Man of Steel

[The Laughing Fish]

Superman deserves to have the story centric material, but I think there will have to be some decent amount of screen sharing between them, given they've blasted the bat logo behind the Superman shield.

In any case, I'm pleased about the news. Batman is coming back to the big screen sooner than I thought. And so is Superman. What's not to like?

As long as we get another Batman that completely differs from the Nolan version as much as possible, and the chemistry between him and Superman works, I think this should be even better than Man of Steel. I wonder when will casting begin, never mind filming? If they had to go for someone who is somewhat already known, then maybe Karl Urban (Dredd) wouldn't be too bad.

[The Dark Knight]

As long as we get another Batman that completely differs from the Nolan version as much as possible

I hope so. I'd like to see something Arkhamverse oriented, with Snyder behind the lens. A Batman that jumps off buildings, glides around the place and kicks serious ass in a stylised manner.

Hans Zimmer will almost certainly score this. So it opens up an interesting scenario. He can use his Superman score material no problems. But given his Batman stuff is from another series, would he use it? Should he use it? Is this where his unused theme comes out of the box?

[The Laughing Fish]

As long as we get another Batman that completely differs from the Nolan version as much as possible

I hope so. I'd like to see something Arkhamverse oriented, with Snyder behind the lens. A Batman that jumps off buildings, glides around the place and kicks serious ass in a stylised manner.

I think that is one thing you can always trust in Snyder - he has the visual flair to make something surreal, otherwordly and spectacular. I expect him to direct the best Batman fighting sequences to come; if you seen Nite-Owl in Watchmen then you'll know what I mean.

One possibility though is given that Metropolis looks like modern day city, I wouldn't count on the filmmakers to make an Arkham City looking Gotham aesthetic. I'd imagine Gotham will still look similar to the last three movies, but with a tiny bit of gothic, otherwordly feel.

[BatmAngelus]

Hans Zimmer will almost certainly score this. So it opens up an interesting scenario. He can use his Superman score material no problems. But given his Batman stuff is from another series, would he use it? Should he use it? Is this where his unused theme comes out of the box?

I've been wondering about this, as well. 

The unused theme from Begins had a small part in the BB trailer and at the end credits of the movie, but was absent from everything else.  If Zimmer resurrected it, only hardcore fans like me would really notice and I think it'd fit in with the tone of Man of Steel's score (at 1:01-1:38):

Still, he may think of something new.  Christopher Drake has managed to provide multiple Batman themes, scoring two segments of Gotham Knight, Under the Red Hood, Year One, and The Dark Knight Returns, not to mention Justice League and Superman/Batman films, so if he can do all that for the same character, Zimmer can certainly do the same.

[The Dark Knight]

Something like that theme would be okay, I think. Chances are he will use something like that, given he invested a lot of time into the Batman character. In this instance I wouldn't call doing so lazy. That segment could be front and centre as the main theme, while not betraying the Batman sound he already established. Whereas the Nolan stuff had all sorts of themes and not one.

[Edd Grayson]

Is this for real? Batman and Superman team-up in live-action? Holy awesomeness!

[zDBZ]

Oy. My hope is that we don't see yet another "Batman beats the piss out of Superman" thing. Otherwise, there's nothing about this that isn't completely punk rock!!!

To go by the quote they read from TDKR, I suspect we may be in for that.

Colour me...unenthused by this news. I like me some "World's Finest," but I'm really ready for Goyer to bow out of these films, and I am not a fan of Snyder. Rushing right to a team-up story, even in the context of "a Superman film with Batman," seems counter-productive to the effort to re-establish Superman in his own right.

[The Dark Knight]

Is this for real? Batman and Superman team-up in live-action? Holy awesomeness!

Yes. And a solo Batman film featuring the same guy would follow afterwards, I'm sure.

[johnnygobbs]

Is this for real? Batman and Superman team-up in live-action? Holy awesomeness!

Yes. And a solo Batman film featuring the same guy would follow afterwards, I'm sure.

I just hope they get the right guy for Batman. 

Whatever else one thinks of TDK franchise a large swathe of the internet Batman-fan community were crossing their fingers for Christian Bale to play the part years before Christopher Nolan put Batman Begins into production and disregarding Bale's laryngitis-infected voice in some Batman-scenes, which I don't personally have a huge problem with, I think we really lucked-out on that piece of casting.  Here's hoping that we end up with another actor who embodies the part, and somebody who compliments Henry Cavill well.

[The Laughing Fish]

Is this for real? Batman and Superman team-up in live-action? Holy awesomeness!

Yes. And a solo Batman film featuring the same guy would follow afterwards, I'm sure.

I just hope they get the right guy for Batman. 

Whatever else one thinks of TDK franchise a large swathe of the internet Batman-fan community were crossing their fingers for Christian Bale to play the part years before Christopher Nolan put Batman Begins into production and disregarding Bale's laryngitis-infected voice in some Batman-scenes, which I don't personally have a huge problem with, I think we really lucked-out on that piece of casting.  Here's hoping that we end up with another actor who embodies the part, and somebody who compliments Henry Cavill well.

Although Bale can be excellent actor in the right roles such as in American Psycho, Rescue Dawn and The Fighter - I thought his portrayals as Batman would have to be his worst performance of his career by far. But thankfully that's in the past now.

Anyway, Goyer mentioned that Zod's death will not be swept under the carpet in the sequel.
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