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March 26, 2014: DC vs Marvel - Why Captain America and Superman/Batman Won't Face Off

Speculation is rife amongst fans over who will blink first over going head to head on the May 6, 2016 release date for the upcoming Superman/Batman movie and what many are speculating will be the third film in the Captain America franchise. Forbes.com weighs in on the reasons why neither company would actually want to see the other fail in the Superhero film arena.

Batman vs. Superman

Likewise, with so much riding on the success of their film and the opening weekend being a chance to break records and establish a winning narrative surrounding the film, Warner isn't going to risk all of that by sticking to a schedule that puts Batman vs. Superman up against a major Marvel sequel. They also aren't out to try to damage a Marvel movie that could actually benefit WB's own film - whether Marvel moves up to April or Warner drops back to June/July, chances are Captain America 3 (if that's really the mystery Marvel movie, of course) will kick off the super-summer and prime the public for more.� That arrangement works both ways, too, since obviously the enormous buzz surrounding the release of a Batman-Superman-Wonder-Woman movie means audiences will be chomping at the bit and any superhero movie that comes out at the head of that feeding frenzy stands to gain enormous extra box office for itself.

Disney-Marvel aren't in the business of spending hundreds of billions of dollars to make films only to intentionally cripple the film's performance by using it as a simple tool to trip someone else.

Read the complete article at Forbes.com.