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

why on earth would they announce dwayne johnson is in shazam and then push back shazam 3 years, behind a movie about a CW character

source this immediately HOOS

well holy moly

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/warner-bros-details-strategic-content-160500496.html

considering the flash is doing decent numbers considering it's on the CW its seems fucking mental to announce a different actor (esp when it's a non-star like ezra miller) will be playing him in the movie, presumably also appearing in justice league

it's just funny cuz i watched the flash pilot last night and was surprisingly impressed, thinking maybe if it stays popular they could just put the actors from that and arrow in the justice league movie and then maybe eventually launch them in spin-off films

that is really weird

granted, there's no proof people will still care about the flash tv show by 2017, but this looks like a weird vote of no confidence to make three years earlier

That decision, although small, feels indicative of the thinking that's going to make this a massive disaster. If that slate has panned out by the time we get to 2020, I will happily eat my words.

marvel had four individual film franchises going into the avengers. dc could now have two film and two tv franchises going in, but...I guess they'd rather not?

iirc there's a goyer quote up thread about how little planning and synergy is going into these things and this would seem to bear that out. just so ironic considering the umpteen dc tv shows coming out this year

flash pilot had a really strong marvel influence in terms of highlighting what makes the character affecting (like most, has a grudge from childhood, but is an enthusiastic well-meaning nerd whose gift is not a burden but a thrill) and his power unique from the pack, without any of that "dark knight was a hit, make it like dark knight" bullshit dc/wb has been consumed in. maybe snyder and goyer think it's lame

idly watched the second ep of the Flash last night. it wasn't terrible. it was def not like the Batman movies, which was a relief. Flash is not that kind of character (neither is Superman but whadayagonnado)

thoughts i could imagine leading to the changes from the earlier alleged calendar to the one they brought to a fucking shareholder presentation

"my son says shazam sounds gay, i think we need to re-tool."
"my son says sandman sounds even gayer."
"my son thinks suicide squad is bad-ass, though."
"my daughter said ezra miller is so hot right now."

one could also replace "my son/daughter" with "zack snyder"

that is the saddest image i've ever seen

1. desperately betting billions of dollars on a comics universe that will always be in marvel's shadow no matter how well it does
2. "the lego movie was successful, we got that going for us, let's just schedule 3 sequels right away"
3. wb execs almost assuredly cry themselves to sleep at night bc they miss the HP franchise right? incredible they found an even more ridiculous $ shortcut than wrangling 3 movies out of tolkien's novella/short story/flash fiction/miniature gift book of kitten pictures and inspirational quotes

i wonder why i want these to fail
oh right: mopeybats and zach snyder

Any one of these movies could be the next Amazing Spider-Man 2 whose disappointing returns will send execs scrambling to completely reshuffle the slate. Except that most of these aren't even sequels that are building off of the established popularity of their forebears. I can't imagine that casual moviegoers who enjoyed the first Lego movie are going to be champing at the bit to see that Ninjago thing. Likewise, I don't see how some tangential connection to the Harry Potter universe is going to be enough to sustain fan attention for three movies worth of Fabulous Beasts. The whole thing just feels so...desperate.

Wake me when they actually announce the Suicide Squad line-up and/or costume designs

Ninjago is one of those successful Lego TV franchises so I'm sure that movie will do fine
Potter fans will show up for those movies, don't kid yourself

I believe I read somewhere that the Suicide Squad team the original line-up from the comics. Having never read Ostrander's Suicide Squad and not being super familiar with that era of DC, I only recognized half the names.

I can see one Fantastic Beasts movie doing well. Three seems like a stretch. But then I'm still contributing to Peter Jackson's retirement fund so what do I know.

In other news, WB will be forced to cut 100 million from the company budget to fund their aggressive movie and tv slate...

Oh my god. That's hilarious.

Wake me when they actually announce the Suicide Squad line-up and/or costume designs

― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Wednesday, October 15, 2014 4:27 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHk2RSMCS8

There's no Captain Boomerang in that clip

seem like the Cyborg casting choice is solid, lookwise anyway

looking at these lists of studio releases is really depressing to me

i find them oddly comforting. where i worry about apocalyptic matters hitting us in the next five years, this gigantic corporation thinks we'll be in the mood to watch a Green Lantern reboot

haha

So Jena Malone might be playing the Carrie Kelley version of Robin in this. Bloody hell, how many new characters are going to be introduced in this thing?

i mean, there is the possibility this dystopian dark knight rises riff with cinematically unestablished heroes popping out of the woodwork will just knock america on its ass and we'll all get on board immediately

but this is the director of watchmen
and sucker punch

i guess i can say at least it's a Batman and Robin we haven't seen in the movies before (or... Cyborg? I guess?)

woops, i meant dark knight returns riff, as in the miller comic

Rumor mill time via io9 but as there's a set photo to go with it seems likely. Also, this sounds awesomely terrible.

There is also supposedly an "almost red carpet montage where the rich and famous are asked their views about the Superman who appeared in the public eye recently. The red carpet setup is attached, and will include both Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor being asked that question by Lois Lane and Clark Kent on the carpet." The photo of the set-up, below, was briefly on Twitter.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/954594403662748483.jpg

I keep reading things about how the new movie is going to address the impact Superman's wanton destruction in the previous installment as if this was Snyder & Goyer's intention all along, which gives me a very Wiseau-esqe "oh hi of course I intended it to be a comedy all the time" vibe.

wow that shot is exciting

all credit to 'bananadoc'

what a stunning red carpet affair lex luthor is attending

you can really see how unlimited the budget on this picture is

yeah it's cool to see in that shot how they're obviously doing a lot of practical effects

Oh man I wanna see the purple & green Lexcorp power armor

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120322064925/legosuperheroes/images/3/34/Lex_luthor_exclusive_minifig.png

Okay, turgid green and swamp mauve, for this movie's palette

i will already be seeing this crazy thing asap but if jesse eisenberg will be wearing lexcorp power armor i will be there at midnight

In more amusing news, Jason Momoa has been hanging around Detroit during filming, bought an old abandoned GM bldg and is converting it to a brewery

staffed by his finny friends

i will say mamoa is outstanding casting for aquaman. with powers as dubious in value as his, we need to believe he could fuck us up with or without them

so many awesome designs to choose from

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100813035934/dcuo/images/3/35/Lex_luther_power_armor.jpg

http://haroldjennett.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lexluthor.jpg

http://www.toyarchive.com/STAForSale/NEW2001+/SuperPowers/LexLuthorLooseComp1a.jpg

http://files.animatedsuperheroes.com/images/pictorial/lexluthor84.jpg

never understood the utility of a suit that complete obliterates your peripheral vision

This will not be the first time a DC characters has a cinematic costume preventing its wearer from turning his head:

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/list/f0aa9287bc22acbc01223452cbf8c62093a0b0c8.jpg

you can bet luthor was all proud of how his armor didn't have a cape and man how dumb are capes those suckers flapping around and hey something fell down behind me i can't move my NOOOOOOOOOO

This will not be the first time a DC characters has a cinematic costume preventing its wearer from turning his head

right but that was a flaw of the Batman costume specifically designed for the movie - those Luthor powersuit designs are from all over and they always feature that head-surrounding shield thing

tbh I'm sure this will be the least of this shitshow's problems

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/list/f0aa9287bc22acbc01223452cbf8c62093a0b0c8.jpg

vs

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/comicsalliance.com/files/2012/07/superman056.jpg

So awesome and so dumb