BATMAN V SUPERMAN Producer on Superhero Fatigue, Says There’s No Overcrowding

One of the things I’m most concerned about regarding Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is that it’s going to be overly packed with characters. We’ve got Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Lex Luthor, and there are other characters who are rumored to be involved as well. According to producer Charles Roventhat shouldn’t be a concern. This is what he had to say in an interview with Collider:

"I don’t think that’s an issue for this film at all. I really don’t… I think that the film is called Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, so there’s a reason it’s called Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and not Dawn of Justice: Batman v Superman. So you’re gonna invest mostly in Batman v Superman and I think that you’ll find other characters in there that you hopefully will want to see more of."

It still seems like it’s going to be a bit crowded. Being crowded with characters didn’t seem to do Avengers: Age of Ultron any favors. Roven goes on to share his thoughts on superhero movie fatigue and how he hopes that these DC movies he’s involved with will keep audiences engaged on an emotional level:

“I think like any genre, the movies have to be good and you have to keep the audience engaged. One of the things that we’re doing when we’re bringing together the DC Justice League Universe is we’re creating not only stories that work for the individual film but they have some resonance to the other films that we’re doing. And I’m hoping that what’s also gonna keep the interest very keen is we’re telling hopefully compelling stories. I mean, one of the great things about dealing with superheroes in general, at least from our standpoint, is they’re both inspirational and aspirational characters, so you’re hoping that the audience is gonna want to be like some of them but you’re also hoping that the audience can relate to some of them, that if we make their stories compelling and relatable, interesting and emotional, that you’re going to really want to spend more time with them. So you talk about Man of Steel and I felt that Clark’s relationship with both of his fathers was pretty emotional and you can relate, certainly people who lost a loved one can relate, and we all have at some point in our lives lost loved ones. So I think even with Batman v Superman we wanna have characters that touch us, and if we can continue to make films like that, then I think they’re sort of ‘genre proof’”.

He goes on to talk about how he’s excited for audiences to see the film. But of course he’s going to say all of these great things! He produced the movie! It’s not like he’s going to go out and tell people that the film is a mess and way too overcrowded with characters. 

Roven also went on to reveal that we can expect to see some new footage from the movie "before the end of the year,” so that gives us something to look forward to! Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will arrive in theaters on March 25th, 2016. I really do hope this turns out to be a great movie.

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