With Warner Bros. opting to push back the release of Batman vs. Superman ten months, Warner Bros.’ big Man of Steel sequel will now hit cinemas on May 6th 2016 – which puts it firmly up against another as-yet-unrevealed superhero movie from Marvel Studios (which looks likely to be either Thor 3 or Captain America 3). So, how has that impacted Marvel’s plans? Well, according to Kevin Feige, it hasn’t…
“We’re still on that date and we’re going to be announcing soon what the movie will be on that date,” Marvel chief Kevin Feige tells IGN. “That’s what we’re sort of actively working on as we get ready to firm up and get into pre-production what will be the two films for ’16 and the two films for ’17.”
Asked if the announcement of Marvel’s Phase Three movies – which is also thought to include Doctor Strange alongside the previously announced Ant-Man, Feige responded: “It’s not about the best time to make an announcement for us. It’s about when the team coalesces and when we find a group of collaborators that we want to spend the next two or three years with to bring one of the movies to life.”
Meanwhile, a Brazilian website is claiming to have heard from Warner Bros. that Batman vs. Superman will in fact be the movie to move, with the studio bringing its release forward a week to April 29th. Of course, given the fact that it was Warner Bros. who chose to go up against Marvel in the first place by shifting Batman vs. Superman, I think we need to take this report with a rather large pinch of salt.
Assuming both Marvel and Warner Bros. do keep that date, does Marvel have any chance against the might of DC’s biggest superheroes? Let us know in the comments below or head on over to The Flickering Myth Forum…
Originally published March 13, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
