MARCH 11, 2016 • #1406 TERRIFYING VISION THE KILLING SPREE LEX LUTHOR’S OSCAR’S BIG NIGHT EVERYTHING YOU COULDN’T SEE ON TV & WHAT’S NEXT FOR CHRIS ROCK CO V E R OF C O L L E C T O R ’ S E D I T I O N 12 COVERT MISSION YOUR FIRST LOOK AT TIM BURTON’S WILD NEW MOVIE (HINT: IT’S PECULIAR ) 21 P. CUT FROM THE MOVI E! AND YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE WHO’S BEEN DAWN OF JUSTICE THE DARK KNIGHT FACES HIS ULTIMATE FOE… WILL HE SURVIVE?
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MARCH 11, 2016 • #1406
TERRIFYING VISION
THE
KILLING SPREE
L E X L U T H O R ’ S
OSCAR’SBIG NIGHT
EVERYTH ING
YOU COULDN ’ T
SEE ON TV &
WHAT ’S NEXT
FOR
C H R I S R O C K
COVER
OF
COLLE
CTO
R’SE
DIT
ION1 2
COVERT MISSION
YOURFIRST LOOK
AT T I M
B U R T O N ’ S
WILD
NEW MOVIE
(H INT: I T ’S
P E C U L I A R )
21
P.
CUT FROM
THE MOVIE
!
AND YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE
WHO’S BEEN
DAWN OF JUSTICE
THE
DARKKNIGHT
FACES HIS
ULTIMATE FOE…
WILL HE SURVIVE?
W H E N T H E F A C E S T H E O F I N B AT M A N V S U P E R M A N : D AW N O F J U S T I C E ,
I L L U S T R A T I O N S B Y T I M O T H Y G O O D M A N & L E A H S C H M I D T
T H E Y ’ L L B E L U G G I N G T H E F U T U R E O F T H E D C U N I V E R S E O N T H E I R S H O U L D E R S . I N S I D E T H E M A K I N G O F A D O - O R - D I E B L O C K B U S T E R .( N O P R E S S U R E )
B Y A N T H O N Y B R E Z N I C A N
@ B R E Z N I C A N
28 EW.COM MARCH 11, 2016
For comic-book fans, it’s the ultimate question,
and not as easy to answer as it first seems. Sure,
Superman is stronger and faster, and he can fly and
blast heat rays from his eyes and has bulletproof
skin. He’s even nicer. But Batman... Batman thinks
ahead. He shifts the odds in his favor by waiting,
studying. He devises a plan. Then he fights. So
who would win? The answer is no longer the stuff
of geek philosophy. We’re about to find out.
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (out
March 25), the Dark Knight is angrier than per-
haps he’s ever been. As the film opens, Metropolis
is still rebuilding after the skyscraper-leveling
brawl that ended Man of Steel, and Batman has
been at work as an underground vigilante in
nearby Gotham for years. Bruce Wayne (Ben
Affleck, rebooting the man beneath the cowl after
Christian Bale) is starting to wonder if he ever
really saved anyone or if he just made things
worse. (A Robin uniform, covered with Joker
graffiti, implies the Boy Wonder has been killed in
a previous story.) “He’s projecting his own sense
of failure, his own sense of disillusionment, his
own cynicism onto Superman,” Affleck says.
Superman too is wrestling with his own inner
turmoil. He may be the strongest, but following
WHO WOULD WIN
IN A FIGHT?
on the depiction of him set forth in 2013’s Man of
Steel, he’s a neophyte as a hero, trying to figure
out how to best use his strengths—and how to
avoid making mistakes. “His weakness is that he
doesn’t want to hurt anyone,” says Henry Cavill,
reprising the role. “He doesn’t want to scare any-
one, and in that you can take advantage of him.
This is someone who is a complete amateur [as
a superhero], and he’s facing up against some-
one who is very well versed in the arts of war.”
The rage and anxiety of these two characters is
manipulated by Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg), a
billionaire sociopath with a God complex of his
own who takes joy in bringing the powerful to
their knees. Luthor not only orchestrates a mass
murder aimed at turning the two heavy hitters
against each other but also uses some Kryptonian
relics left behind from the Man of Steel aftermath
to cook up a giant mutant Frankenstein’s
monster—Doomsday, partially built from the
remains of Michael Shannon’s General Zod.
Beneath the action set pieces is an intricate tale
of hidden agendas, psychological turmoil, and
theology—plus a lot of punching.
Although the new film does focus
squarely on the battle between
the title heroes, Wonder Woman
(Gal Gadot) has a major support-
ing role. Her alter ego, Diana
Prince, runs afoul of Bruce Wayne
as they engage in rival missions to
steal some of Luthor’s most dis-
concerting secrets.
If that all seems pretty heavy
for a superhero blockbuster, it is,
and Dawn of Justice is hefting
more than just a $250 million
budget on its muscled shoulders.
Most filmmakers have to worry
about getting just one crowd-
pleasing film onto the screen, but
director Zack Snyder and the
brain trust at DC and Warner
Bros. are laying the groundwork
for 10 or more future films, which could amount
to billions in box office (see sidebar, page 40).
Facing that kind of pressure, Snyder, who also
directed BvS’ predecessor, Man of Steel, has a
bizarre attitude about it all. He appears to be
having…fun. The 300 and Watchmen filmmaker is
a key figure in this forthcoming slate of DC
movies (referred to by many on the team as the
“Snyderverse”). The ones he isn’t directing, he’s
producing, along with his wife and production
partner, Deborah Snyder.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
Henry Cavill; Gal Gadot(right) as Diana Prince;Ben Affleck; JesseEisenberg as LexLuthor and Amy Adamsas Lois Lane; JeremyIrons as Alfred