Batman v Superman Latest News

[Earth 2 Chris]

So now we're going to get an R-rated version on the Blu-Ray. Call me old-fashioned, but that just seems kind of wrong. Way to follow and not lead, WB.

What's next? The Frozen sequel goes for a hard R?

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news.php?readmore=17752

[knight errant00]

So now we're going to get an R-rated version on the Blu-Ray.

Guarantee we have Deadpool to thank for that. Goyer and Snyder like the R-rated, grim over-the-top anyway, and Deadpool's R-rated smash success since release has to have warmed the studio chiefs to the idea.

[hedrap]

^yep.

It feels like Snyder was arguing for an R from the start as the DCU games hover on that line already. But WB needs as much access as possible so they went PG13. Now they think Deadpool is showing the scope of the possible audience with an R, but I don't think that's correct.

If they want to go this route, they might as well adapt Kingdom Come as JLA sequels. Forget the future tense. Set it in the modern day and have the hero population explode leading to Houses of control.

[Spyweb007]

WB needs to have some faith in the properties they adapt to the big screen. They own characters who's popularity has lasted for decades, yet continuously second guess the direction of the movies based on whatever current trend is hot, always trying to keep up with the times yet being one step behind. I wish they had stayed the course after the Green Lantern movie and continued to move ahead with their shared universe. A sequel using Marc Strong's Sinestro could have been amazing and corrected all of the complaints with the first movie, and we would have the DC film universe well underway by now. Instead, WB panics every time a movie under performs and throws out the baby with the bath water, starting over when a simple course correction could get things back on track. Meanwhile, Marvel has enough faith in their properties to make obscure characters such as Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy into big hits, and DC struggles to get their flagship character, Superman, right.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Well said. DC has no faith in any of it's properties outside of Batman. That comes from the comics straight to films. Jumping on the R-rated bandwagon because of Deadpool is so transparent, it's kind of insulting to their audience...or what's left of it.

Chris

[Sideshow Spock]

^Well said. DC has no faith in any of it's properties outside of Batman. That comes from the comics straight to films. Jumping on the R-rated bandwagon because of Deadpool is so transparent, it's kind of insulting to their audience...or what's left of it.

The R-rated version will just be an alternate Blu-Ray edition with what basically amounts to "extra violence". Even the last Hobbit movie got an R-rating for a similar extended edition last year. I'm sure that the original PG-13 version will also be available on disc if the alternate isn't your cup of tea..

[Hector]

I love R rated movies...but I'm sorry...Superman does not belong in any R rated production...what the hell...

Clark Kent and Lois Lane...doing a Fifty Shades of Grey scene...

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Hear hear. I have no problem with an extended cut that is 'unrated" or whatever, but announcing an R-rating before the PG-13 version is even out is just shameless coat-tail riding, and any production with these iconic characters SHOULD be above that.

Chris

[Hector]

I know.

What's next, Bats and Supes cursing at each other...

"F you, Superman, you can suck my Bat....!" "Oh yeah? Well, I'm going to F you up, you Bat mother.....!"



Dear lord, no...

[hedrap]

I think the underlying message is WB feels boxed by how squeaky-clean DC characters are naturally. and if they follow that route, the reaction will be "marvel copycats". So it's perceived as a no-win scenario and the answer by some is to go all-in on Miller/Moore post-modernism.

A decade ago, when Batman Year One, the original BvS script and Superman Returns were in development, a number of people lobbied for putting Dini/Timm in charge of all DCU properties. But a handful of producers, directors got the WB boss at the time to shoot it down. Quintessential WB short-sightedness and they've been paying for it ever since.

You want a clear idea of how idiotic WB could be at the time? They put a live-action Samurai Jack in development under Brett Ratner, and Tartakovsky had little control.

[MIB41]

WOW... Talk about a shameless sell out. You know it's NO SECRET I am head over heels in love with the Deadpool movie. But it's not because I needed someone to be foul mouthed, grotesque, or violent. There's this little thing called execution, tone, and wit. But more importantly Deadpool goes back to the key ingredient allot of comic book movies fail to do - HONOR the source material. Deadpool might be breaking conventional rules in this genre, but that's because this is what he does in the comics as well. Deadpool should not be considered the next 'Star Wars' of comic book movies that everyone must now copy. Quite the contrary. It was just smart enough not to jump on the bandwagon and be like the other genre films, which it never was in the comics. THAT is why it works. They honored the comics. They also found an incredible talent in Ryan Reynolds who perfectly nailed the part. This is their niche and for other heroes to start emulating Deadpool's qualities is taking all the wrong lessons from this movie's success.

[libby 1957dog]

from what i ve read elsewhere the ratings were bestowed on this movie 30 th september 2015 ,so if true maybe not quite the knee jerk reaction that it first appears to be
anyway thought this was funny

Batman: 'Tell me, do you bleed?'

Superman: 'Only in the director's cut'

[hedrap]

^Snyder was contracted to deliver a PG13, but the R for BRay is appears to be deliberate marketing. That's where the "unrated" or even "director's cut" title comes into play. Studios will use that so the film doesn't have to pass the ratings aboard again.

I think we speculated a second theatrical release due to the time between BvS and JL, and it was indirectly confirmed at one point. I could see the R with new prologue getting that shot.

[Mego Milk]

Dang.

I hope its good.

[Mr.Marion]

I told y'all this film would be a disaster.