Discarded Titles for BATMAN V SUPERMAN Included SON OF SUN AND KNIGHT OF NIGHT

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It turns out that director Zack Snyder and writer Chris Terrio did not really care for the title Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. That was the only title suggested that, I guess, Warner Bros. was ok with. Snyder and Terrio actually tried to push something a bit more poetic during a recent interview at Justice Con . Snyder explained:

“I remember when there was a back-and-forth that I had with the studio, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was like the only title that [Warner Bros. liked]. The whole ‘v’ instead of ‘versus,’ it was like this crazy negotiation. I was like, ‘Guys, can’t we just do something like Son of Sun and Knight of Night, or something that’s a little bit more poetic?’ And they were like, ‘Absolutely not’ [Laughs]. I was like, ‘Is it a court case?'”

Terrio went on to share that there were also discussions about using titles like Justice League: Foundations or Justice League: Rising as a way “to suggest that this movie was going to be the beginning of the Justice League, even though it didn’t really look like it.”

I can’t say I like any of those titles, but I get what they were going for. In the end, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice might not be as bad as some people initially thought when it was revealed. In a previous interview with Vanity Fair, Terrio made it clear how he felt about the title when he learned what it would be the same time we did:

“I did not name the script. In fact, I found out what the movie was called along with the rest of the world on the internet. I was not consulted on the title of the film, and I was as surprised as anyone. I would not have named it Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I don’t know exactly who named it, but I suspect it was the studio and I suspect it was marketing, to be honest with you. It might have been the first step toward creating ill will for the film…I heard it and I thought, it just sounds self-important and clueless in a way. Tone-deaf. The intention of the film was to do something interesting and dark and complex, not quite as Las Vegas, bust ’em up, WWE match as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

What do you think of the title of the film? Do you like any of the alternate titles that they pitched to the studio?

Via ComingSoon

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