O Hai Batffleck!

Zack Snyder has given us our first (albeit dark) look at Ben Affleck donning the very Dark Knight Returns-ish Cape and Cowl and standing next to a very sleek new Batmobile.

This should serve to quell some doubts in the fans, including me, about the fate of this movie. I will say I've been very skeptical about this project and whether or not it will be any good. I am liking this little tease though. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and see what else Snyder and Co. have to show off in the coming weeks/months.

What do you think?

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Zack Snyder Reveals Batmobile and Batsuit

After yesterday's tease, Zack Snyder makes good on his promise of revealing the Batsuit and the Batmobile.

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Bat Vs Supes Gets Lex and Alfred

Warner Bros. have officially announced the casting of Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred, and Superman's arch-nemesis Lex Luthor.

If you listen closely you can hear the nerd rage building.  Not so much over Alfred but over Lex Luthor.  The rumors were pretty strong that Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston was a sure thing for the role.  That has proven to be wildly untrue and on the complete opposite end of the spectrum.

For the sake of spoilers and for those who do not want to know, I'll drop this under a cut.  Click the RAWR to find out who got the roles!

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Is Batman Vs Superman In Danger?

DC and WB don't want to tread ground already walked by Marvel so they're shoehorning an entire universe into a sequel to a movie that was barely a success (financially and creatively).  Rather than allowing the Superman universe to grow into something strong enough to support an Avengers-like franchise, they're turning Man of Steel 2 into a Justice League movie without calling it a Justice League movie even though they're also pushing a Justice League movie through as well.

Now it's delayed a year.  That's the first signal.

The second?  Ben Affleck's "injury."

Now, the folks over at cinematallica.com have posted a rather interesting article regarding Ben Affleck threatening to walk off the project due to "scheduling" and script problems.  I think it sounds like Ben Affleck thinking he knows more than David Goyer problems.

This movie is a bad idea from the ground up.  Why would you want to create a Justice League that features an old worn out Batman?  We had a worn out Batman in The Dark Knight Rises and guess what?  It didn't work.  

DC is trying to get a franchise going without actually building the world.  They want to fast track it and get it done because Marvel is killing them in this regard.  The thing is that Marvel did the work.  They laid the ground work and built a cohesive film world for their characters.  WB doesn't want to do that and because of that it's probably going to blow up in their faces.

I'm going to agree 100% with the gang at cinematallica that this MoS sequel will change to a straight up Superman sequel and the whole Batman vs. Superman angle will be dropped.  We can only hope at least.

We still have Arrow though so that's good.

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