2015 Movie News Archives

December 15, 2015: Was the French Magazine "Batman v Superman" Doomsday Interview a Fake?

Trailer Yesterday we reported on a supposed interview conducted by French magazine Premiere with "Batman v Superman" production designer Patrick Tatopoulos... There are now serious doubts about whether that interview ever actually happened.

It seems that a less-than-reputable fansite posted the report, which was then shared all around the internet, and picked up by more reputable news sites, lending the story real weight. However, because the reported "source" was a French website, tracking down the original interview proved a little more difficult than normal. There's simply no link for it at the Premiere website.

Even the official Premiere Twitter people weren't aware of the interview:

Was it all made up? Will it appear in the magazine's upcoming printed issue? If it's not online how did anyone obtain the text to translate it into English?

I've contacted Premiere via their official Facebook and Twitter accounts... but as yet have received no reply. Other fan sites are also reporting this interview to now be completely fake. And is it really any surprise that we now know that the story originated at CosmicBookNews.com?

As we are a non-profit fan site, with everyone involved doing this as a hobby out of love for the character, we're often unable to verify reported news with our own sources in a timely manner. Sometimes you just have to take what you read on faith, and trust that those in the know are honest and above board... and then you remember that you can't believe everything you read on the internet.

Whether Doomsday is the main threat of the movie or not remains to be seen. I guess we'll all just have to wait until March 2016 to find out for sure.



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