Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-1895174-20140118022235

Variety is reporting that the Man of Steel sequel that isn't a Man of Steel sequel but more of a backdoor Batman reboot and pseudo Justice League movie has been pushed back 10 months, from 17 July 2015 to 6 May 2016. This is important for a few reasons:


 * 1) This leaves DC with nothing for 2015, so now there's two full years with no theatrically released movie based on a property from DC Comics or its imprints.
 * 2) This Batman/Superman movie appears to be taking a few cues from the never-realized Justice League scripts floating around Warner Bros. studios. This thing has been pushed back so many times anyone in their right mind should start to feel really cautious about this project if they weren't already.
 * 3) Marvel currently has a currently-unannounced film (widely assumed to be a Dr. Strange movie) slated for May 6. If neither film changes their release date, this would be the first time two major superhero movies (never mind that they're from competing companies) have opened on the same day, and for good reason. Either the audience is going to back one of these and the other tanks harder than it would if it opened without the competition, or the audience is split and neither of them do all that well. Maybe DC is just making a gambit, trying to get Marvel to back away from that extremely lucrative first weekend of May so their psuedo Justice League movie can make its money back. Or maybe they're just positive audiences will want to see the Justice League more than they want to see Dr. Strange. Going by the polarizing reaction to Man of Steel and the hostile reaction to Batfleck, I wouldn't be surprised if they wound up on the losing side of that wager.