Here it is. The most hyped film of the year so far, and what is clearly the start of a big push to establish a Marvel-Esque universe film franchise for DC comic characters. Zak Snyder directs (following his work on Man of Steel) and the script is by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer (who had in varying levels on
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So in the final film in ‘Batman v Superman – The FilmGeeky Cinematic Battle‘ is the 2012 finale in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy – The Dark Knight Rises, set 8 years after the events of the Dark Knight. The death of Harvey Dent has led to the creation of the Dent Act – a set of increased powers for Gotham’s law
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As we approach the end of ‘Batman v Superman – The FilmGeeky Cinematic Battle’, we turn our attention to the latest Superman offering in film, Zak Snyder’s 2013 Man of Steel. Rather than the approach of the previous reboot attempt Superman Returns, this seeks to start over again from the beginning. We find
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Following Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan set about the 2nd part of what would become a 3 film arc of his Batman story, The Dark Knight. With only one main exception from a returning cast, with Katie Holmes being replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal for the role of Rachel Dawes, the team take on the story of Batman vs. The Joker. For
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19 years after ‘Superman 4 : The Quest for Peace’ had met with damning reviews, the Superman franchise was rebooted with director Brian Singer at the helm. Singer was coming off two highly successful comic book movies – ‘X-Men‘ and ‘X2‘, and had apparently pitched the idea of a new Superman film to original director Richard Donner and his wife
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Whilst working my way through the Batman and Superman movies recently, I’ve been thinking about some parallels between the two series. Especially when it comes to Superman 3, and the third Batman film – Batman Forever and their aftermath. Let me explain… * Firstly both films started off with clear approach by a director – Richard Donner for Superman, Tim
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Following the disaster of Batman and Robin, the franchise went into somewhat of a stall having abandoned plans for a further Joel Schumacher film for the series. It was only in 2003 when the series was re-booted by Warner Brothers, this time with Christopher Nolan at the helm. The re-boot took the shape of the 2005 film Batman Begins, which
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So here’s something I’ve been thinking about…The evolution of Batman in the cinema. The diagram below is something I’ve put together to try and show how different actors have approached the character of the Dark Knight. From left (camp dancing Adam West batman) to the darker sides of the caped crusader, I have both Val Kilmer and George Clooney shifting
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The fourth instalment of the Superman film series was released in 1987 having been optioned by Canon films rather than Warner Brothers who had created the previous three films. Lets talk about Cannon Films briefly first. Cannon was an independent film company which had made its name with low budget films such as Missing In Action, Death Wish, and Delta
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So we now face the 1997 ‘Batman and Robin’. Again directed by Joel Schumacher with the script by Akiva Goldman (who had also written Batman Forever). For role of Batman, Val Kilmer decided to not reprise the role of Batman, and in stepped George Clooney. Clooney at this point was still in ER however had begun to move into movies
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