You’ve probably heard the recent news that Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman has been delayed into 2016. The sequel to Man of Steel, as well as featuring Henry Cavill, Diane Lane, Amy Adams and Laurence Fishburne, will see the debuts as Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and may introduce Jason Momoa and Joaquin Phoenix. However, Gadot’s (Fast and Furious’ Giselle) role is today’s focus. Speaking to Israeli, her home country’s, press, she announced that she’s signed a three movie deal, which sparked a lot of speculation.
We predict that this trio of pictures will begin in 2016 before moving on to an Avengers style teamup in 2018 before Wonder Woman, so long as Gadot’s portrayal is popular, could receive her own spinoff. You may think that this is a little far fetched considering the latter of the trilogy could be as far off as 2020 but bare in mind that, last year, Robert Downey Jr signed a deal for Avengers 2 (2015) and Avengers 3 (2019). Mega franchises such as this need to book their stars early as six years is a long time to drift into other projects.
We move onto news from the production that replaced B’man v S’man in 2015. That would be Pan, Fox’s new prequel to the animated Disney classic Peter Pan. Joe Wright, who called the shots on Atonement, period dramas such as Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina as well as the brilliantly brutal action thriller Hanna, is directing and both Hugh Jackman and Javier Bardem have been rumoured to be playing Blackbeard for some time but the role of Hook has been cast with the announcement of the young Garrett Hedlund, who reportedly beat Ezra Miller and Jack Huston to the role.
In this new iteration, Hook is one of the many members of Blackbeard’s crew, who are encountered by Pan – I sense mutiny afoot. Hedlund seems a strong casting. He stuck it big and mainstream with Tron: Legacy, Four Brothers and Troy but, over the last three years or so, established himself as a more critically appealing star with Country Strong, Inside Llewyn Davis and On the Road.
Finally, we’ve got the very first poster for 2014’s biggest sequel. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 will be directed by Francis Lawrence (I am Legend, Catching Fire) and will star Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Clafin, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Josh Hutcherson, Lily Rabe, Natalie Dormer, Jena Malone and Stef Dawson but the basic first banner just shows the Mockingjay, metaphorically, taking flight.
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