Sebastian Stan Says Zack Snyder is "Trying To Mimic A Better Christopher Nolan Movie" With BATMAN V SUPERMAN

Last week, Zack Snyder fired the latest shots in The Great Press Battle of Marvel vs. DC when he called Ant-Man a "flavor of the week" movie and once again implied that his upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a film that deals with bigger, more important things than the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Here's his comment that got the most attention:

"But I feel like Batman and Superman are transcendent of superhero movies in a way, because they’re Batman and Superman. They’re not just, like, the flavor of the week Ant-Man—not to be mean, but whatever it is. What is the next Blank-Man?”

For the most part, this "battle" between the two studios has been incredibly one-sided: Marvel has been dominating it from a box office perspective, but the people from DC seem to be the ones constantly throwing out little disses at their cross-town rivals in an effort to get people interested and excited about the direction of their upcoming movies. Well, apparently word got back to Marvel actor Sebastian Stan, who plays The Winter Soldier in Captain America: Civil War, and it doesn't sound like he's thrilled with Snyder's comments. He told Collider:

"Yeah, I’m sitting here and I’m listening to you and I’m thinking, “Do I want to fire some shots at DC right now, at Zack Snyder?” I read some of those comments where he said something about Batman and Superman, I can’t remember where I read that, somewhere… Something about, “It’s not going to be your flavor-of-the-week Ant-Man.” And I was like, “Oh thanks, Zack. That’s great. Way to do something original.” But I would say we’re still making something very original in our own way. I mean, the Russos are coming in and taking something people are used to and they’re shaping it up and changing it in a very different way. They’re not trying to mimic a better Christopher Nolan movie or something like that.”

As one of my fellow GT writers put it when they read the news: "Oh, snap!" With Nolan on board as a producer for Man of Steel, it was easy to see his influence over Snyder in that particular movie, and now that Nolan has left those films and moved on to other things, I bet this comment is going to sting a little for Snyder, who's likely hoping to put his own stamp on the franchise and get out of Nolan's (very long) shadow.

I'm sure he'll have something to say about this soon, since it seems these two sides are going to continue to dig at each other in the press until the end of time.

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