David S Goyer and Henry Cavill talk Man Of Steel
The screenwriter and star of the forthcoming Man Of Steel have been chatting about the tone of the Superman film...
David S Goyer has been chatting a little more about the forthcoming Man Of Steel, this time with Total Film, and he's divulged some intriguing hints at what we can expect from the upcoming Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot.
Firstly, here's what he had to say about the secrecy surrounding the movie - something we've typically associated with producer Christopher Nolan.
“It's something Chris tried hard to do with the Batman films," Goyer said. "I'm genuinely pleased with how much secrecy we've been able to maintain. There's so much of the movie that people don't know, that hasn't been touched upon. The trailer's just the tiniest, tiniest tip of the iceberg.”
As for the film's serious tone - another Nolanism, you might say - Goyer was keen to separate Man Of Steel from the Dark Knight trilogy. “Relatable and realistic doesn't necessarily mean dark," he insisted. "I think it would be inappropriate for us to approach a Superman film as if we were doing The Dark Knight. Batman films are a lot more nihilistic; Superman has always been a story about hope.”
In a separate interview with the same publication, Superman himself, Henry Cavill, also addressed the tone of the film, toeing the same line that realism and darkness aren't necessarily one and the same thing. “It's not betraying anything that Superman is," Cavill argued, "but it is grounding everything in reality. It's the story of this incredible being who can do incredible things, but whom we can associate with.”
They're certainly promising noises, and thanks in part to the production's admirable dedication to secrecy, we're positively champing at the bit to see what this new incarnation of Superman will look like.
Man Of Steel will be released on the 14th June 2013.
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I am glad they are basing it more in reality, as you just cant relate to supes!
I am genuinely looking forward to a superman for the first time. I never got into the comis I read more x-men, spiderman and Batman as a child, for some reason I could relate.
so herers hoping MOS pulls it off and maybe just maybe we will get justice league
Is Goyer just the luckiest writer in Hollywood? He has an arsenal of great films to his credit, but each is directed by a very visionary director that took part in the writing process (i.e. Proyas, Norrington, Del Toro, Nolan). Then you look at the films that he handled solo, Blade 3 and Jumper, and they're crap. Seems to me he's got a knack for leaching off better filmmakers.
Well, if one avoids the temptation to be negative, another possibility occurs.
His best scripts interest the top directors. The others he ends up directing.
Is this film about a shefield steel worker?
While the original Donner incarnation of Superman was effective at the time, it no longer works. I completely trust Nolan to save Superman, he saved Batman after all.
Nolan and Goyer didn't 'save' anything. Batman has always been constant. It's Warner that f&^k him up because they are money grubbing idiots. Anyone with smidgeon of competence could have brought the Bat back after B&R.
"Well, if one avoids the temptation to be negative"
lol, you're new to the internet aren't you?
On a serious note though, I think it just speaks to the fact that he's a great writer but not such a great director. And on the other hand, I don't think there's a great director out there that hasn't had at least one flop.
I've been on the Net since '93, but avoided the temptation to invoke the massive envy factor.
Who knows how good a director he is? The projects he directed don't sound nearly so interesting as the others.
Jumper I think could have been better than it was. Not a "great" movie by any means, but I think a more qualified director could have pulled it off. Blade 3 I'll grant, was doomed from the get go.
The op was suggesting that Goyer has no talent himself and just leeches off talented people, and based that on two movies that weren't very good. My point is that you can't base his "talent" on two movies, nor can you judge his writing abilities based on his directing cred.
I think you're right about Jumper now that I think of it. That's a pretty darn good movie.
I don't think those very major people work with Goyer because he isn't good. Logic suggests quite the opposite.
Good Luck!
you will need it
Here's what I'm saying, Goyer on his own or with a less than visionary director equals less than good. The four directors that I mentioned have had success when not working with Goyer. The one time that Goyer was completely on his own (Blade 3) he produced a terrible film. Hence, the accusation that he is leaching off talented people. Seems more likely that he is good at writing screenplays for talented people as opposed to creating good scripts from his own talent. As far as negativity, I'm being very positive about the directors that Goyer worked with, just interested in talking about deeper issues as opposed to blindly praising everyone that works in genre filmmaking.
The best directors take the best scripts.
It's not hard to understand.
When you say "it no longer works", are you referring to Superman Returns, or meaning the Donner films are no longer of any value?
I hope you're referring to the Superman Returns film because if you're not... well, there's not much I can do about it, but it'll make me very very cross! Haha.
Or the visionary directors make his average writing good. There are more angles to it than the unsupported conclusion that you are toting as truth.
The envy factor on the Net gets very old.
The superstar directors don't look for "average" scripts. Use your head.
None of the directors were superstars when they collaborated with Goyer, so again your unsupported point has been thoroughly debunked. Maybe if you parrot the same argument back at me a third time it will get more true ...
Alright, I'm pretty sure that this film will be awesome and epic. ^_^
No need to get worked up, it's just a debate. The studio will always be eager to put the elements of one success behind the next big project (do you think Bay is making Transformers 4 because the studio thought he made a fantastic film or because it made a bunch of money?). If you read the article you will find Goyer talking about the project as if it all rides on Nolan as the master mind. This supports my original point that Goyer is luckily riding the coat tails of a better story teller. He also just did story work on the Batman sequels, not script.
Hardly worked up by your envy of the guy.