This is how Snyder feels about the future of the DC Film Universe
A few days ago, Steven Spielberg publicly said that he feels like superhero movies are slowly dying. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director, Zack Snyder responded to those claims in recent interview with Yahoo, saying he feels that could be happening for their competitors over at Marvel Entertainment – but feels the DC Comics Universe is immune to such a fate.
He went to call Marvel’s recent summer-hit Ant-Man, just a flavor of the week, saying Batman and Superman both transcendent on name value alone. Peep the statement below.
He might not be wrong. I think it puts more pressure on us, the filmmakers, to not just crank out superhero movies for the sake of it. To me, the one thing I love working in the DC universe is that Superman and Batman and Wonder Woman are American mythology. It’s not about making a superhero, it’s a mythological universe that we live in. That I hope stands the test of time. They stood the test of time. That’s hopefully the sort of magic bullet.
But who knows what audiences will want in the future. To me it’s about the drama, the humanity of it. Those are like Shakespearean characters, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, they have inherent drama built into their makeup. I feel like he’s right. But I feel like Batman and Superman are transcendent of superhero movies in a way, because they’re Batman and Superman. They’re not just, like, the flavor of the week Ant-Man—not to be mean, but whatever it is.
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