Warner Bros. Eyeing Matthew Vaughn to Direct ‘Man of Steel 2’

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Moreover, sources tell us that if Vaughn for some reason doesn’t direct Man of Steel 2, Warner Bros. still wants him to helm another superhero movie in the DCEU.

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I'm sure they do, but beggars can't be choosers at this point.

In before "nuke it and throw $1.2 trillion at Chris Nolan"

That would be a home run, IMO.

Vaughn would be best case scenario amongst realistic options.

Yes, please.
Vaughn wouldn't approach the Christopher Reeve movies with the same reverence as the Bible (that's what hurt Superman Returns, along with the lack of action and the dumb decision to give Superman a son.) And he has a sense of humor and style, something that hack Zack Snyder lacks.

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Should please the M/TV board

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Yeah, don't get me wrong, I really like Vaughan and think he's really the best case scenario. He knows how to balance fun and seriousness. I'd be thrilled, but if I were Vaughn, I would demand to see the Justice League before signing on. It has to leave me with someplace where I can feasibly recover from the shite that was the first two movies.

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but if I were Vaughn, I would demand to see the Justice League before signing on. It has to leave me with someplace where I can feasibly recover from the shite that was the first two movies.

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I'm not expecting much from JL, the wheels were already in motion before the BvS debacle. WB just needs JL to be somewhat successful and they can just "soft reboot" the whole thing. From what I've read, James Wan and Matt Reeves demanded full control of their properties. They want to make stand alone movies that aren't concerned with setting up future films. I think it's the right way to go, you don't need to do same thing as Marvel.

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I'm not expecting much from JL,

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At this point they may be thinking that they have a good product with Wonder Woman that has built-in audiences with the women's libbers, gay men, lesbians, and little girls all over the world. As long as Patty Jenkins delivers a complete story with at least one colorful reel of film, they should be okay there.

With Justice League they know that they have a good portion of the critics and audience that are poised to savage the film. They're hoping that their worst case scenario is terrible reviews with a box office comparable to BvS. Their best case scenario would be that the movie has enough good visuals and moments to keep some of the critics at bay and push them closer to the billion dollar mark. This is the Madea franchise of superhero films. Even if they gave us the team version of The Dark Knight, critics are going to cut zero slack.

If they get out of 2017 with a good to great response from Wonder Woman and a "that wasn't that bad after all" from Justice League, they can proceed fresh with the crop of movies that weren't in pre-production and production when BvS and Suicide Squad were in the theaters and Snyder was the visionary.

Wan's Aquaman is next, followed by (hopefully) Reeves' Batman, McKay's Nightwing, (Gibson's?) Suicide Squad 2, Ayer's Gotham Sirens, (Vaughn's?) Man of Steel 2 and whatever they decide to do with Flash and Green Lantern Corps. The main red flag in that list is Ayer (due to Suicide Squad), but he'll be making his Harley movie in a different DC universe than the dark plan that Snyder set.


ETA: And I think Snyder's return for Justice League 2 is dependent on the success of JL1. There's an additional year's gap between the two JL films. Warner didn't have that luxury before, with Snyder in pre-production for Justice League as BvS was hitting the theaters.

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i hate to say it, but he's probably the reason the first one sucked so bad.

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Nolan is the best and worst thing to ever happen to DC Comics and Warner Bros.

They completely misread why Nolan's vision and style worked so well with a gritty and shadowy character like Batman and mistakenly thought his style was a one size fits all approach for all comic book characters.

They didn't understand that Nolan's vision was narrowly tailored for dark characters that could fit into a "real world" of sorts.

Thinking that approach could fit a god like character full of color and joy like Superman is one the biggest and most catastrophic frick ups ever in Hollywood history.

It's a god damn shame DC didn't realize this before they green lighted Justice League right after they saw the shite Snyder called Batman v Superman.

I've just thought of something: has Superman done one single act of kindness so far in the Snyder movies? Have we ever seen him helping getting supplies to an orphanage or helping out someone who has had a bad day? The only time I think was when his dad was blown away by a tornado. Anything else he has done any sane man would do and not an act of kindness. Just compare Superman in this to basically the opening 10 minutes of The Incredibles. Seriously, where's any of that good nature of Superman on display, which is certainly where they got the idea from in that movie?

Hell, Nolan's trilogy gets Batman's noble integrity right. Instead with Superman it's all about him and how he's inherently better than us due to his sheer biology. They just shower Superman with Jesus imagery in this movie about how we should all aspire to be like him, when really he's just an a-hole who wants to maintain world order around himself. How is this any different than what the actual Lex Luthor would do with Superman's powers?

When you boil it down, that's the only reason I can think of that Clark has a beef with Batman in this movie. How dare he try to do his job for him by punishing criminals! At least Batman had a legit bone to pick with Superman.