Men basically started his career, but the guy is so talented that I would love to see him pop up in a real CBM role at some point. I was just thinking how great he could have been as (the not evil but highly manipulative) Max Lord in the DCU. Nothing against Sean Gunn, I’m sure he’ll be fine, but I wish James had saved that role for someone else.

He's coming back as Cyclops.

I'm hopeful they'll do right by him.
 
General reactions to the first 30 minutes of 'Superman'

- Well-paced, vibrant, must-see in IMAX
- Flight scenes are fast, dynamic, unique
- Score is well-integrated
- Not much fighting, but there is a sequence
- Barely anything substantial plot-wise was shown in the trailers
 
General reactions to the first 30 minutes of 'Superman'

- Well-paced, vibrant, must-see in IMAX
- Flight scenes are fast, dynamic, unique
- Score is well-integrated
- Not much fighting, but there is a sequence
- Barely anything substantial plot-wise was shown in the trailers
Sounds perfect to me :)
 
I think in order for a DC universe to really work, you need to have Superman and Batman are equally important. They're at the top and they are the image of DC.

Problem with Warner Bros and the former DCEU was that they didn't prioritize Superman and neglected the character, and that's largely why their franchise failed. Wonder Woman, Shazam and Aquaman got proper sequels, but not even Superman? They prioritized on some other films like Suicide Squad sequel, Harley Quinn but not Superman, and Batman was absent.

For the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man, Captain America and Spider-Man are arguably the most important characters for their universe. They are the faces of the Marvel.

As for Batman, well, he is needed, yes, but he's been rebooted too many times, and the problem is, how do you make yet another reboot?

The DCEU should have had a solo Batman movie before they made Batman v Superman, except I don't think people would have been ready for a reboot with The Dark Knight Rises and Christian Bale still fresh in people's minds. Nolan's Batman was by then, the 3rd reboot after the first modern Batman movie (1989). You had Kilmer, Clooney and then Bale.
 

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