Saturday, 20 July 2013

Updated: 5 facts about the next Man of Steel movie...Ben Affleck to play Batman and release date confirmed

1. Release date

Man of Steel 2 will be released on July 17th 2015, the same year as Star Wars 7, Avengers 2, Jurassic Park 4 and Independence Day 2. Is there a Lone Ranger style disaster amongst those? 


2.  These people are back
Zack Snyder returns as director, Henry Cavill returns as the super one. Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane are also back.  Christopher Nolan will executive produce.

3.  It will feature this dude
Yes, Batman will clash with the man of steel.


4.  Played by Ben Affleck 
Christian Bale will not reprise his role as batman,  instead that (literally) one-time Daredevil, Ben Affleck will take the role. 


5.  For Batman it's going in a new direction

This won't be a continuation of The Dark Knight Trilogy.  Nor will it be based on the 1980s graphic novels, where the two characters met.  But, according to Deadline, Snyder said that these would help them in telling their story.