Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is in theaters March 25, 2016.
Pardon me while I geek out a bit.
Official Trailer Drops Early – “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
“Do you bleed? You will.”
Ben Affleck’s Batman asks the Man of Steel in the just-released trailer for “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.”
The trailer is full of a images of Affleck both in and out of costume, the Batmobile and a face-off between the two title characters.
Note – no shot of Wonder Woman or Aquaman. Yet.
Parody: “Batman vs. Superman”
Check out this parody movie trailer for Man of Steel 2: The Secret is Out released by the French comedy channel It’s Big!
It features some serious heat between superheroes Batman and Superman. Come on, we all suspected didn’t we?
“Every hero has a secret,” the voiceover narrates. “But when it becomes too difficult to keep and the word starts to spread, they have to accept what they truly are.”
Ben Affleck chats with Jimmy Fallon on the Batman casting backlash
Sitting down with Jimmy Fallon last night, Ben Affleck talked on being cast as Batman opposite Henry Cavill for the upcoming Batman vs. Superman film, and how producers tried to prepare him for the backlash they’ve seen on the internet whenever new Batman casting has been announced.
Sais Affleck: “I’m a big boy. They said just don’t use the Internet for a couple of days. I handle s**t. I’m very tough.”
“I saw the announcement; I look down on the first comment; the first one just goes, ‘Nooooooooo!'”
“I told the kids ‘We’re gonna be luddites for a while.'”
Ben Affleck announced as next Batman for “Man of Steel” sequel
Some folks aren’t cheering the news…
(h/t to my pal Edgard)
(h/t to my pal Edgard)
Christian Bale visits Aurora shooting victims in hospital
Christian Bale is meeting with victims of Friday’s mass shooting at an Aurora hospital Tuesday afternoon.
The pic above shows Christian Bale meeting with shooting victim Carey Rottman at Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado.
Bale plays Batman in the new movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ the film that was playing when a gunman killed 12 people and wounded almost 60 at an Aurora movie theater Friday.
When he got word of the shooting, Bale said his heart went out to the victims.
In a statement released Saturday, Bale says, “Words cannot express the horror that I feel. I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them.”
Despite the injury, Rottman seems to be in good humor writing, “I am definitely feeling nothing but love and am ready to get started on this recovery! By the way, first 30 minutes of the dark knight were SICK!!”
Rottman has also posted photos of himself with Gov. John Hickenlooper and several members of the Denver Broncos.
Sunday, Rottman wrote, “Just got off the phone with my boy Payton Manning. What a great great guy. Thank you for the warm wishes Payton, I’ll be rooting for you baller!!!”
Batman & Robin (not so secret gay life) exposed
Batman: Year One
From TV Guide: Featuring the voice talents of Southland’s Ben McKenzie in the title role and Emmy winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) as grizzled cop James Gordon, Year One explores how these two valiant but troubled men battle internal and external demons as they form an uneasy alliance in their bid to clean up Gotham City.
As the story begins, Gordon and his pregnant wife have just moved to Gotham, while Wayne has returned to town after spending years abroad studying martial arts. Searching for a way to fight evil from the shadows, he finds his calling and his inspiration when a bat flies through a window at Wayne Manor. “He’s a bit damaged,” McKenzie says of his character. “But this is the way he chooses to try to find some sense of justice in a fundamentally unjust world. He’s a bit battered and scarred, but in a sense that makes him stronger.”
Meanwhile, tough-as-nails lady of the evening Selina Kyle (Eliza Dushku), infuriated by the new bat in town, makes her debut as Catwoman. (Dushku also stars in a Catwoman short film that’s included on the DVD.) “It’s actually a very intimate story,” explains executive producer Bruce Timm. “It’s more about street-level crime. There’s very little larger-than-life stuff in it. There’s no Batcave, no Batmobile, no Bat-signal. This is much more down-to-earth, very naturalistic.”
I’m a fan of Ben McKenzie’s work as well as Bryan Cranston. And as many Randy Report readers know, I’m a bit of a comic book legend fan so I’m always interested in how these decades old stories get reinterpreted and explored.