DC Studios THREAD - GunnVerse Begins - Chapter ONE: Gods & Monsters

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[paulwest1985]

DA
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[Fresh Like Will]

Brainiac's the final boss?

 

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[jays25]

I hope they do another comic series for this one, like they did for the first game. It took a long time, but that was one of the better alternative universe storylines DC has done, in my opinion, specifically because it wasn't rushed.

 

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Man of Steel Producer Banned By Christopher Nolan Still Made $50 Million

Unless they’re a director taking on more responsibility or a superstar known for their specific project choices (see Kevin Feige with Marvel, Jerry Bruckheimer with explosive blockbusters or Harvey Weinstein with Oscar-baiting prestige pictures), producers are rarely the most well-known person on a film set. They’re the money men, the clear studio influence on the creative vision. This obscurity is definitely not true of Jon Peters though, who served as a producer on Batman and Superman films for over twenty years.

A former hairdresser, Peters made it big with Barbra Streisand’s A Star is Born, but is regarded best in fan circles for bringing back the Caped Crusader as the producer on both of Tim Burton’s Batman movies. After Warner Bros. opted to go in a different direction with that series, he switched his focus to Superman, and thus begins one of the craziest stories in superhero cinema; the Nicolas Cage-starring, Burton-directed (at one point Kevin Smith-written) Superman Lives was a tortured production, and much of the failure is down to Peters, who let his personal obsessions and greed get in the way of anything approaching a faithful adaptation. He was later involved in the many failed attempts at a Supes movie in the early naughties and wound up working on Superman Returns.

Due to the technicalities of his contract, he remained an executive producer on Man of Steel, but his legacy proved so potent that he was banned from the set by Christopher Nolan, the film’s producer. However, despite being totally shut out, Peters still profited handsomely from the film, probably more than anybody involved; his deal gave him 7.5% of box office takings, so he still managed to make an estimated $50 million off the film’s $668 million gross.

Speaking in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Peters confirmed that he made around $80 to $85 million combined from Superman Returns and Man of Steel, which would seem to rebuff claims from the studio he made only $10 to $15 million from the latter. Talking of why he was banned from the set, he offered up an interesting take:

“My reputation scares these guys.”

While it’s possible Peters intimidates Nolan, Snyder and co, it’s also not hard to see why, from a creative standpoint, they would want him as far away from the reboot as possible. The story of Superman Lives is a frankly ridiculous one that could have only happened in the 1990s, a time when blockbusters were growing in scale but superheroes were yet to become the cinema mainstay they are today. It was documented in The Death of Superman Lives, which interviews all key players. While the whole enterprise appears shaky, it’s Peters who clearly had the most negative influence.

As discussed in the THR interview, Peters near quarter-century relationship with Superman now appears to be over. His deal applied to any movie featuring Superman, so even though it was technically a crossover, also featuring Batman, Wonder Woman and host of Justice League cameos, Peters stood to make a killing with Batman v Superman. However, Warner Bros. used this opportunity to strike a deal with him – Peters accepted a pay cut and loss of credit in favor of the opportunity to work on several passion projects, including a remake of A Star is Born.

 

[KingParappa]

He wanted Superman to fight a Giant Spider. I'd ban him too.


I need to watch that Kevin Smith vid again just for the lulz

 

[rfx45]

He got the giant spider in Wild Wild West.

 

[KingParappa]

Glad he worked that out of his system.

 

[Barbados Slim]

He wanted Superman to fight a Giant Spider. I'd ban him too.


I need to watch that Kevin Smith vid again just for the lulz

I love that story 

 

[tay1]

Potential bad news about WW guise

From the Schmoes Knows Podcast.

"So, I don't want to throw anyone under the bus. We have somebody within our community who has gotten insider information that broke my effing heart this week, because I have tremendous belief that Wonder Woman is gonna be awesome and I heard it stinks from the same person who told me that they heard that BvS stinks...The person who I spoke to...their response was 'I'm very disappointed in what I saw, and it seems like all the problems are the same problems. It's discombobulated, it doesn't have narrative flow. It's just very disjointed."

 

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Potential bad news about WW guise

From the Schmoes Knows Podcast.

"So, I don't want to throw anyone under the bus. We have somebody within our community who has gotten insider information that broke my effing heart this week, because I have tremendous belief that Wonder Woman is gonna be awesome and I heard it stinks from the same person who told me that they heard that BvS stinks...The person who I spoke to...their response was 'I'm very disappointed in what I saw, and it seems like all the problems are the same problems. It's discombobulated, it doesn't have narrative flow. It's just very disjointed."

 

[shogun]

 

[Fresh Like Will]

That was already proven false. There haven't been any screenings for WW yet.

EDIT: That's from the Schmoes? The same people who work at Collider? Those guys said Ben was leaving Batman and beefing with Geoff Johns because Geoff didn't put Batman on his top 5 2017 list.

 

[tay1]

Doesn't have to be a screening for it to have been seen. I wouldn't usually post something like that but since sinilar8relorts came out **** that before BVS was out, I thought it was worth paying attention to.

 

[Fresh Like Will]

That was after the press screenings for BVS. There's a lot of clickbait controversy with the DCEU because it's low hanging fruit and sites need clicks.

 

[Cashflow]

Potential bad news about WW guise

From the Schmoes Knows Podcast.

"So, I don't want to throw anyone under the bus. We have somebody within our community who has gotten insider information that broke my effing heart this week, because I have tremendous belief that Wonder Woman is gonna be awesome and I heard it stinks from the same person who told me that they heard that BvS stinks...The person who I spoke to...their response was 'I'm very disappointed in what I saw, and it seems like all the problems are the same problems. It's discombobulated, it doesn't have narrative flow. It's just very disjointed."

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[Master Zik]

@ Peters still caking off these movies.

I find it weird that directors and other producers would be scared of him. I wouldn't mind him being on set. I just wouldn't listen to anything he has to say at all. Barely even humor him.

There must be some worse rumors or unknown situations that are worse than his giant spider nonsense if he has to be banned from set.

Potential bad news about WW guise

From the Schmoes Knows Podcast.

"So, I don't want to throw anyone under the bus. We have somebody within our community who has gotten insider information that broke my effing heart this week, because I have tremendous belief that Wonder Woman is gonna be awesome and I heard it stinks from the same person who told me that they heard that BvS stinks...The person who I spoke to...their response was 'I'm very disappointed in what I saw, and it seems like all the problems are the same problems. It's discombobulated, it doesn't have narrative flow. It's just very disjointed."

And so it begins

 

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@ Peters still caking off these movies.

I find it weird that directors and other producers would be scared of him. I wouldn't mind him being on set. I just wouldn't listen to anything he has to say at all. Barely even humor him.

There must be some worse rumors or unknown situations that are worse than his giant spider nonsense if he has to be banned from set.

Remember in the documentary, the writers were saying dude was wrestling the other writers on the hallway and demonstrating his martial arts

He would have his grandkids running around too and nobody could say anything about it. That's probably one of those things that they want to avoid.

 

[paulwest1985]

Nah. I'm not buying into these rumors again. I'll judge when I see the movie. My hype level for WW and JL is still through the roof. Just need that trailer....

 

[Master Zik]

@ Peters still caking off these movies.

I find it weird that directors and other producers would be scared of him. I wouldn't mind him being on set. I just wouldn't listen to anything he has to say at all. Barely even humor him.

There must be some worse rumors or unknown situations that are worse than his giant spider nonsense if he has to be banned from set.

Remember in the documentary, the writers were saying dude was wrestling the other writers on the hallway and demonstrating his martial arts

He would have his grandkids running around too and nobody could say anything about it. That's probably one of those things that they want to avoid.

Oh yeah

I remember but that seemed like a bunch of guys letting him do that cuz he was in charge. Like a lame loser that has power so you go along but dudes dread his presence.

I can get wanting to not being that on set. Crazy if he still tripping like that on other movies he produces.

 

[tay1]

Nah. I'm not buying into these rumors again. I'll judge when I see the movie. My hype level for WW and JL is still through the roof. Just need that trailer....

It didn't apply to you. You're DC's number 1 fan.

 

[va757va]

Nah. I'm not buying into these rumors again. I'll judge when I see the movie. My hype level for WW and JL is still through the roof. Just need that trailer....

Repped.

It happens with every Dc movie now. Dudes convince themselves the movie is horrible before even seeing it. :.yeshrug:: ''tis what it is.

 

[shogun]

Well the last 2 movies were garbage so at least they're consistent.

 

[Fresh Like Will]

Wonder Woman is going to change the game. It will be a paradigm shift. It's going to be greatness. Everyone is going to flourish in 2017. Logan, WW, Thor, JL, Spidey, Kingsman 2.