Saturday, July 20, 2013

A Spin Off, Not A Sequel...






Sorry guys, the real world has been invading here at Blue Sky Headquarters...

 And right when I was going to be at Comic Con. But unfortunately more pressing matters have to be addressed. Posts will be sporadic over the next few weeks as things hopefully get back in order. I was planning a whole lot of coverage of Nerdvana, but with my schedule it wasn't to be.

Now of course, I do want to address the news that Zack Snyder and the Bunny let out about the sequel to "Man of Steel" earlier today. First off, people shouldn't be calling it a sequel. It's not. It's a spin off. It looks like as of now, Warner is taking the route of using the character of Superman as an introduction to the rest of the DC Cinematic Universe: first with "Batman Vs. Superman" and then in "Justice League". He's our alien tour guide, really.

 I'm sure that they'll be more films of a solo Clark Kent/Kal-El, but Henry Cavill is signed for three films and they want to be him to walk us into this new universe. I'd expect that before too long they'll renegotiate his contract for more films. They should go the Marvel route and lock them in for six films, not three. Perhaps whoever they get for Batman will be attached for that long. But it looks like we're in for an epic trip over the next few years.

 We'll just have to wait for that Superman film with Brainiac a little longer...

3 comments:

sherrill777 said...

I'm very excited to finally get a Batman/Superman film! ...but I will admit that I'm nervous about whether they are going to be rushing to grab the cash cow rather than taking their time with this. Man of Steel was certainly fun, but it didn't flesh out Clark's character enough for me to really connect with him. Well, whatever. I'll still eagerly await the DC (and upcoming Marvel) films.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a desperation and marketing decision from Warner Bros. It looks good on paper. They really need a storyteller/comic book geek running DC.

Geoff Peterson said...

You just know that Snyder is going to mess this up by giving Batman super powers or something equally as ridiculous. He doesn't know how to tell a story without things going "boom" and "big fire"!