Man of Steel: Review and future of the Franchise.

The Man of Steel opened on June 14 and the fans loved it from around the world. However nearly anyone with a title of critic wither earned or not has been critical in one way or another about the movie.  Oh well, what can you expect from the critics when they know that DC aligned movies, DC’s movie division at Warner Brothers and DC Comics seem to be heading in different directions (Check out the recent issue of Superman Unchained.#1 and the Video clip from Stacktastic reviewing Superman Unchained at the bottom of this blog.). This can cause a lot of confusion for any fan. The comic books are going in one direction and Warner Brothers is going in another. Neither side seems to want to play ball with each other. In fact it has been mentioned that the people at Warner Bros do not respect the talent at DC.

However it cannot be denied, that putting Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder in charge of making the movie, Man of Steel was the right choice. Below is a review that I think is truly a fan review. Not only do I agree with this review but it hit all the points pro and con that I felt about the movie.

Beyond the great job of Nolan and Snyder look at who they gathered for this ensemble of great actors.

Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent ( He will be the only Superman for this generation)

Four-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams (“The Master”),

Oscar® nominee Michael Shannon (“Revolutionary Road”),

Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner (“Dances with Wolves”),

Oscar® nominee Diane Lane (“Unfaithful”),

Oscar® nominee Laurence Fishburne (“What’s Love Got to Do with It”),

Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni,(Law and order SVU)

Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”).

The music is by Academy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King”).

Directed by Zack Snyder

Produced by Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan (Dark Knight Trilogy), Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder. The screenplay was written by David S. Goyer from a story by Goyer & Christopher Nolan

Everyone was great in their roles and this is one of my strongest reasons for liking this movie even if some of the special effects such as the fight scenes were a little heavy handed.

Not surprisingly, Warner Bros Pictures has already greenlit a sequel to the film and is reportedly fast-tracking it for a 2014 release.

The Wall Street Journal, citing "knowledgeable people close to the studio", claims that WB is looking to fast-track MAN OF STEEL 2 for 2014 and plans are back on for JUSTICE LEAGUE to hit screens in 2015. WB was previously holding onto all future plans for their DC cinematic endeavors until they saw how MAN OF STEEL performed, and it looks like they got the answer they wanted.

 StarPulse.com goes on the say

“The studio reportedly already has a deal in place to bring back director Zack Snyder; and screenwriter David S. Goyer's deal is said to include not just penning "Man of Steel," but writing the film's sequel AND the highly anticipated "Justice League" movie, which would bring together DC Comics superheroes including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Flash, to name a few.Screenwriter Will Beall wrote the first draft of the "Justice League" script already, but it was reportedly scrapped, according to Gamma Squad.The "'Man of Steel' is more than just a franchise for us, it really opens up the door to do combinations of the DC Comics characters," Warner domestic distribution head Dan Fellman told the Wall Street Journal. "We can build them up like Marvel did and benefit from the history of DC."

We can only hope that this is the case but as I said before we are dealing with a group of people who find it hard to get along.  Here is an interesting take on DC comics and Warner Bros. problem with creating a definitive storyline for Superman from Stacktsastic.