Batman-Superman Movie Bumped to 2016, Sets Up Marvel Showdown

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Batman-Superman Movie Bumped to 2016, Sets Up Marvel Showdown
5:11 PM PST 1/17/2014 by Borys Kit

The superhero team-up is set for May 6, 2016 as a Peter Pan movie takes the previous July 2015 release date.

Superman and Batman are going to have to wait a little longer to team up.

Warner Bros. announced Friday that the Man of Steel follow-up will hit theaters May 6, 2016, nine months later than its previous July 17, 2015 release date. That date will now be reserved for a Peter Pan movie directed by Joe Wright.

The move sets up a potential Warner Bros/DC showdown with rival Disney/Marvel, which also has set an untitled Marvel move for that date. Marvel has had huge success with releasing big-budget tentpoles in early May. Iron Man 3 became the second biggest-grossing film of 2013 after an early May release. In 2012, The Avengers became the third-biggest grossing film of all time after an early May release.

Warners is now aiming for its share of the early May box office.

“We are happy to take advantage of these coveted summer dates, which are perfect for two of our biggest tentpole releases," Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said in a statement. "We share the fans’ excitement to see DC Comics’ most popular figures, Superman and Batman, together on the big screen for the first time, which will now be arriving in theatres in May 2016. Peter Pan has delighted people of every generation for more than a century, so we are thrilled to bring him back to the screen next summer for today’s moviegoers.”

Batman-Superman is the high-profile follow-up to last summer's Man of Steel, which grossed $668 million worldwide and rebooted the Superman franchise for Warner Bros.

The follow-up movie, which also will feature the Caped Crusader, is in casting mode and has lined up Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in addition toHenry Cavill, who is reprising his role as Superman.

Jason Momoa is in negotiations for a role as well.

Zack Snyder is directing the movie, which is now undergoing a rewrite by Chris Terrio,the Oscar-winning scribe who penned Argo. David Goyer wrote the initial draft.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-superman-movie-bumped-2016-671998
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good going thru a script rewrite and get that budget money up. Ben got awards im sure he not trying to catch a flop
 
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Avengers got the edge but the Batman Superman movie will do very well. Funny that this is now Batman vs Superman instead of Superman vs Batman when its a the Man of Steel sequel
 
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As so it begins .... No justice league, no wonder woman no flash ... etc ....

Before 2016 this will probably end up being just a Batman reboot and the Man of Steel sequel will be a separate movie
 
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