Forbes blogger Mark Hughes recently had the opportunity to discuss the upcoming Batman/ Superman movie with director Zack Snyder. I’ll include some of the finer points in this article, but I highly recommend you click the source link and read the full interview.
Regarding the decision to include Batman:
I gotta be honest, it definitely was a thing that… after Man of Steel finished and we started talking about what would be in the next movie, I started subtly mentioning that it would be cool if he faced Batman. In the first meeting, it was like, “Maybe Batman?” Maybe at the end of the second movie, some Kryptonite gets delivered to Bruce Wayne’s house or something. Like in a cryptic way, that’s the first time we see him. But then, once you say it out loud, right? You’re in a story meeting talking about, like, who should [Superman] fight if he fought this giant alien threat Zod who was basically his equal physically, from his planet, fighting on our turf… You know, who to fight next? The problem is, once you say it out loud, then it’s kind of hard to go back, right? Once you say, “What about Batman?” then you realize, “Okay, that’s a cool idea. What else?” I mean, what do you say after that? …But I’m not gonna say at all that when I took the job to do Man of Steel that I did it in a subversive way to get to Batman. I really believe that only after contemplating who could face [Superman] did Batman come into the picture.
On when we may see costume reveals:
Unfortunately, I don’t even know the timeline… Because the movie takes place so far from now, it’s hard to know exactly. That all gets tied to marketing and strategies for the movie. It’s not just a free-for-all, which I’d love it to be. Because I take a picture of the suit with my camera– I’m actually staring at one right now in my office. And it’s just massive on my wall in my office and it’s epic, let me tell you! And I’m like, “God, I want to send this to the Internet immediately.” But I know I’m not allowed to [laughs]! I do value the sort of excitement of the way the film is [revealed]… the pieces that are released and sort of trickle out to everybody, and those reveals are exciting milestones for us.
Should spy photos beat officially released photos to the punch:
The one nice thing is that, the schedule is designed carefully so that I don’t know that that’ll be [a problem]– but who knows, these cats are pretty good at getting the drop on us with these photos. But, when we finally do show it, it’s gonna be real fun. And it’s true, you gotta make sure– you’re gonna want the real shot…
A lot of us have expected someone like Doomsday or even Metallo to enter the fray and join Lex Luthor to become the film’s second villain. That’s entirely possible, but as we get closer to shooting (which may have begun this week), I’m starting to wonder if Lex is truly the only Superman rogue in the film. What if Batman is the one to have the big battle with Superman in the film? It’s entirely possible and I’m starting to lean in that direction after reading Zack’s comments. Perhaps they will have a huge slobberknocker before ultimately teaming up against Lex and setting up the eventual Justice League film. And what of Wonder Woman? The speculation surrounding this movie is the best kind of press you could ask for.
Source: Forbes