Justice League director Zack Snyder has clashed with outspoken Forbes reporter Scott Mendelson on social media in the past, and didn’t back down from him shortly before yesterday’s DC FanDome panel.

After Mendelson noted that the leaked trailer appeared to show different versions of familiar scenes, the filmmaker responded by taking aim at his comparison to Joss Whedon’s cut of Justice League to “Saturday morning cartoons” by noting, “this is made for grownups, so you’re not in the demographic.”

That’s a surprisingly personal response from Snyder, and an unexpected one in some respects. 

However, it seems he may have been frustrated with Mendelson comparing Justice League: The Snyder Cut to the Justice League we watched in theaters in 2017. The films are said to be vastly different, and Snyder likely doesn’t appreciate his vision being diminished in this way. 

“Josstice League” has its fair share of fans (thanks mostly to how Superman was portrayed on screen), but Snyder has never watched that altered version and, at this point, is unlikely to ever do so.

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Up until this point, most fans have assumed that The Batman will take inspiration from comic books like “Year One” and “The Long Halloween,” and while that’s certainly still possible, co-writer and director Matt Reeves actually singled out a very different title during the movie’s DC FanDome panel.

Asked specifically which comic books have influenced The Batman, Reeves indicated that Darwyn Cooke’s Batman: Ego inspired much of what will end up on screen. 

“I wanted to get into the mindset of the character, and I wanted to think of the psychology,” he explained. “For me, I think one of the cool deep dive ones was Ego. He’s confronting the beast that is Batman and it’s that kind of duality. There’s a lot in what it’s trying to do in the story about him confronting the shadow side of himself and the degree to which you have self knowledge.”

“You’re able to understand his motivations, but Batman [is broken] and why he’s doing all of these things for the reasons that he thinks is right and that have a heroic sort of grounding in them,” Reeves continued. “There’s also many things that are driven by the parts of himself he doesn’t yet know, and so I would say that that kind of sort of psychological union, that sort of version is very much connected to the vision from Darwyn Cooke’s Ego.”

We’re clearly going to explore Batman’s damaged psyche in this movie, and what’s interesting about Ego is that it sees Bruce Wayne and Batman come head to head over their past. Based on the way the Dark Knight acted in that trailer for The Batman, he’s a man on the edge and definitely has some anger issues.

Are you excited for Reeves’ take on the Caped Crusader?

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“I’m Vengeance.”

The first trailer for The Batman is finally here, and it certainly lives up to expectations. During the movie’s DC FanDome panel, director and co-writer Matt Reeves dropped plenty of hints about what fans can expect, confirming that only around 25 – 30% of it was shot when filming was halted in March.

With that in mind, it’s pretty amazing to think that we even have a trailer, and Reeves earlier explained that The Batman follows the Caped Crusader in his second year as he attempts to investigate a series of murders tied to the history of Gotham City and his family. However, at this point in his vigilante career, “He’s trying to figure out what he can do to change this place…he is not having any of the effect he wants to have yet.”

Reeves confirmed that Selina Kyle is not Catwoman at this point, while “Oz” hates being called Penguin (Colin Farrell in this first look at the movie is completely unrecognisable). Even The Riddler is only just beginning to find his footing, and Andy Serkis’ Alfred Pennyworth also promises to be unlike anything we’ve seen on screen before now according to the filmmaker.

Chinatown and Taxi Driver were among Reeves’ inspirations, and it definitely sounds like we can look forward to a whole new take on Batman. That’s evident from this incredible trailer too:
 

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During The Batman panel at DC FanDome, co-writer and director Matt Reeves dropped some major new details about his plans for the untitled spinoff series coming to HBO Max. Confirming that it follows the cops working for the Gotham City Police Department, the filmmaker explained that the show will head back to “Year One” of the Caped Crusader’s career.

He didn’t clarify whether that means Batman will appear in the series, but noted that it will follow a cop who battles corruption within the department. While that happens, the myth of the Dark Knight starts to build, so we’ll likely get plenty of references to whatever Bruce Wayne was up to during this time.

“You start to see the story from the point of view of these corrupt cops, one in particular,” Reeves told fans. “The Gotham PD series will go into the corruption of the Gotham Police Department…it goes back to Batman Year One…we’ll see these characters from a perspective we’ve never seen before.”

Reeves later noted that in Batman’s second year of protecting Gotham City, he still hasn’t become a symbol of hope for Gotham City and is considered both dangerous and a myth, so going further back into his history promises to be extremely interesting. However, with the focus on both new and familiar characters in this show, Batman is probably not allies with Jim Gordon just yet.

Regardless, Reeves and Terrence Winter’s DC TV series sounds like it could offer a deep dive into this world that The Batman won’t have time to, and that’s definitely worth getting excited about.

What do you guys think?

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As promised, the first trailer for Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League was released during DC FanDome, but there was no gameplay footage to be seen. Instead, we have an amusing first look which sheds some light on the tone of Rocksteady’s latest visit to the DC Universe. 

A brief synopsis for the game has also been released, stating: “The creators of the Batman: Arkham series are back with a brand new action-adventure shooter. The most dangerous villains in the DC Universe have been forced to team up and take on a new mission: Kill the Justice League. Create Chaos in Metropolis. You are the Suicide Squad.”

It seems as if Harley Quinn, King Shark, Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot will be the four playable leads, and they’re tasked with taking down the Justice League after Braniac attacks Metropolis (which seemingly leads to them turning evil based on Superman’s shocking actions). 

Unfortunately, here’s where things take a disappointing turn for Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League. The hope was that Rocksteady had been working on the title for years, but it’s clearly far from done as a release date of 2022 has now been confirmed. That’s obviously two years from now!

Check out the trailer below:
 

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The Shazam! panel at DC FanDome was good fun, but if you were hoping for any major reveals, you’ll likely have been disappointed. In fairness, cameras are nowhere near ready to start rolling on the sequel, especially after COVID-19 recently saw its release date shift from April 2022 to November that same year. However, there was one big surprise!

Zachary Levi was joined by co-stars like Asher Angel and Jack Dylan Grazer, and it was then that they revealed the follow-up will be titled Shazam! Fury of the Gods. 

Considering the fact we’ve been under the impression that the “Marvel Family” will be battling Mister Mind and Dr. Sivana, it’s hard not to wonder what this title could mean for the Shazam! sequel. While it’s still possible they’ll be facing the Monster Society of Evil, chances are the stakes will be a little higher, and it’s possible that “fury” could refer to another God: Black Adam. 

It seems a little too early for that particular crossover, though, but the stakes are clearly going to be high in David F. Sandberg’s movie, and we can’t wait to see what form that takes. 

Are you excited for Shazam! Fury of the Gods? Let us know your thoughts below.

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