Justice League is still without a director, but Warner Bros. very much intends to have its own superhero team-up in theaters by 2015, the year that will also see The Avengers sequel reassembling Marvel's foremost supersquad in theaters. Director or not, we may just have an idea which DC comic book story will form the basis of the theatrical Justice League.
With the trailer set to accompany The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in theaters this Friday, Warner Bros. has unveiled the full theatrical trailer for Man of Steel online. Unlike the teaser trailer from summer, this one does not feature merely a glimpse of Henry Cavill as the rebooted Superman, but shows the Kryptonian in all manner action.
Earlier this week, we saw a new poster for Man of Steel, one that showed the rebooted Superman incongruously handcuffed and surrounded by military personnel, complete with a little lens flare to give the Kryptonian some mystic.
A new image of Henry Cavill in costume as Supes doesn't feature any lens flare or military men, but instead has Cavill getting a tiny bit Tiger Beat, pulling a casual pose and giving a god look at some details on the redesigned supersuit.
A new poster for next summer's Man of Steel has landed gracefully online.
One of the issues that this reboot must address is the contemporary perception of Superman as too powerful and virtuous, a character out of touch for these times in which we're more likely to identify with a traumatized billionaire who dresses as a bat. This poster deals with that by putting new Superman Henry Cavill in handcuffs, looking stoic despite being in military custody.
With The Avengers having proven that a team-up superhero movie can work to the tune of $1.5 billion, Warner Bros. appears to be hauling ass in order to get DC's finest in their own ensemble mega-movie putting Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and others possibly including Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern into one movie. And we may know just which the big bad from the pages of DC Comics will be bringing the Justice League together.
Regardless of casting rumors, Warner Bros. is definitely powered ahead with a Justice League movie for 2015, but we might be seeing Wonder Woman have some solo adventures on television before the cinematic version arrives in theaters. Development continues on the CW pilot Amazon, and a leaked casting breakdown provides insight on this version of Diana Prince and the world she inhabits.
For four years, seemingly everyone wanted to discuss The Dark Knight Rises, but director Christopher Nolan was obliged to play it coy so as to not give away any surprises regarding the conclusion of his Batman trilogy. Now that The Dark Knight Rises is about to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD, the director is discussing his take on the Caped Crusader at length.
File this one under rumor for the time being, but it comes from a credible source, and if it turns out to be true, then holy whoa, we have a better idea of the plan for Justice League. Also, on the off-chance that you're this interested in what Warner Bros. is doing with its superhero properties and somehow haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises, the whole notion constitutes a spoiler.
Batman always has the most wonderful high tech toys, and with The Dark Knight Rises finally arriving on Blu-ray and DVD, your smartphone can make you just a little more like the Caped Crusader using the newly unveiled The Dark Knight Rises FX App.
Though some argue his cultural relevance has waned, Superman remains the world's most recognizable superhero, the most essential distillation of the type. So it is in absolutely no way surprising that next year's Man of Steel will tell Superman's origin story on the biggest available screen. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures announced today that the reboot will indeed play in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D when it arrives on June 14, 2013.
