‘Man of Metal’ Author Says ‘It Was Loopy’ How WB and DC Tried to Construct Their Personal MCU, Reveals David Fincher’s Two-Hour ‘Blade’ Assembly

In a career-spanning interview on the “Comfortable Unhappy Confused” podcast, “Man of Metal” author David S. Goyer agreed with host Joshua Horowitz that Warner Bros. ought to’ve developed a standalone Superman sequel with Henry Cavill as an alternative of making an attempt to mount a cinematic universe with “Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice.” The studio did so with a view to compete with Marvel.

“I do know the stress we had been getting from Warner Bros., which was, ‘We want our MCU! We want our MCU!’ And I used to be like let’s not run earlier than we stroll,” Goyer stated. “The opposite factor that was troublesome on the time was there was this revolving door of executives at Warner Bros. and DC. Each 18 months somebody new would are available in. We had been simply getting whiplash. Each new individual was like, ‘We’re going to go greater!’”

“I keep in mind at one level the individual operating Warner Bros. on the time had this launch that pitched the following 20 films over the following 10 years. However none of them had been written but!” Goyer continued in amazement. “It was loopy how a lot structure was being constructed on air… This isn’t the way you construct a home.”

Goyer labored intently with Christopher Nolan on the “Darkish Knight” trilogy and the 2 conceived of a Superman film that will develop into Zack Snyder’s 2013 tentpole “Man of Metal.” Goyer wrote the movie. However Cavill by no means received the possibility to steer one other standalone Superman film, as the rest of his time within the crimson cape was spent in universe-building tentpoles similar to “Batman v Superman” and “Justice League.”

Previous to getting Batman and Superman films off the bottom, Goyer wrote all three “Blade” films starring Wesley Snipes. He even directed the third movie, “Blade: Trinity.” He confirmed on the “Comfortable Unhappy Confused” podcast that he initially labored with David Fincher on bringing a “Blade” undertaking to life.

“I developed a draft with Fincher earlier than he had accomplished ‘Se7en,’” Goyer stated. “I feel he had accomplished ‘Alien 3’ and perhaps he was growing ‘Se7en.’ I developed a draft with him. I keep in mind going to our producers workplace… There was this large convention desk. Fincher laid out 40 to 50 books of pictures and artwork with post-it notes inside them. He stated, ‘That is the film.’”

“[Fincher] took us on a two-hour tour across the desk of the aesthetics of this scene, that character,” Goyer continued. “It was such a totally fleshed out visible pitch… I had by no means seen one thing like that earlier than. Numerous that pondering infused my additional revisions.”

Stephen Norrington ended up directing “Blade” and Fincher moved on to “Se7en” when the undertaking hit roadblocks in improvement. Watch Goyer’s full interview on the “Comfortable Unhappy Confused” podcast within the video under.