DC is teasing one of its big tentpole releases coming out next year. We're getting another look at the upcoming The Batman film starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman. In the new trailer titled "The Bat and the Cat," we get to see Bruce interact and trade barbs and a few kicks and punches with Zoe Kravitz's Selina Kyle/Catwoman.
Beyond that, we're getting a better look at what The Riddler has up his sleeve (played by Paul Dano). Or at least we see him video chatting with Batman, sort of. All the questions we have about the new film will be answered months from now. The Batman will arrive exclusively in theatres on March 4, 2022.
Even if you can't come to theatres to watch Wonder Woman 1984 this Christmas Day, you'll still be able to watch it at home. Warner Bros. Pictures is pushing through with its "hybrid release strategy" in Canada as it'll be available for video-on-demand rental the same day it will debut in movie theatres. This move comes after Warner initially announced that WW84 would only be available in Canadian cinemas, even though many of them are closed because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Due to "varying market restrictions," Warner decided to go with this new release option so it can reach more viewers. Wonder Woman 1984 will come with a $29.99 rental price for 48 hours. But Warner hasn't mentioned which platforms will carry the film. The studio shifted the movie's December 25 premiere to its HBO Max streaming service in the US, causing quite a stir there. HBO Max isn't available here, though.
The four-hour-long Zack Synder version of the Justice League is finally coming. The director made the announcement during the DC FanDome virtual convention on Saturday. It'll be released on HBO Max in 2021 in four, one-hour segments and an option to watch the entire film in full. For those without access to the streaming service, Snyder said a "distribution plan" to release the movie outside of HBO Max is in the works.
You can see the full three-minute trailer above, which the film fans have been clamouring for since the theatrical version came out in November 2017. Fans felt the movie compromised the director's original vision for it. He had to step away from the project in May 2017 due to a family tragedy. Joss Whedon took over directing duties from him. It already sets a darker, more sombre tone than the theatrical version and a look at apex villain Darkseid who didn't make the theatrical cut.
Are you tired of watching films that run north of two hours all the time, especially if you're watching a superhero film? DC's upcoming flick, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), is looking to buck the trend. According to IFCO, which classifies film releases in Ireland, the film will run for 108 minutes, which is one hour and forty-eight minutes. If you consider the credits, then the film could be around one hour, forty-five minutes, which is a good length for Birds of Prey.
Lead star and producer Margot Robbie told Variety before that they are taking a non-linear, off-kilter approach to telling this tale, which is an apt approach to her character. She said, "We pulled a lot of references from the comics that we love, from different movies we love—we were really gravitating toward the idea of not having such a formulaic sort of structure, Trainspotting being of one of our favorite films. We would look at a movie like that, and then we'd break it down scene by scene, minute by minute. And funnily enough, it follows a three-act structure to the T, like, to the page, to the minute. And so we would look at a lot of films like that, like: 'How did they achieve this feeling of this beautiful chaos, but within it, everything feels satisfying?' So the non-linear aspect of the film came from those sorts of conversations... It jumps around. And then it becomes linear for the third act. You go on a ride, and it's all pretty chronological from there. It took a while to get it together, and get it approved by the studio. And then finally we got it greenlit. And we were off to the races."
Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 9:19AM