Daredevil Will Be The New Batman!

So first we got the controversial casting of Peter Capadli as The 12th Doctor and now we have none other than Ben Fucking Affleck cast as Zach Snyder's older and newly rebooted Batman for his 2015 "Man Of Steel" sequel?! My mind is ready to explode with geekness!!! Some people WILL probably hate this casting choice but I for one flippen love it.
I never even thought of him when thinking of older actors to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in the upcoming sequel. I honestly thought that Warner would have gone with actors such as Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Karl Urban, etc. They obviously just thought nah.......BEN AFFLECK!!!! Like I said with the casting of Capadli as The 12th Doctor, not the best casting, but not bad either........THIS GOOD BE GREAT!!!
I think Affleck is perfect because he's an amazing actor and director and I, like Kevin Smith, have always had faith in him and knew that some day he WILL rise again in greatness......obviously he did that with "Hollywood Land", "Argo" and "The Town". Now it's time to see him become a superhero again and prove that 2003's "Daredevil" was just a mistake (even though I loved it) and he CAN play a superhero awesomely after all.
I think that Affleck's Bruce Wayne will be like Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark.......the guy who brings the team together by cameoing in other superhero films. It's assumed that Affleck will lead off to play Batman in his own standalone films and rejoin Superman and the rest of DC Comics top superheroes in the planned "Justice League" film sometime in 2017.

COMIC-CON: "World's Finest" Film Coming Our Way In 2015 With Zach Snyder Helming The Project!

I can't believe this is happening.........finally we're getting a Batman/Superman film and it's coming out in 2015! Henry Cavill will be returning as the Man Of Steel himself. Amy Adams and the rest of the cast of this years "Man Of Steel" are all set to return too. Zach Snyder is helming the "Man Of Steel" sequel featuring the Dark Knight, who will be played by a new actor this time around. No casting announcements have been made on that role yet or any other. 

Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" plot will be used to bring this "World's Finest" film together. Snyder is directing, Chris Nolan and his wife Emma are exec producers and David S Goyer is writing the script. 

"Man Of Steel" actor Henry Lennox came out on stage in one of the halls in Comic-Con and quoted this line from "TDKR" and this is what got the fans going that something cool was about to happen and then before you knew it, a Batman/Superman logo appeared on the screen. 

"I want you to remember Clark in all the years to come. In all your private moments. In all the years to come, my hand at your throat. I want you to remember, the one man who beat you." 

I think the new logo is awesome! Loving the new Batman logo. It's very vintage and works out well in my opinion. I'm just looking forward to seeing who will be playing the Caped Crusader and also the newly rebooted costume. 

This film is going to be just the best DC Comics film ever!!! Marvel and Joss Whedon have to seriously make sure that the next "Avengers" sequel is going up to scratch because they can't afford to loose out in fans. I've said it before and I'll say it again..........................2015 is going to be the greatest year in film ever!!!! 

A Whole Bunch Of New "Man Of Steel" Images!

Even More "Man Of Steel" Posters!

Christopher Nolan Possibly Directing "BOND 24"

Rumours are spreading online that "The Dark Knight" trilogy director, Chris Nolan, has been approached to direct the next James Bond film. Nolan has expressed interest before in helming a Bond film, but nothing has ever been confirmed and neither has this.
Personally I think Nolan would direct a great fresh Bond film, but he has said that if he did take over at some point, that he'd totally reboot the franchise again and bring in a new actor for the role of James Bond. I love Daniel Craig as Bond right now, so this is why I don't think Nolan should direct a film just yet. If he did direct a Bond film, I think Tom Hardy would be perfect for his James Bond. But the one actor I think should play Bond is Michael Fassbender!!!!

The Final "Man Of Steel" Trailer Is Here!!!

The final trailer for this years "Man Of Steel" is finally online and my god is it amazing!!! It lasts for a full 3 minutes and it's the greatest superhero trailer I've seen to date. There's action, there's drama, there's sad moments, there's happy moments.......basically everything you want to see in this film, the trailer gives you teasers of all of it. We see a lot more of Henry Cavill's Superman flying and in action and a lot, and I mean a lot more of Michael Shannon's General Zod. The trailers music is just amazing to listen to. I think this may be the reboots official score by Hans Zimmer, but nothing is confirmed on that yet.
Here's some screen shots below and the link to the trailer on YouTube: http://youtu.be/w8JkNlPaw8o

Jimmy Olsen To Become Jenny Olsen In "Man Of Steel" Reboot?

Zach Snyder's new Superman reboot "Man Of Steel" really seems to be changing things up in the Superman universe. First they change the suit and upgrade it. Second they change the music and make a completely new score. Third they change the color of Perry White by casting Laurence Fishburne in the role, which I think is a great idea. And now it seems as though the may be changing the sex of characters. Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen could possibly be a female in this 2013 reboot.
It seems that a few online sites have spotted this image and done their research and it looks as though actress Rebecca Buller has been cast as Jenny Olsen, according to IMDB. After seeing this screen-cap above of Fishburne's Perry White running with Buller, this rumor could make sense. Warner will probably make sense of this rumor soon enough.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Playing The Next Batman After All And Snyder And Cavill Involved In "Justice League" Film Too?

Reports online are strongly suggesting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in meetings over at Warner to star as the new Batman in their "Justice League" BIG-screen movie. It's been rumored for ages that Levitt could be the next Batman in either a direct sequel to Chris Nolan's film series or crossover and enter into the "Justice League" film universe when it begins in 2015. 
Online sites were suggesting that Warner were going to clean the slate and cast a brand new Batman for both the "Justice" universe and the solo Batman reboot series, but now that may not be the case after all. John Blake could be Batman rather than go back and re-create Bruce Wayne again. 
Fans, including me, didn't like the idea of two Batmen and the same going for Superman, two different Supermen on-screen. Maybe Warner have listened to fans and thought, "Fuck it, let's bring back Levitt and keep him as Batman from now on."...........well hopefully, because this is just a MASSIVE rumor. 
Zach Snyder did though let slip that he and his Superman, Henry Cavill, could be apart of the planned "Justice" film after all, rather than the split universe. I would rather see Cavill come back rather than two different actors playing the same hero on-screen.............POINTLESS!!! 
When Snyder was asked about his involvement in the "Justice" film, he said, 

"I can’t really say anything to that, because that’s a big spoiler. I will say, yeah, they trust me to keep them on course."

He also added,

"I don’t know how ‘Justice League’ is going to be handled. Honestly, I don’t, but ‘The Man of Steel’ exists, and Superman is in it. I don’t know how you’d move forward without acknowledging that."

UPDATE: Hollywood.com have reported that Gordon-Levitt's reps have denied the rumor of him appearing in the "Justice League" film as John Blake. Reps have denied things before and it's turned out true though.

My "Dark Knight Rises" Review!

It's been like two weeks or so since I saw Christopher Nolan's final chapter in the EPIC "Dark Knight" trilogy, which I know consider it as "THE TRILOGY". I saw it on the first day it was released, as I usually do with all BIG films.
Obviously the build up to it was amazing. It looked so EPIC, but a part of me was still asking, "Can Nolan pull this one off after the last film?" and now that I've seen it, I can say that it was a brilliant film, with so much action, breath-taking fight scenes, sad moments, great acting and a well deserved ending to end the trilogy off in an extremely satisfying way, but it wasn't "The Dark Knight". Bane was a good villain to end the three films, but he wasn't thee villain. Heath Ledger's Joker was thee villain of the reboot franchise. Bane was sadistic as fuck, well more than the Joker, but the Joker had something that Bane never, good lines, the shock factor and the scare factor. The Joker was messed up. Bane took down Batman physically whereas the Joker took batman down mentally. You didn't know what was coming next, whereas Bane, you began to know what was coming next, and that is something you don't want. His voice was the best part, like I said, he never had great lines, some were good, but not as cringe worthy as Jokers, but just that voice.......FUCK ME!!!
Story wise, it starts off with "hermit" Bruce Wayne hidden away in his mansion wanting nothing to do with the world. Then he realises that he must rise up and become Batman again because Bane's rolled into town wanting to cause chaos. Batman rises and meets Bane, Batman falls. Batman goes away for a while and learns how to rise again, but this time........stronger! He does and returns to plan his next move on how to take Bane on in round 2. Batman falls slightly again. Batman thinks "FUCK YOU BANE!!!" and comes back for the final round which leads to a triumphant ending. Finally Batman...........well I think I've said too much on that. That's not what the films only about, there are other parts to the film. I'm just saying this so I don't have to type up every bit of detail. You get the just from this. Some sites are doing a full-on spoiler review and telling people not to read it whereas I'm do a short review, without any spoilers at all, which is hard to do with this film. I really can't say much about the story without giving much away. There were times where you did think, "fucking hurry up and get to the point" and I wasn't the only person thinking this, but yes it still was a brilliant film, but it wasn't the best. Now I don't want to give much away if you still haven't seen it yet. You'll know what I mean when I said that it's not "The Dark Knight" but is still really good, I mean Nolan could never do what he did with the last film to this film, it's highly impossible.
At points, the story does drag on which gets really annoying, but then fans are hit with lots of action that make up for the slow parts. And the film is pretty long, like 2 hours and 40 something minutes. Bit more than the last one. It's a good thing and a bad thing. You want to keep seeing more and you wish it never ends, then you're hit with the slow boring parts and then you think the film should've been shorter.
Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne/Batman is trying so hard in this film. He truly is fighting for Gotham in this one, I will give him that. There are times where he just gives up and you think, "Get the fuck up!!!" but yeah, Bale is at his best this time round. The scenes with Bane are the breath-taking moments in the film. That and the "rise again" moments, which some times did drag on though, but they got better. He went through shit in this film. He was put to the test from the minute he met Bane to the end! One more thing, I loved the grey side hair that Bale dawned in the film. The grey really gave Wayne a slightly older look as though he's been Batman for like 20 years.
Anne Hathaway's Selina Kyle/Catwoman was indeed the beez-kneez! People didn't take to well to her at first, me included, but when you first see her, she's fucking amazing. I fell in love with her straight away. There's a certain shot in the film where I think Nolan just wanted to please the fan boys. Not telling you which shot, but you'll know what i mean when you see it. If you have seen it, you'll definitely know what I'm talking about!
There are so much characters to talk about and I don't want to give much away on them. Joseph Gordon Levitt should be in a cop film because he's good at playing a cop for sure, so yeah I ain't saying anymore on him. At times, I thought that there was a bit too many characters. Some had more screen time than others, not naming them and others never had enough, again not naming them. I felt as though it was like a mashed up "Avengers" film, and yes I'll probably get kicked in the balls for saying that, but it's true. All characters in "The Avengers" flowed perfectly and all were on and off screen for a certain amount of time, whereas here, they didn't.
Now let's talk about the lead up to the ending of all comic book movie endings. This has got to be the best ending ever thought of in a comic book ending. I was crying, cheering and gob-smacked all at the same time. Like I said above, it's so satisfying and literally rounds up the three films and ties up all the loose ends. The action throughout the end is just full-on. You are at the edge of your seat from the start of the end scenes to the.......well end shot.
All in all I'd give "The Dark Knight Rises" a whopping 8 out of 10. Nolan and the whole cast and crew have done fans proud with this trilogy. Even though the film wasn't perfect, it sure ended a true farewell to the franchise I just hope the next "Batman" will be as good as these ones. Please don't fuck up Warner!!!

Nolans Goodbye Message To His "The Dark Knight" Franchise!

This beautiful farewell message by director Chris Nolan, has been taken from "The Art And Making Of The Dark Knight Trilogy" book,

Alfred. Gordon. Lucius. Bruce . . . Wayne. Names that have come to mean so much to me. Today, I’m three weeks from saying a final good-bye to these characters and their world. It’s my son’s ninth birthday. He was born as the Tumbler was being glued together in my garage from random parts of model kits. Much time, many changes. A shift from sets where some gunplay or a helicopter were extraordinary events to working days where crowds of extras, building demolitions, or mayhem thousands of feet in the air have become familiar.

People ask if we’d always planned a trilogy. This is like being asked whether you had planned on growing up, getting married, having kids. The answer is complicated. When David and I first started cracking open Bruce’s story, we flirted with what might come after, then backed away, not wanting to look too deep into the future. I didn’t want to know everything that Bruce couldn’t; I wanted to live it with him. I told David and Jonah to put everything they knew into each film as we made it. The entire cast and crew put all they had into the first film. Nothing held back. Nothing saved for next time. They built an entire city. Then Christian and Michael and Gary and Morgan and Liam and Cillian started living in it. Christian bit off a big chunk of Bruce Wayne’s life and made it utterly compelling. He took us into a pop icon’s mind and never let us notice for an instant the fanciful nature of Bruce’s methods.

I never thought we’d do a second—how many good sequels are there? Why roll those dice? But once I knew where it would take Bruce, and when I started to see glimpses of the antagonist, it became essential. We re-assembled the team and went back to Gotham. It had changed in three years. Bigger. More real. More modern. And a new force of chaos was coming to the fore. The ultimate scary clown, as brought to terrifying life by Heath. We’d held nothing back, but there were things we hadn’t been able to do the first time out—a Batsuit with a flexible neck, shooting on Imax. And things we’d chickened out on—destroying the Batmobile, burning up the villain’s blood money to show a complete disregard for conventional motivation. We took the supposed security of a sequel as license to throw caution to the wind and headed for the darkest corners of Gotham.

I never thought we’d do a third—are there any great second sequels? But I kept wondering about the end of Bruce’s journey, and once David and I discovered it, I had to see it for myself. We had come back to what we had barely dared whisper about in those first days in my garage. We had been making a trilogy. I called everyone back together for another tour of Gotham. Four years later, it was still there. It even seemed a little cleaner, a little more polished. Wayne Manor had been rebuilt. Familiar faces were back—a little older, a little wiser . . . but not all was as it seemed.

Gotham was rotting away at its foundations. A new evil bubbling up from beneath. Bruce had thought Batman was not needed anymore, but Bruce was wrong, just as I had been wrong. The Batman had to come back. I suppose he always will.

Michael, Morgan, Gary, Cillian, Liam, Heath, Christian . . . Bale. Names that have come to mean so much to me. My time in Gotham, looking after one of the greatest and most enduring figures in pop culture, has been the most challenging and rewarding experience a filmmaker could hope for. I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he’ll miss me, but he’s never been particularly sentimental.

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