2013 Movie News Archives

November 12, 2013: Snyder Not Adapting "Dark Knight Returns"

Superman/Batman In the latest DC All Access video, Zack Snyder and Kevin Smith talk about the upcoming Superman/Batman movie, with Snyder indicating that he is not using Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" graphic novel as the basis for the basis of this film. (The interview starts at the 2 minutes 13 seconds).

In his own podcast "Hollywood Babble-On", Kevin Smith indicated that Zack Snyder pulled him aside after the "Man of Steel" Live Fan Event on Saturday morning and showed him images on his phone of Ben Affleck as Batman. From all indications, the Bat suit is inspired by the comic book designs of either Lee Bermejo or Jim Lee.

"I saw the Batman costume. More than that, I saw a picture of him in the costume. Now I don't want to give anything away, because that's up to them and stuff, but I'm going to say this - I instantly bear hugged him. You have not seen this costume, in a movie, on film before. And for a comic book fan, it was mind bending."

"Everyone always does this "Matrix"-y/"X-Men" black thing," Smith said. "There wasn't a single nipple on this @#%$ suit, man. It was fantastic."

Elsewhere, rumors are circulating around the role of Lex Luthor once again, with Terry O'Quinn and Jackie Earl Haley both having reportedly tested for the role.



2013 Movie News

Listed below are all the Movie News items archived for 2013 organized into various categories:

“Man of Steel” Movie News:

“Superman/Batman” Movie News: “Justice League” Movie News: “Superman: Unbound” Animated Movie News: “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox” Animated Movie News: “Justice League: War” Animated Movie News: Christopher Reeve Movie News: Other Movie News:

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