itt: consternation and wailing about Zach Snyder's upcoming SUPERMAN/BATMAN film/sequel to MAN OF STEEL -- official title: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

i maybe should have included green lantern in that dc slate, but i don't think they've said whether or not Ryan Reynolds or some other actor will actually be playing GL in justice league

I recognize superhero and comic book movies aren't new but man they just seem so pathetic now and it's kind of embarrassing to just look at the slate coming up.

I really enjoyed Iron Man 3 & Winter Soldier, and am looking forward to Guardians.

Noticeably I'm only anticipating Marvel studios releases

You forgot Thor 2, croupier. As is probably all well and good. I think the thing I'mm most excited about with Justice League - Day of Justice is finding out what they intend to do about Green Lantern.

I'll never get why ppl dislike the Thor movies

Haven't seen the second one. Can't really remember the first. Definitely didn't dislike it enough to recall. I just don't think people find them memorable?

First one was great, second one semi-great with some boring thrown in

you know, I haven't gotten around to watching Thor 2 or Cap 2 despite being sure i'll like them ok, while I want to be the first on my block to see Soup v Butt: Don Justice DeMarco. So maybe Warner Bros is on to something.

david s goyer's karma sure ain't gonna help this project

http://www.avclub.com/article/she-hulk-sex-fantasy-virgins-and-other-david-s-goy-204935

What great timing that Goyer's clueless fuckheadery is akin to what DC Comics has been doing to its female characters, staffers, and readers lately.

who's Wonder Woman in this POS? If there were any justice in the world it would be Ashwarya Rai

Some random gal

Batman V. Superman sounds like somebody's ill-advised legal name change.

Place bets now if this will have a better plot, representation of Wonder Woman, Cyborg, the JLA, et al

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWbhbOgEtl4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWbhbOgEtl4

what kind of terrifying bat mite is depicted on mechabatlegoman's chest there?

space armo(u)r, apparently

the lego movie batman sort of pwned any possible batmans in the near future

lol

May 2016 – Batman v Superman
July 2016 – Shazam
Xmas 2016 – Sandman
May 2017 – Justice League
July 2017 – Wonder Woman
Xmas 2017 – Flash and Green Lantern team-up
May 2018 – Man Of Steel 2

wtf...

wait joseph gordan levitt is directing a sandman movie, what is this world

the Xmas 2017 entry is really getting to me. I'm imagining them wrapping presents or something

green lantern + flash combined do have the powers of santa claus hmmmm...

3 a year? jeepers, makin' up for lost time!

also apparently captain marvel is straight up named shazam in the comic books now, can't wait to see what actor signed up to play shazam in the movie shazam where everyone will say "shazam" a lot

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0mc9wsych1r44xpyo1_500.png

also apparently captain marvel is straight up named shazam in the comic books now, can't wait to see what actor signed up to play shazam in the movie shazam where everyone will say "shazam" a lot

― da croupier, Thursday, June 12, 2014 5:40 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this has been true for as long as DC comics purchase the character. since the 1980s I think?

no billy batson was captain marvel, shazam was the wizard. they just couldn't name the comic 'captain marvel'.

and of course SHAZAM itself itself is just a ridiculous anagram

yeah the decision to call him "shazam" apparently came in 2012, i assume the film will do likewise

keep thinking it would be smart if w/ one of these comics properties they went animated and maybe (brace yrself) pitch it more toward kids (albeit more 'kids and adults' a la all animated movies today). incredibles was a huge hit, captain marvel would be perfect for this, it'd be a way to monetize that property and not overcrowd the market even more, make it happen already.

as long as it doesn't crowd-out my dream of an animated, CGI-jaws remake.

Also no one wants to see a live action Shazam.

all the animated stuff seems to be aimed at straight-to-DVD market, when its made at alll

yeah, but a well-made, incredibles-level animated shazam movie could do okay, i think. and sparkle motion otm.

oh I agree. tbh I've learned that I infinitely prefer superhero stuff in animated form, the DC Universe stuff is p much better than any of the recent blockbusters imo

May 2016 – All our at-best half-baked eggs in one basket
July 2016 – A kid says "shazam!" and becomes a guy named "shazam!"
Xmas 2016 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a magical pick-up artist code-named "Dream King"
May 2017 – Our eggs, fully baked god-willing!
July 2017 – Loved our eggs? Here's the lady egg again! Three months!
Xmas 2017 – MMMM, STILL HUNGRY FOR EGGS!?!?! Here's the one you puked up six years earlier, hanging out with the one from the CW (fingers crossed!) Don't thank us, thank Santa!
May 2018 – Superman celebratin' the year of the egg with a victory lap!

The only reason I can even half-believe this is that a) as goofy as she is you'd think Nikki Finke wouldn't lead her new site with complete bullshit and b) WB has been fucking up left and right as it is

Also no one wants to see a live action Shazam.

― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, June 12, 2014 6:13 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

much less a "dark" shazam that ends in some quasi-apocalyptic climax

I'd be up for an animated shazam set in the 30s

keep thinking it would be smart if w/ one of these comics properties they went animated and maybe (brace yrself) pitch it more toward kids (albeit more 'kids and adults' a la all animated movies today). incredibles was a huge hit, captain marvel would be perfect for this, it'd be a way to monetize that property and not overcrowd the market even more, make it happen already.

― balls, Friday, June 13, 2014 12:07 AM (19 minutes agpo) Bookmark

well Disney are sorta doing this (albeit with a lesser known property) with Big Hero 6. Could be testing the waters

this slate is 100% reliant on the idea that superman v batman not only does well but does so well that people want three movies about the same characters THE VERY NEXT YEAR

honestly they should have gone that route w/ the spider-man reboot

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that's a good idea though i do have to remind myself that those new spidermans are making a ridiculous amount of money.

yeah (sigh)

you could make fan movie?

the international on spidey-films is insane but the domestic numbers have been waning enough that i wonder if they're really gonna go through with the villain movies.

Only if it's a solo Mysterio joint with no dialogue

and of course SHAZAM itself itself is just a ridiculous anagram

― Οὖτις, Thursday, June 12, 2014 7:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for what? MASHAZ?

Um I mean acronym lol