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| The anticipated blockbuster gets pushed back a year....I'll let it sink in |
Yesterday, Warner Bros announced that their anticipated film, Batman vs Superman, will not be heading to theaters in the summer of 2015. Instead, the film has been rescheduled to hit theaters 2016; with the current date being May 6th. Like most of WB's decision about this movie, the news received massive backlash; and perhaps rightfully so. So like most movie topics, I'm going to stay neutral and look at why moving Batman vs Superman to 2016 is both a good idea and a bad one.
Cons:
The first question I have to ask Warner Bros is what exactly happened? Here we were, 7 months ago, with the announcement that Superman and Batman were going to be in a movie together for the first time and for one was hyped. Now, we have to wait a good two and half years before the big crossover happens. More to the point is what could have happen for Warner Bros to make a such a bold change. AMC Movie Talk's John Campea said that Warner Bros dropped the ball on this one; and I have no argument there. When it comes down to it, Warner Bros screwed up. How they screwed up is unknown, but somewhere in these past 7 months, the studios made an error of judgement. This has been a major problem with Warner Bros. When it comes to creating a lineup of DC comic-book movies, WB has had no long term plans. This latest story is just an example of this problem. Then again, it is not like WB announced that they weren't doing the movie. That would have been a suicide a different caliber.
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| Henry Cavill will return as Superman...hopefully |
When it comes down to it, I think the biggest problem WB is going to face is what are they going to do for 2015? I am sure the studio has plenty of films planned for that year, but Batman vs Superman was THE movie. This was going to be their mega blockbuster for the epic movie lineup of 2015. Now what do they have? This problem may not effect the company in the long run, but they might have a problem come 2015. Unless they can pull out a film like The Conjuring again.
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| I guess we're going to have to wait a little longer to see Ben Affleck in the Batsuit |
Pros:
What good could possibly come WB's bold decision. Well I can think of few things. As stated earlier Warner Bros has had a problem getting an idea for a DC Cinematic Universe. Now, with this delay, they can give themselves time to think. WB should take this opportunity to decide what you are going to do after Batman vs Superman and the possible Justice League film (which is being rumored to be filmed back to back with BVS). Sure we might have to wait a few more years; but WB and DC have a wonderful opportunity to finally get this ball rolling.
Now to matter of the studio filming BVS and Justice League back to back. There are two theories going around the round. The first being that Warner Bros will film Batman vs Superman and Justice League back to back; while the other is that their turning BVS into Justice League. I've decided to look at the theory that makes the most sense. If filming back to back is the case, then changing the release date makes a lot of sense. Obviously, this new time frame gives the filmmakers plenty of time to film two movies. However, the problem with this is that filming BVS and Justice League was not planned; and so it makes WB look bad. Still, if the studio is planning to film Batman vs Superman and Justice League together, then they have given themselves a massive window of opportunity.
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| I know how you feel Superman |
I am dishearten about this news. I wanted to see Batman and Superman together in 2015; and this move only shows Warner Bros' incompetence. However, I'm not going to scream "GAME OVER MAN" to every corner of the internet. My hope is that Warner Bros and DC will use their time to get their act together and make the best movie possible. Until then, unless another film is announced, I will have to put my excitement for Batman vs Superman aside and wait for other anticipated blockbusters.
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