SPOILER! DOES THIS INTERVIEW SUGGEST THERE IS NO MAN OF STEEL 2!!!

Despite the growing rumors that a "Man of Steel" sequel is on its way, new development suggest that it's probably not going to happen.

In his interview with Canoe, director Zack Snyder addressed the rumors claiming that as far as he is concerned, the only sequel "Man of Steel" is having is the upcoming "Batman V Superman" movie.
"I think in a way 'Batman v Superman' is 'Man of Steel 2,'" he explained. "Justice League is kind of the transcendent, knights-of-the-round-table of the story. It'd be interesting to think about what a standalone Superman movie might be."

While he did not completely dismiss the idea of having a separate "Man of Steel 2" movie, the "300" and "Watchmen" director is reportedly more concerned with the upcoming "Justice League" movies, which he will be directing as well.

"We really have to figure out the why of them," he explained of the entire Justice League cast. "And I think that we have. That's the one thing that's cool to me about 'Batman v Superman,' it's all about the mythology of these two massive icons. And I think that's compelling."

And while Snyder seemed to be contended with "Batman v Superman" being "Man of Steel's" sequel, Superman himself, Henry Cavill says otherwise.

Upon talking to EW Cavill said insisted that "Batman v Superman" is not a "Superman sequel."
"As far as the individual character is concerned, this is not a Superman sequel," he said of "Batman v Superman" being a sequel to "Man of Steel." "It's more of an introduction to Batman, an opening to Justice League, and an expansion of the world that was created in Man of Steel."

Additionally, Henry Cavill is confident that DC and Warner Bros. have future plans for more Superman sequels, which will come in the near future.

"There's plenty of time for individual Superman sequels," Cavill explained. "He's a tough character to tell. People like the darker vigilante. I think it speaks to the human psyche more easily rather than the god-like being that we can't really understand. Once we have a more expansive universe we can delve more into the character of Superman and hopefully tell more stories."

But for now Cavill will return as Clark Kent a.k.a Superman in "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" together with Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne a.k.a Batman, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman and Amy Adams as Lois Lane.

It will also feature the appearances of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred J. Pennyworth, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White and Diane Lane as Martha Kent.

The film directed by Zack Snyder will be hitting theaters on March 25, 2016.

FORBES SAYS BATMAN V SUPERMAN SHOULD BE MARKETED AS MAN OF STEEL 2

Zack Snyder has been making the interview rounds to promote the “Crash the Super Bowl“ Doritos contest in which he is participating and has been dropping random tidbits about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I’m not going to dissect every word, but there was a tidbit in an interview with Canoe yesterday that caught my eye. When asked about the status of a second Man of Steel movie, rumors regarding which have been bouncing around the Internet for a few weeks (“George Miller will direct!” “It would’ve starred Supergirl and Brainiac!” “Etc., Etc!.”), Synder exclaimed “I think in a way Batman v Superman is Man of Steel 2.” Now others, including Henry Cavill, have been on record in the past saying that Dawn of Justice is less of a Superman sequel and more of its own separate thing. But, even with rumors concerning Ben Affleck’s Batman taking over the movie floating around, there is genuine value in continuing to pump the notion that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is indeed a Man of Steel sequel with a bunch of added value elements as opposed to something akin to a Justice League backdoor pilot.

I wrote a few months back that it was in Walt Disney DIS -0.98% interest to sell the upcoming Captain America: Civil War not as a glorified Avengers 2.5 or an Iron Man 4, but rather as a straight-up Captain America 3. The reason for that was simple. The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Iron Man 3 all made over $1 billion worldwide while Captain America: The Winter Soldier made a “mere” $714 million worldwide last year. If the media and the pundit class treats the upcoming Marvel sequel as a glorified Avengers movie, that will increase the film’s box office expectations, perhaps to a level that the film cannot quite reach. It would be great if the film played like an Avengers chapter. But it is just as likely that the film, which stars Steve Rogers and features appearances by Tony Stark and pretty much every major Marvel character along with first-time appearances by Spider-Man and Black Panther, will merely play like a third Captain America film and thus perform just a bit better than The Winter Soldier.

Regardless of how naive that may sound to you, Disney does not want the film going out next May with the bar for success being at the level of an Avengers picture or an Iron Man sequel. I would argue the same situation applies to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Yes, there is hope that this Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman superhero smackdown will absolutely crush the worldwide box office when it drops on March 25th, 2016. But we should remember that Man of Steel, with all the hype in the world and a token connection to the Dark Knight trilogy (thanks to Chris Nolan serving as a producer) ended up with “only” $668m worldwide.  Without dismissing those who genuinely liked and vigorously defended the Superman reboot, the general reception was one of relative indifference. The film barely made more than Thor: The Dark World, which was considered a glorified “time out” entry in the Marvel Phase 2 narrative.

IS BATMAN V SUPERMAN ACTUALLY MAN OF STEEL 2? HERE'S WHAT ZACK SNYDER SAYS!

 

As he continues his promotional duties for the 10th annual Doritos Crash the Super Bowl competition, director Zack Snyder sheds more light (via Canoe) on the ever-evolving saga of whether or not Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a proper solo sequel to 2013’s Man of Steel beyond Superman’s (rather prominent) appearances in Batman v Superman and the two-part Justice League movies that Snyder is spearheading.

“I think in a way ‘Batman v Superman’ is ‘Man of Steel 2,'” said Snyder. “‘Justice League’ is kind of the transcendent, knights-of-the-round-table of the story. It’d be interesting to think about what a standalone Superman movie might be.”

While he doesn’t shoot down the idea of another solo Supes outing, Snyder’s comments certainly cast doubt that its on the forefront of his mind or the minds of the team spearheading the DC Extended Universe. While that might be a bummer to those who enjoyed Man of Steel, let us not forget that Henry Cavill’s Superman will likely play a central, even Arthurian role in that round table Snyder describes.

“We really have to figure out the why of them, and I think that we have,” muses Zack Snyder of the twin Justice League films he’s helming next. “That’s the one thing that’s cool to me about ‘Batman v Superman,’ it’s all about the mythology of these two massive icons. And I think that’s compelling.”

Juggling all aspects of the interconnected DC universe sounds like a tough juggling act for Snyder, who only a little over a decade ago was  making the low-budget Dawn of the Dead remake in Toronto. Looking back, he doesn’t consider it that strange to have been handed such immense creative responsibility in the ensuing years.

“At that point I was really into (Frank Miller’s comic) ‘The Dark Knight Returns,'” said Snyder of his early zombie wrangling days. “I don’t know that I thought about it in those terms, but if you told me that I might make a ‘Justice League’ movie, I wouldn’t think that that was weird. But I don’t think I would realize what it meant to pop culture the way it has struck pop culture right now.”

RUMOR ... MAN OF STEEL 2 WILL FEATURE BRANIAC, BIZARRO AND SUPERGIRL!!!

Heroic Hollywood claims to have obtained unconfirmed details regarding the plot of a sequel to Man of Steel--not to be confused with Batman v Superman.

According to the rumor, the sequel would feature Brainiac as the chief antagonist, attempting to retrieve the codex of Kryptonian genes similar to General Zod. However, he sets his sights on Supergirl as his pathway to the codex instead.

The rumor goes on to state that Brainiac ultimately will create Bizarro from the small scraps of Kryptonian knowledge he does have, and use him against Supergirl to retrieve the codex. This is a ton of detail for a movie that is so early in its planning stages, though, so take it with a grain or two of salt.

Though CBS does have a screen incarnation of Supergirl coming this fall season, the movie Supergirl would be unrelated. DC intends to keep its film and television universes separate, as in the case of The Flash.

WHO IS BRANIAC?
Braniac is typically depicted as an extraterrestrial android. He is a principal foe of Superman and responsible for shrinking and stealing Kandor, the capital city of Superman's home planet Krypton. Due to multiple revisions of DC's continuity, several variations of Brainiac have appeared. Most incarnations of Brainiac depict him as a green-skinned being in humanoid form. He is bald, except for a set of diodes protruding from his skull.

The character's name is a portmanteau of the words brain and maniac, with influence from ENIAC, the name of an early computer

BRANIAC'S POWERS AND ABILITIES
Brainiac has a "12th-level intellect", allowing calculation abilities, enhanced memory and advanced understanding of mechanical engineering, bio-engineering, physics, and other theoretical and applied sciences, as well as extensive knowledge of various alien technologies. For comparison, the population of 20th century Earth as a whole constitutes a 6th-Level intelligence and the population of 31st century Earth as a whole is a 9th-Level intelligence. The character has created devices such as a force field belt and a shrinking ray capable of reducing cities. Brainiac's advanced mental powers have shown him capable of possessing others, absorbing information from other beings, transferring his consciousness, creating and manipulating computer systems, replicating multiple versions of himself, and exerting powers to traverse or control space and time. John Byrne's re-imagining of the character possessed telepathy and telekinesis that were further augmented by an implanted electrode head-piece.

The most recent version of Brainiac (a living Coluan who utilizes android "probes") is connected to his ship in such a way that he can be disabled for a short period if separated without warning. While inside his ship he is capable of fighting evenly with and overpowering the likes of Superman. He heals from injuries at incredible speed. After being separated from the ship he physically starts to deteriorate and is far less powerful. He is a biological creature that has altered his body to acquire more knowledge to become "better." With his ship, vast knowledge, and powerful technology, Brainiac has captured thousands of cities and has assimilated and destroyed just as many civilizations. He is considered one of the most powerful villains Superman has faced.

WHO IS BIZARRO?
Bizarro was Superman's deficient clone. He was a tragic figure and more misguided and manipulated rather than intentionally evil.

BIZARRO POWERS AND ABILITIES
Bizarro is depicted as having all the abilities of Superman, although in some incarnations several of these traits have been reversed, such as

• "freeze vision" instead of heat vision
• "flame breath" instead of freeze breath
• "vacuum breath" instead of super breath
• "Bizarro telescopic vision" which allows Bizarro to see a "short distance behind his head" rather than a "long distance in front of his head"
• "Bizarro microscopic vision" which makes objects "actually smaller to everyone" rather than merely "appear to be bigger to only the user"
• "Bizarro X-ray vision" which allows Bizarro to "only see through lead" rather than the ability to "see through anything except lead"
• "Telescopic X-ray vision" which caused Bizarro to shoot x-rays from his eyes from "fifty miles around".^[47]

This also applies to weaknesses, as Bizarro is vulnerable to blue kryptonite, as opposed to green kryptonite, which is lethal to Superman. Bizarro is actually strengthened by green kryptonite as opposed to blue kryptonite.