> http://www.latino-review.com/news/the-lr-scoop-on-the-apparent-turmoil-at-dc-films-over-batman-v-superman?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link > > <http://www.latino-review.com/news/the-lr-scoop-on-the-apparent-turmoil-at-dc-films-over-batman-v-superman?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link> > > The LR Scoop On The Apparent Turmoil At DC FILMS Over BATMAN V SUPERMAN > > > “My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks > water.” > > - Mark Twain > > For the past few days, there've been lots of murmurs going around regarding > the fact that Warner Bros and DC are starting to get really worried about > their upcoming slate of films. Why is that? According to Drew McWeeny from > HitFix > <http://www.hitfix.com/the-dartboard/batman-v-superman-could-dcs-entire-slate-be-in-jeopardy-fandemonium>, > it's all related to the response the film has been receiving in test > screenings. > > Here are the quotes that set everything ablaze. Join me after for a look at > what I've heard, where it confirms McWeeny's thoughts, and how it contradicts > them, too. > > "Warner is a little bit worried. This movie is starting to scare them. It's > scaring them because they're showing it to people now, people are actually > laying eyes on the film now, and the response has not been what I think they > wanted. If I were going to lay a bat on how it may happen, Suicide Squad, > they'll go all-in on. They'll push all their chips in on that and I think > Suicide Squad's going to be a hit for them. I think Wonder Woman will be > finished the way they're working on it right now and they'll release it. I > would be surprised if Justice League starts shooting when they say it's going > to, and I would be equally surprised if Zack Snyder directed it. > "My guess is what's going to happen is based on what I'm hearing... I've > talked to enough people who have seen the film now that I'm starting to sweat > a little, is Justice League is going to get moved back and that Ben Affleck > Batman movie, that's what's going to end up in that spot. My guess is they're > going to throw whatever money it takes at Ben Affleck to make that Batman > film happen sooner rather than later. They're going to need to rebuild again, > they're going to need to win people over, they're going to need to lay some > different groundwork. I don't think this is going to be the springboard into > the Justice League that they wanted it to be." > This got lots of people talking, but I didn't want to talk about it until I > had some more insight on the situation. For starters, from what I've heard I > stand alongside Bill Ramey of Batman-On-Film > <http://www.batman-on-film.com/BvS_opinion_Jett_about-that-WB-worried-BvS-report_2-14-16.html>, > in that the term "worried" is a mischaracterization. They're not worried, > per sé. What they are is nervous, and that's to be expected. After all, there > is a lot riding on BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE. Not only is the fate > of an entire slate of DC films hanging in the balance of whether or not this > movie hits, but the very definition of "hit" is now coming into question. > > The budget for the film, with promotion included, has reportedly ballooned to > north of $400 million. So for the movie to be considered a monster success- > which the studio needs it to be- and for it to open the floodgates for the > rest of the proposed slate, it would need to make north of a billion. The > problem is, according to a well-connected source who spoke with us on a > condition of anonymity, the film could be as polarizing as MAN OF STEEL. To > be clear, he loved MOS. And he's seen BATMAN V SUPERMAN, and he really liked > it, too. But he also recalls how that first film came out and split audiences > and critics alike. It wasn't the kind of universal crowd-pleaser that DC > wanted then, and that trend may very well continue with BvS.
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