Production on
Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman/Batman team-up film called "
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is moving from to
Detroit to Chicago reports
FOX 32 News
Filming is due to take place in downtown Chicago for about 4-5
days, followed by another week and a half in surrounding communities.
Chicago will once again stand in as
Metropolis in the sequel where the two titans will reportedly "
duke it out" for the first few weeks of November.
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 Woman.
How big Gadot's role as WW is, is unknown at this point. Godot
beat out
Olga Kurylenko and
Elodie Yung for the role.
Thor: The Dark World" actress is
Jaimie Alexander was also
linked.
Some time ago there was
noise that
the production was seeking is a love interest for the Dark Knight
in the film. The Type? A woman in their late 20s of any ethnicity.
Adding that she be tall and "
possess physicality".
The notice DID NOT give a name for the character, which led to speculation that it was anyone from
Vicki Vale to Wonder Woman. A
leaked casting call had fanboys thinking that the Amazon warrior was in the pic.
Meanwhile, Affleck is on the stump for
David Fincher's thriller
Gone Girl and was
asked by Matt Lauer on the
Today Show about the negativity over his casting last year. He responded:
"We have these cultural stories that people have
attachments to, they care very much about. Fans get imaginative, they
write fan-fiction, and they get really into it. They're certainly
entitled to those feelings, but what's been interesting for me is this
is the movie, more than any other movie combined, people come up to me
and they're really excited. You have all of this attention - some of
it's positive, some of it's negative. I think, in the end, you make the
movie and it either works or it doesn't."
He added that Snyder and Terrio have "really conceived it in a new and interesting way".
Rumors started that reportedly confirmed that
Jason Momoa has been cast as
Aquaman for both DOJ and "
Justice League". In
response Momoa posted a new photo via
Instagram
that seemed like a response to the chatter that could go either
way (though most likely it's a denial) - The pic sees him holding a
pitchfork like a trident, but he's also holding up his middle finger.
Momoa has been
linked to
Warner Bros' upcoming
DC Entertainment plans for a long time but he's been suggested for numerous other roles like
Doomsday or
Metallo alien hero
Martian Manhunter who also happens to like
Oreo Cookies. The imposing actor has been asked about the talk several times but has always
denied that he's up for a role.
Ray 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
There were
reports that suggested that the
chatter about former "
Breaking Bad" star
Bryan Cranston was playing Lex in the upcoming movie were true were
denied by the actor. In fact he and fellow early frontrunner
Mark Strong were never offered the role.
Tom Hanks was internally discussed but an offer was never made.
Instead, they stuck with a next generation' mandate. We were
told that
Joaquin Phoenix came up as a contender for Lex. The trade says that he passed.
Latino Review reports that four secondary villains are making an appearance in DOJ:
Victor Zsasz Morgan Edge Amanda Waller and
David Cain.
According
to their sources, the serial killer Zsasz will fight with
Affleck's Batman in an early Gotham City-set scene. Edge will be the
slimy public relations head of
LexCorp
who goes toe to toe with Lois Lane on a TV talk show. Cain will
meet with Luthor's bodyguard Mercy to set up an assassination.
There's also another baddie that is yet to be cast . In this
incarnation Waller's a stern, intimidating senator who sees Superman
as a threat and comes up with a counter measure to stop him.
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....
Scoot McNairy ("
Argo," "
The Rover") has joined the film. Nobody at the studio will confirm the news or reveal what the role is.
Spanish site
El Multicine which claims that "
Looper"and "
Edge Of Tomorrow" actress
Emily Blunt is close to inking a deal for an unspecified role.
Batman on Film also suggests that the character of
Commissioner Jim Gordon
is in the film, however there's no word on potential casting or
confirmation at this time. The character is front and center in
Fox Broadcasting's
fantastic looking new Fall TV Series prequel
Gotham starring
Ben McKenzie,
Donal Logue, and
Jada Pinkett Smith
More rumors ran recently that Girls co-star Adam Driver was the frontrunner to play the character of Dick Grayson, the post-Robin Nightwing incarnation in the film. The original story mentioned that two other actors are in the mix for the role. Less than 24 hours later "Gossip Girl" and "Easy A" star Penn Badgley and "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" and "We Need To Talk About Kevin" star Ezra Miller were said to be in mix for the part. Driver denied any such talk...With good reason since he was really up for Lex. He turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. Denzel Washington was also among a list potentials for Lex generated by Thinkmcflythink as were Idris Elba and Colin Salmon.
Singer
Justin Bieber uploaded a photo on his
Instagram account showing him holding up what appeared to be a personalized script for the film with the hashtag "
#Robin" but it turned out to be a
prop for a
Funny or Die skit.
The speedster
The Flash is said to be in the script.
Meantime: The star of The
CW's popular
Arrow TV series
Stephen Amell posted a "Justice League" comic image on his official
Facebook page. We already know that Flash (
Grant Gustin)
showed up there for a few eps before getting his own
show this Fall (Watch an
extended trailer). Could more of
DC Entertainment's "
Justice League" be coming to "Arrow"? The answer is
yes...For now the
DC Cinematic Universe will
NOT co-exist with the TV heroics...There are rumors about where the
films might go as well as the
TV side of things...
"
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
