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Meanwhile, more info came out about Ben Affleck’s Batman, an Oscar nominated director rumoured for Green Lantern Corp and we
could be having some huge Justice League news coming our way.
Is the DC Cinematic Universe in Crisis & Batman v Superman Final Box Office
A report from Birth. Movie. Death. suggests Warner Bros execs
are at odds with Zack Snyder over the Justice League movie because everyone was
taken aback by the negative response by critics and many audiences towards
Batman v Superman.
Also, The Hollywood Reporter released the final verdict on Batman
v Superman’s box office and when it’s all said and done it looks like the film
would have made $875 million worldwide, becoming the seventh biggest superhero
film of all time.
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So with this news people are talking about if this is a failure,
but in my opinion I don’t think it is.
Would WB love to have broken into the billion dollar club? Of
course, but I always thought if they made a minimum of $800-$850 million, then
they should be pretty pleased and with the reviews it got then they should be
pleased.
So overall, I don’t think the DC Cinematic Universe is in “crisis”
and all studios butt heads with directors just look at Marvel and Joss Whedon and
their issues over Avengers: Age of Ulton.
People just need to calm down and let WB go about their
business and see what a DC film looks like without Snyder directing when David
Ayer’s Suicide Squad comes out this August and I predict smashing it and this
summer’s biggest film.
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The Flash loses
its Director
This “crisis” talk began when The Hollywood Reporter revealed
Seth Grehame-Smith had left The Flash due to good old “creative differences”.
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While it’s unclear why he left, but in a strange way this
news could be a blessing as Grehame-Smith as only worked as a director on two
episodes of a TV show. So he could have bitten off more than he could chew and
both parties did the right thing and now Warner Bros can spend some time finding
a director with experience to helm the project.
In my opinion, if WB can wait until they’ve finished filming
the Han Solo film then Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 & 22 Jump Street, The
Lego Movie) would be a great choice, but it’ll seem incredibly unlikely. Alternatively,
George Miller (who‘s rumoured to another project I mention later) or Edger
Wright could be top choices for fans to get behind.
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James Wan Stay On
To Direct Aquaman
Another story to come from the above “crisis” rumours was
that James Wan was worried about directing another huge film after the experience
he had with Furious 7.
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This led to websites reporting that The Conjuring director
could be leaving the project and Wan responded quickly with this post from his
Twitter leaning against a huge painting of the King of Atlantis and followed it
up with this classy tweet.
— James Wan (@creepypuppet) 2 May 2016
Please, there's absolutely no need to attack Devin, or anyone.— James Wan (@creepypuppet) 2 May 2016
It could all mean jack shit, but it looks like he’s still on
team Aquaman and he even talked about the project to Empire Magazine and what
sort of tone audiences can expect.
“Look at the sensibility of my movies, from Furious 7 to the
horror films. You can extract the kind of movie I might make of Aquaman.”
With everything he’s learnt from his horror films and
Furious 7 we could have a pretty amazing summer blockbuster with the unknown
horrors of the deep sea and the fun of seeing great underwater fight scenes.
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Ben Affleck and
Geoff Johns Have Creative Control Over The Batman
During the recent episode of Heroic Insider, Heroic
Hollywood’s editor – in – chief Umberto Gonzalez dropped the news that Ben Affleck
and Geoff Johns will have full creative control over The Batman (not the official title, but I won't be surprised if it is).
Affleck is a double Oscar
winner and a massive Batman fan, so for him to have so much control over this film
which includes directing and co-writing the script alongside Johns, who’s also
the chief creative officer at DC, who has incredible comic book knowledge of
this and all DC Comic characters is exciting and brilliant news.
It was also revealed by Birth. Movies. Death. that this solo film WON’T be the version of Under the Red Hood. Where Jason Todd, the second Robin, comes back from the dead as a vengeful villain (due to comparing it to Marvel’s Winter Soldier).
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It was also revealed by Birth. Movies. Death. that this solo film WON’T be the version of Under the Red Hood. Where Jason Todd, the second Robin, comes back from the dead as a vengeful villain (due to comparing it to Marvel’s Winter Soldier).
This is a smart move by WB/DC and they go on to report we
could be seeing a lot of Batman’s rogue’s gallery as Affleck and Johns want to
make the definitive Batman film and tell the ultimate Batman story.
If this turns out to be true, then most of the cameos will
be in Arkham Asylum, but the top villain(s) to get a lot of screen time will
most likely be Jared Leto’s Joker and Harley Quinn played by Margot Robbie.
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George Miller
Rumoured to Direct Green Lantern Corps
In the same episode of Heroic Insider, Umberto Gonzalez took
a question from a fan regarding a director being attached to the Green Lantern
Corps and this is 100% rumour at the moment and he has heard Oscar nominated director
George Miller is being rumoured to helm the project.
Just think about it Mad Max in space!
Henry Cavill has also been bossing it during his training and quoting Star Wars. Then, with Wonder Woman seemingly wrapping up filming and photographer Clay Enos posting a random photo. It looks like we could be on the cusp of some major Justice League news.
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Big Justice League
News Could Be Coming Soon
Finally, despite the rumours of backroom fighting between Warner Bros
and Zack Snyder, Justice League is still in production and it looks like they’re
stepping it up as Jason Momoa was in WB’s Leavesden Studios in full Aquaman
mode and took to Instagram to talk about his day’s stunt work.Henry Cavill has also been bossing it during his training and quoting Star Wars. Then, with Wonder Woman seemingly wrapping up filming and photographer Clay Enos posting a random photo. It looks like we could be on the cusp of some major Justice League news.
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