Captain America 3 VS. Man of Steel 2: Did Disney Just Blink...?

Following his chat with Bloomberg News about  J.J. Abrams' upcoming "Star Wars: Episode VII" Disney Chairman Alan Horn also talked about the studio's upcoming slate which included one surprising admission.

Horn was asked about the current release date stand-off between Marvel's "Captain America 3" and Warner Bros /DC Entertainment's Superman/Batman team-up Man of Steel Sequel." both of which are slated to open in theaters on May 6th 2016.

Variety reporter Brent Lang was on hand and tweeted the following quote from Horn about it:

"We'll see. We're struggling with it" Alan Horn on #CaptainAmerica3 debuting against #BatmanvsSuperman
— Brent Lang (@BrentALang) April 22, 2014

The release of MOS 2 was delayed a full 10 months for a number of reasons. As a result, the original release date of July 17th 2015 is no longer doable. Thus, the studio picked the May 6th 2016 date--forcing the showdown. They quickly inserted the fantasy Pan into that original slot.

 "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" helmers Joe Russo and Anthony Russo are set to return to their post for part 3 using a script by screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.

MOS 2 will see the return of Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent, Affleck will play Bruce Wayne/Batman amid lots of fallout--while Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane are set to reprise their roles as Lois Lane, Perry White and Martha Kent. "Fast Five" star Gal Gadot's playing Wonder Woman

"Man Of Steel" writer David S. Goyer was back on the keyboard but now--THR reports that  Chris Terrio, who won an Oscar for writing Affleck's “Argo,” has been hired to write the latest draft of the MOS 2 script for director Zack Snyder.

Goyer is in the midst of developing several projects including an adaptation of author Neil Gaiman's  popular comic book series Sandman, which he’ll produce with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

This is the first indication that one of the studios is considering changing the date. The stellar performance of 'Winter Soldier' this month prove that they can open a superhero sequel at any time and it would be a hit....

Stay Tuned...

The topic of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" also came up, to that Horn says "we haven't seen a screenplay yet that I've been able to sign off on [it]... There's a lot of variables that effect the final outcome once it leaves the studio lot, so we are very careful".

This would mean the rumored 2016 release is likely the earliest we would see the film.

Horn also mentioned a sequel to "Frozen" hasn't even been discussed--despite the fact that the film is the highest grossing animated film of all time, and the third highest grossing film of 2013, with a tally of $399 million domestically and over a billion dollars worldwide.