Keep looking up in the sky – but not for awhile. Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has moved the release date of Man of Steel, the next Superman movie, from an unscheduled December 2012 date to summer 2013: June 14th, 2013, to be exact.
This is potentially good news for the movie, to be directed by Watchmen‘s Zack Snyder from a script by The Dark Knight‘s David Goyer (That latter movie’s director, Christopher Nolan, is acting as executive producer on MoS), as it seemingly makes the movie Warners’ big summer tentpole of the year, suggesting that the execs are feeling confident about what they’ve seen so far. It also means that it’ll be going up against Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University (the sequel to Monsters, Inc.) and the Ryan Reynolds-starring adaptation of Dark Horse’s RIPD, both already announced for summer 2013 releases. It’ll be interesting to see if it’ll be the only DC superhero movie to hit screens that summer, considering both Green Lantern 2 and The Flash are in development as we speak…
July 21st, 2011 at 2:28 pm
But the world is ending in 2012, lol…
July 21st, 2011 at 2:33 pm
I thought the world was ending this October 21st?
Didn’t that crazy FamilyRadio.com guy say that to all his followers? Sell your crap you wont need it anymore.
At least I’ll get to see this summer’s movies before … you know … THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
July 21st, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Not to mention Iron Man 3 and Thor 2…
July 21st, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Cool, summer 2012 seems a little competitive already.
I hope WB is using the time to because they want to take some time and care over it.
July 21st, 2011 at 2:40 pm
This will give them time to switch Superman into jeans, short sleeve super-shirt and a short cape. Chris Nolan’s name is the only thing keeping me interested on this.
July 21st, 2011 at 2:41 pm
I thought that Warner Bros had to put out a Superman movie by the end of 2012 for legal reasons or they lose the license or something?
July 21st, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Wynn, I’m not a legal expert, but I think the film had to be IN PRODUCTION by the end of 2012. I could be mistaken.
Seems like WB learned their lesson from “Green Lantern” and is giving the movie plenty of time for production and post-production.
July 21st, 2011 at 3:08 pm
I saw this coming! BC WB did the same thing with Green Lantern. I’m looking forward to this film!
July 21st, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Probably going to suck since it got moved to 2013!
July 21st, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Mavrik joked about Superman being in jeans and a t-shirt but I wonder if that look, followed by the armored outfit are really going to be part of the movie?
July 21st, 2011 at 3:50 pm
ian might have a point there, especially with the armored look. It would be a distinct break from both the Chris Reeve suit (which is still the best) and the dark, over-textured costume worn by Brandon Routh. It would come off as “Superman meets Thor.”
July 21st, 2011 at 6:21 pm
IT will also give Nolan some time after Batman to maybe supervise the production and editing when Dark Knight is done
July 21st, 2011 at 9:22 pm
A movie’s release being pushed back is never a sign of confidence, and with rumors having persisted for some time that WB have been getting very concerned about Snyder’s box office potential, I would not be the least bit surprised if he’s off the project soon.
July 24th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
I waiting the continued of superman cool for 2012
December 13th, 2011 at 11:32 pm
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