Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Batman v Superman-DOJ: Photos & Heading To Morocco

Filming continues in Detroit for Zack Snyder's upcoming superhero team-up film "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"-More set photos have arrived.


DOJ will see the return of Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent, Ben 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 WomanRay Fisher is playing the role of Cyborg in the film. Jeremy Irons has been cast as Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth. Jesse Eisenberg is playing Lex Luthor. Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey and Tao Okamoto ("The Wolverine") have joined the cast. Specifics about their new characters are being kept under wraps. Australian actor Mulvey ("Zero Dark Thirty) has  been rumored for the role of an (unnamed) villain in the film for quite some time now.

One pic offers up our first good look at the front of Cavill's Supersuit. Hat tip to Ari Fantis


We also see one with Cavill in his Superman outfit and Scoot McNairy ("Argo," "The Rover") in business attire and Chroma-key socks again. Hat tip to Earth Prime Weekly




Meanwhile Moroccan film producer Nassim Abassi posted a tweet confirming that the production is heading to Morocco for filming starting September 1st.

It was previously confirmed in a press release that an African filming location would be used for the project and Morocco was rumored earlier, this would seem to confirm the story.

Abassi adds that production will run for just over three months until December which means that a big chunk of the final film will take place there.

Which cast members will be involved during that part of the shoot is unclear at the moment, though the principal unit is also  scheduled for some shooting in Chicago this Fall which would indicate Snyder and the primary cast will probably only be in Africa for a few weeks.

"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. 

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.

Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven return to executive produce the multi-hero film.

Sources say the new movie is going for the tone of the relationship and fight seen in Frank Miller’s 1980s ground-breaking mini-series The Dark Knight Returns.

The DOJ release was delayed a full 10 months for a number of reasons. As a result, the original release date of July 17th 2015 was no longer. The studio then targeted a May 6th 2016 release. They quickly inserted the fantasy Pan into that original slot. The sequel was to go head to head with "Captain America 3" ...Nobody thought that the comic book pics would ultimately share the date--Sure enough DOJ blinked--and will now open on March 25th 2016.

Once DOJ is completed  Snyder will helm the long planned Justice League movie penned by "Argo" scribe Terrio

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