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July 2, 2015: Entertainment Weekly Showcases "Batman v Superman"
In the 2015 Comic-Con Preview Super Double Issue of Entertainment Weekly, the magazine features an in depth look at "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" including new photos from the film and a cover image showcasing Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, and Gal Gadot as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
Within the issue, director Zack Snyder talks about the first time he came up with the idea for the film's storyline and Affleck discusses his portrayal of a more grizzled Dark Knight. Here's an excerpt:
Zack Snyder recalls the first time he pitched the idea, in a meeting with franchise co-captains Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, it was only meant as an Easter egg. “I said, ‘What about at the end of the movie we do a scene where there’s a crate full of kryptonite delivered to Wayne Manor,’” says Snyder. “Everyone was like…‘Okaay.’ Once you say it out loud it’s a problem because you can’t unsay it.”
Batman v Superman introduces a new Batman only four years after the release of the final film in Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. Ben Affleck plays an older, wearier Caped Crusader, one drawn at least in part from Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. “He’s on the verge of being swallowed up by the anger and the rage that we see haunt this character in the other manifestations of it,” says Affleck. “But this guy is further down the line and has become more embittered and cynical.”
Read the complete article at EW.com. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" hits US theaters and IMAX on March 25th, 2016.
