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UPDATE & EXCLUSIVE: I just spoke with Zack Snyder, who confirms that as soon as he completes post on Sucker Punch, he’ll move right into Warner Bros’ long awaited next Man of Steel movie in development with Chris Nolan and David Goyer. “I’ve been a big fan of the character for a long time, he’s definitely the king of all superheroes, he’s the one,” Snyder, who directed Watchmen and 300, told me. “It’s early yet, but I can tell you that what David and Chris have done with the story so far definitely has given me a great insight into a way to make him feel modern. I’ve always felt he was kind of awesome. I’ll finish Sucker Punch and get right at it.”
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Snyder has been chosen to direct the new installment of Superman for Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. Snyder was on a short list of directors that I recently revealed met with the studio as well as producers Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas. Other choices at the time included helmers Tony Scott, Matt Reeves, Jonathan Liebesman, and Duncan Jones. I think Snyder is an inspired choice. He is a cornerstone filmmaker for Warner Bros., a visual stylist whose efforts for the studio include 300, Watchmen, and the upcoming Sucker Punch. Deadline revealed back on February 9 that the DC Comics stalwart Superman became a priority project when Nolan agreed to godfather it. He and David S. Goyer hatched the story and Goyer wrote the script. The new Superman’s producers also include Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder while co-financer Legendary Pictures’ Thomas Tull will serve as executive producer. I’m sure there will be hot debate on Snyder as the choice, but judging from 300, you can be sure the Man of Steel will have an inspired six-pack.
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This is great… Considering I don’t like Superman, and I don’t like Zack Snyder, I can just avoid this picture altogether. Really glad Aronofsky and Matt Reeves can focus on something more worth their talents.
I concur!
You guys are looking at the tree and not the whole forest. Snyder is the perfect addition to this team.
You Must Be Joking, Right????
Joking? Hmm.. I don’t think so. 300 was a terribly overrated effort. And Watchmen, I know what he was trying to do… create an authentic film from the graphic novel. The problem is, it doesn’t work as a movie. It works as a graphic novel. You really need to tweak it to bring it to the screen, which would upset the purist fans of the graphic novel.
It was not authentic he did try to tweak it, but changed a mutitude of meanings within the film and the purpose of the comic. He is a terrible director nontheless, but his remake of Dawn of the Dead was good.
The 300 graphic novel was wayy too short and it didnt go into as much detail as the movie. I think that with 300 the movie surpasses the graphic novel. I am a purist when it comes to graphic novels but when you see the detail that Snyder goes into when it comes to creating the comic book adaptions you have to give him the credit. He goes into more detail than any other director ive seen when it comes to making comic books to movies. Snyder is a director that even the purists can have faith in. I dont think that anyone else out there has what it takes to please both comic book fans and movie goes in general. When most directors make a film they target and change it to attract the movie fans so that they can go out there and read the books, Snyder makes the films so that it brings the people who are already fans to the film before the general audience. The people who enjoyed the watchmen alone was a big fanbase and once people saw them getting hyped up they took an interest in both graphic novel and movie.
Bazinga
i couldnt agree with you more
I’ve never left a comment ever. Anywhere. But I can’t stand hearing praise for Snyder. His movies are not good.Not the story. Not the pacing. Not the action. Not the visuals. Nothing. The opening credits for Watchmen are his one and only achievment, but he was basically leaning on a Dylan tune.
Well put! I couldn’t agree more.
I think he’s an inspired choice. More importantly, can they get Clint Walker to come out of retirement?
Do you even know what your talking about. first off the watchman graphic novel was said to be un-filmable and for what they put on it was a great show. and as far as superman goes, if you like batman or any superhero for that matter, thank superman. Without him there would be no superhero genre of comics or movies.
Atlast the guy that will bring creativity and excitement to the new superman movie has been chosen.Thumbs up for making the right choice.
What Moron (Zack Snyder) put this idiot Cavill in Spiderman’s & Batman’s Costume Left-Overs??? What imbecile-intern cast clueless-lookless Henry Cavill as Superman??? Where is Smallville’s Tom Welling when you need him??? He is the rightful ere to Superman and hard earned it for Ten Years!!!
Snyder is no great filmmaker like Chris Nolan is. He can handle slow-motion like nobody’s business but that’s about as impressive as it gets with that guy. Between him and another (most likely) crummy script by David Goyer, I am no longer looking forward to this at all. Why not really try to break the mold like they did hiring Nolan the first time around? There’s absolutely nothing “interesting” about hiring Snyder, but nice try with the hyperbole.
David Goyer wrote The Dark Knight, X-Men, and Watchmen so he has writting talent.Christopher Nolan is going to be supervising the entire project, so this won’t be 300 meets Superman. As long as there isn’t any slow motion I think Chris Nolan gonna redefine the Superman genre like he did with The Dark Knight.
David Hayter wrote X-Men and Watchmen.
Goyer wrote the Blade trilogy and co-wrote the Batman films. And while a few of his scripts have been inconsistent quality-wise the guy doesn’t so “crummy” work.
I pretty much figured Snyder would get the golden nod. Solid choice. He’s better than a serviceable director. It will all come down to whether Goyer delivered the goods this time. We’ll see.
Goyer isn’t credited with writing The Dark Knight; the Nolan brothers are.
He has a story credit.
He also didn’t write any of the X-Men movies. Maybe you’re thinking of Blade.
Ultimately, this isn’t Nolan’s movie; it’s Snyder’s.
You shoulda stopped at XMen… Watchmen was unwatchable.
Therefore the biggest reason to avoid this at all costs, a reason supported by Snyder’s other comments on Superman being where Batman was before Batman Begins.
Yea, David didn’t write anything to do with X-men.
I think you have got to look at this like Bill Parcells and the Dolphins: You knew Tony Sparano was the head coach but you always called it a Parcells team. I think that’s what this is going to feel like. I think the choice of snyder was good because visually you’re going to get domething interesting and I think that we all can trust Christopher Nolan to make sure that the story is compelling.
Nolan is such an overrated writer and director. Just because he did Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, he is the guru of all super hero movies?? He needs to have his ego checked.
Overrated?
Here’s some advice bud. Aside from the two batman movies being very good movies, go watch Memento, Insomnia, and Inception…you just sound dumb.
And yes! When you make a movies like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, you are the guru. Again, you really sound dumb.
And the Prestige, that’s one of my favorite movies
Have to disagree with you on that one, Chief. Christopher Nolan is without a doubt a fine director, but that does not mean he is the automatic right choice to produce a Superman movie. A lot of people have praised Nolan for his Batman movies (and rightly so—they’re great…), but they also don’t seem to acknowledge that the ‘dark nature’ of Batman was already present years ago in graphic novels and comics. All he did was successfully translate it to the screen in an honest, non-pretentious way (which again is an achievement unto itself.) Don’t get me wrong; I am open to new interpretations of classic comic heroes, but Superman is iconic and if Nolan and team diverge too much from the basic character of Superman and make him “dark”, it simply will fly, pardon-my-pun. Superman is an epic character and I don’t think another ‘prequel’ story is necessary. Having said that, I hope the film is great and will be the first to congratulate all involved if it proves a phenomenol success.
Correction: I meant a dark Superman WILL NOT fly! Sorry for the typo.
“Don’t get me wrong; I am open to new interpretations of classic comic heroes, but Superman is iconic and if Nolan and team diverge too much from the basic character of Superman and make him “dark”, it simply WILL NOT fly, pardon-my-pun.”
Chris Nolan is not a great filmmaker.
Sorry.
Sorry, but you wouldn’t know great if it bit you on the azz.
Chris Nolan is a great film maker.
Should I laugh? Only a shallow ADD sufferer would say CN isn’t great. Unlike the vast majority of filmmakers, he creates entertainment for the whole mind.
Stanley Kubrick was a great filmmaker.
Chris Nolan makes pretentious, pseudo-profound comicbook movies full of expository drivel.
Wait, what was Inception?
Stupid people try to sound smart by recycling the big words of smarter people. And clinging to classic filmmakers as if they’re the only great filmmakers ever to come. Also, clenching your ass so much will give you a hemorrhoid.
Your very wrong old man. He’s made a couple of the best films in the last couple of years. Check yourself fool.
We all accept your apology for being an idiot. But you’re still left with being an idiot.
Gimme a break,Jason.
Quite being a massive douche and let people have their opinions.
we had to listen to your nonsense, now listen to theirs without getting your panties in a bunch.
This is the last thing I wanted to hear in relation to this project. At least Jon Hamm might still be in the running. He did just work with Snyder on Sucker Punch.
In high school zack says one day hes going to do a new superman movie and hes got this look in his eye like hes not kidding so i play along and say Robin Tunney would be the perfect lois, and i mean it ( shes got that plucky anything for a story like margot had) so we both grin like this would work -and here we are.
I have to agree about Robin,shes great.I sent her a message some time back complementing her on a performance and expected that to be the end of it-she wrote me back a very charming thank you note .the young lady can do no wrong in my book.
*sigh*
You want a movie that has a story? Goyer
You want a movie that has heart? Nolan
You want a movie that has action? Snyder
This movie is going to rock!!!
Totally agree! Nolan will not let this go astray & besides I think Zack is greatly underrated as a director (the 2nd time I saw “Watchmen” confirmed this for me). Besides Singer’s Man of Steel lacked energy. Snyder will bring a great of passion to it. The tariler to “Sucker Punch” looks awesome.
this movie will be kickass!!!!!!! No doubt!!!
I am very excited about zach snyder directing. I was one of those guys who was not satisfied with returns but still saw it 3 xs I will probly see this 10xs. Just can’t wait to see a snyder directd superman fight scene YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!
YES!!! Thank you!! Someone who can see the whole forest and not just the tree.
This movie is going to be epic.
Will it rock as much as Watchmen did?
So the franchise is going to from too much brooding exposition and not enough visuals to all visuals and no story. (sigh)
Well, with David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan having written the script and Christopher Nolan producing, I think you can expect about as much story as in the two most recent Batman films.
Plus: The man can direct an action picture. The FX will be incredible; the mise-en-scene is sure to be freshly stylized, and the pecs will be a-poppin’.
Minus: Action directors have tried and failed with the material time and again. Set pieces will not be enough. He going to need a great script (which the Nolan camp can and usually does deliver).
Bottom Line: If the script is there, it’ll be a great combination of talents.
Robert Zemeckis should’ve gotten the job.I now expect with Snyder directing that he’ll cast Channing Tatum as supes, have alot slow motion action and have Muse blaring on the soundtrack.
Zemeckis?! Someone hasn’t been paying attention to his recent filmography…
With Nolan Producing None Of These Will Happen!!
Why would you think that snyder would cast channing tatum? Snyder has his issues, but I wouldn’t say that casting is one of them. You look at his movies and see guys like Michael Fassbender, Sarah Polley, Jackie Earle Haley, Carla Gugino and Hugo Weaving; obviously the man gets a few things right.
Interesting… with Chris looking over his shoulder I’m sure WB felt comfortable. I don’t mean that in a disparaging way, Zach is supremely talented, but he is relatively young and his character depictions seem to be underdeveloped and lacking in dimension at this point in his career. It’s obviously a non-issue w Chris and WB so all the best, hit it outta the park, Zack.
Snyder has no personal touch, which can be a blessing in this case. He stays faithful to the source material. “Dawn Of The Dead” was a clever screenplay by James Gunn (let’s not start George A. Romero comparisions). Snyder didn’t change too much of it and brought some flair (the Johnny Cash song in the intro, which works perfectly but that the studio wanted to change).
If the Nolans and Goyer have a good script, he won’t Tony-Scott or Michael-Bay it and it can be genuinely pleasant. If their effort is second rate, you’ll see it on the screen.
AWESOME!!!
How did this hack land this after Legend of the Guardians bombed? Is WB THAT sold on Sucker Punch?
Legends of the Guardians was his first animated film, he is more used to working with actors and action scenes with people not owls and sucker punch has hot girls, action, slow mo girls kicking butt and every cool random thing thety can kick the crap out of? it’s got everything a hetero would want in this movie and unless you just arent interested in women in general sucker punch will have no appeal to you
This just seems like a poor choice… I hope he proves me wrong.
As long as Nolan’s involved I really can’t get excited about this.
Agreed. Snyder obviously has a passion for this genre and is a great visualist… hopefully Nolan will push him on story and character… color me cautiously optimistic.
Seriously, I mean what does Chris Nolan know about resurrecting a superhero franchise? Oh yeah . . . nevermind.
Yeah right, Chris Nolan doesn’t know how to make a wildly successful film….Where do these silly people come from?
My sentiments exactly…C’mon people…with Chris Nolan sheperding this film the least you can do is give it a chance…I think it’ll have heart(an emotional core) as well as the gripping and ultra cool action that Snyder’s already given us in 300!! Awesome choice!!
……..god damn it…….
oh no…..
This is a fantastic choice!
Snyder’s visuals and awesome fight coreography combined with the Nolan Bros screenwriting/character work, in theory, should usher Supes back to the big screen in a major way!
Where’s the source?
I guess they decided since he could direct a movie about owls, he could direct a movie about a flying man.
I laughed.
you on acid?
This is all fine n’ dandy (even though I don’t see Snyder as the best choice for the material) but the decision I wanna know about is the music and whether the iconic John Williams theme will be utilized. That was pretty much the only smart decision Singer made with his film….
So who will be playing the Man of Steel? I think many are now rooting for Armie Hammer to put on the red cape. Seems like a fine choice, aye Zack?
I think only Hammer’s agent is rooting for that atrocity. Unless you mistyped and meant Hamm. Then yes, many are rooting for Jon Hamm to wear the cape.
I take it you’re Hamm’s agent, then.
Couldn’t be in better hands.
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Coat
Decent enough. Now all I gotta hear is Armie Hammer cast as Superman.
Dear Armie’s mom,
Not going to happen.
Love,
Rest of World
Dear Rest of World,
The real world wants its name back and we want you to get back on your meds asap. (By the way, we love Armie Hammer. That’s why we were laughing and smiling so much when he was onscreen in TSN).
Genuinely concerned,
The Rest Rest of World
Eh I’ve got no interest in this. Not that I was a Nolan Superman fanboy, but I just don’t see Snyder working out particuarly well for this. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see though.
Oh dear. Such bad news.
Coming out from behind my usual nick to say congratulations Zack Snyder and indeed an inspired choice (you couldn’t have put it better) by Warners. He’s a director with a singular style and vision who, together with Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas, will lift this franchise from the ‘meh’ it’s been in for far too long. As in, I had pretty much zero interested before and am now stoked.
I am glad Bryan Singer is going to have nothing to do with this. I have been wanting to see a good Superman movie for almost 30 years.
Zach Znyder is an inspired choice, he is an “A” Director now, this will be interesting to see.