DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[Captaindemotion]

I'm curious how they're going to differentiate it from the first Donner/Reeve movie, will be Superman '78 and Superman '24?

The two films called Batman came out 23 years apart, so I’m sure we’ll manage.

Wasn’t there a story that Tim Burton at one stage wanted to also call his second Batman film “Batman” and let audiences work out for themselves that it was a different movie?

 

[Tosk]

We're in an age now where it's "cool" to just re-use a title. Heck, we've got SCREAM, SCREAM, and SCREAIVI all in the same franchise.

It's been over forty years, I think it's high time we got a new SUPERMAN movie.

 

[Set Harth]

We got two films called Rambo.
And then we have both XBox 1 and XBox One...

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

About the title being "Superman"--I seriously doubt anyone would confuse this with a film that's nearly 50 years old. Today's movie going audiences rarely even think of films that old as a reference point (unless part of an ongoing series, such as Star Wars or the Bond series, for examples), just as 1959 movie-goers did not think The Mummy meant the 1932 Karloff film when Hammer released its movie of the same name.

(Still it's surprising IF that's the production budget as they seem to be setting themselves up to fail out of the gate as it's a HUGE Box Office hurdle to clear. Again looks like someone at WB just thinks "If it's Superman, EVERYONE ill come/pay to see it in a theatre.)

True; there are no guarantees for success (or, for successfully launching a new film universe), so the suggested budget is a potential albatross around the film's neck. Perhaps this is the reason other heroes are already making appearances in this film--to jumpstart interest (and the potential for spin-offs).

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

So the fad of adding "The" before an already used title is over?

Besides, like the comics, people will just say "Superman 78". I definitely call the Keaton movie "Batman 89" when chatting with my friends. Actually, I think I also call it "Star Trek 2009" when chatting, too, now that I think about it.

 

[Christopher]

Besides, like the comics, people will just say "Superman 78". I definitely call the Keaton movie "Batman 89" when chatting with my friends. Actually, I think I also call it "Star Trek 2009" when chatting, too, now that I think about it.

Which is exactly why I prefer movies to have individual titles. The fact that we need to add extra words to differentiate titles just shows that those words should've been included in the actual titles to begin with.

 

[the G-man]

I am extremely disappointed to find out that is fake because it looks really, really, good. A nice blend of silver and modern age.

 

[Set Harth]

So the fad of adding "The" before an already used title is over?

 

[Avalon]

So the fad of adding "The" before an already used title is over?

Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.

 

[Tuskin38]

 

[Sketcher]

Let's face it, over the next 50-60 years this is not going to be the only or last movie to simply be titled Superman.

 

[The Realist]

Luv ya, James, but there most certainly has "been a movie titled 'SUPERMAN'":

"Promoted as" don't mean diddly.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Luv ya, James, but there most certainly has "been a movie titled 'SUPERMAN'":

"Promoted as" don't mean diddly.

And still wouldn't differentiate between Superman: The Movie from Superman the movie.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Let's face it, over the next 50-60 years this is not going to be the only or last movie to simply be titled Superman.

Even the 1st Superman serial from 1948 was titled Superman, so for the history of the character's debut films, its not unique to one production.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I get lost with the names sometimes especially if I only half care about or follow a franchise.

Did I see Age of Extinction? Which one was The Secrets of Dumbledore? Was that in On Stranger Tides or Dead Men Tell No Tales, did I even see those? Jurassic World: Dominion or Fallen Kingdom?

I can see if you are trying to reboot a franchise and sell it as fresh that you might not want to carry Legacy around in the title.

With that all said, one nice advantage in 2024 is that giving the movie a more unique title does help in product differentiation in internet searches. Searching "Superman: Legacy" (unitl now...), for example, helps filter out any news about anything but the current movie. The more unique the better in that case as that might still find links to articles about the legacy of Superman rather than the movie but it's a start.

 

[JoseNoodles]

Superman: The Supermanning

 

[FreezeC77]

At least they're not going the Batman approach and calling it THE Superman.

 

[Christopher]

They should call it Clark Kent. We've never had a movie called that before!

 

[Captaindemotion]

Hell, yes. Bunk as Perry White
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...nY-ec7U5g79ZEqsVe4UW0KRtpXkFd2q2n414iWB8Q9SDw

 

[Morpheus 02]

Let's face it, over the next 50-60 years this is not going to be the only or last movie to simply be titled Superman.

50-60 years??? Try 14 --- when the Copyright of the initial SUperman stuff runs out (i.e. no flying, but you can then put an S on the costume with a red cape and call him SUperman).

Speaking of that, could someone theoretically start filming now for their Superman movie....they just can't release it until after the copyright runs out? And can the new material be copyrighted?