Popular culture moves pretty fast. We don’t even know whether Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is any good or not and already fans are moving on to speculate wildly about the follow-up, Justice League, which will feature all of the world’s finest superheroes banding together to fight a common enemy. (At least, we assume that’s what it’s about. It could be a dance-off movie for all we know.)
Zack Snyder, the director of Batman v Superman, is already hard at work on preparing the Justice League movie and recently premiered a behind the scenes photo of himself and Jason Momoa, who plays Aquaman in the upcoming movie. It seemed like a straightforward, cheerful two-shot… until fans scoured the background.
Can you see it…?
Deep in it with Jason on JL #Aquaman #JusticeLeague #Leavesden @PrideofGypsies pic.twitter.com/3BIgebQvHF
— ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) February 22, 2016
In the upper left of the image, there is a bright red suit with golden detailing, and it could only be one thing: The Flash’s costume from Justice League. It’s hardly a glamor shot, but we can make it out pretty clearly. It looks exactly like the classic costume, and a lot like the costume from the TV series currently turning heads on the CW network, but it’s shiny as hell.
It raises the question, of course, as to how well material like that could breathe. The Flash’s superpower is that he runs fast, so he should probably have a costume that enables a free range of movement. It makes sense for Batman to be armored, for example, but The Flash is so fast he can dodge practically any attack lobbed in his direction. Does he need a Tim Burton-esque battle suit?
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The Flash will be played by We Need to Talk About Kevin star Ezra Miller in the Warner Bros. feature films, which take place in a different continuity than the popular TV show versions of The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl. Warner Bros. is gambling that this will appease fans of the show and not confuse laypersons who might not be paying terribly close attention to how alternate realities work in a superhero universe.
Scouring Zack Snyder’s image further, it appears that we might also be able to see Aquaman’s costume and, in the lower left, possibly some concept art for Mera, Aquaman’s wife and partner, to be played by Amber Heard in the upcoming Justice League and Aquaman movies.
Are there more exciting details left undiscovered in this picture? Are we making a mountain out of a molehill? Did Zack Snyder tweet this image intentionally to get us talking about how excited we are for Justice League, and not how worried we are about Batman v Superman?
Time will tell.
Top Photo: @ZackSnyder
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8 Iconic Superhero Fights You Will Never See in a Movie
Eight Iconic Superhero Fights You Will Never See in a Movie
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Avengers vs. X-Men
Marvel's biggest superhero teams came to blows in the epic, multi-series crossover Avengers vs. X-Men (a.k.a. AvX) in 2012, but the two franchises are owned by different studios - Avengers at Disney, X-Men at Fox - and it's unlike they will ever want to share the profits on what could be the biggest movie ever produced.
Photo: Marvel
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Batman vs. Guy Gardner
Warner Bros. owns the rights to both Batman and Guy Gardner, Earth's jerkiest Green Lantern, but the odds that they'll actually put Gardner in a movie - especially when Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner are more popular - are pretty slim. So the iconic fight in which Batman took Guy out in a single punch will, sadly, probably never make it in front of the cameras.
Photo: DC
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Daredevil vs. Sub-Mariner
In one of the great early Marvel superhero fights, Sub-Mariner emerged from Atlantis to destroy humanity, and only Daredevil was around to stop him. Outmatched in every way, Daredevil fought until he collapsed. Sub-Mariner respected his fearlessness so much he figured humanity was worth sparing. Both characters are owned by Marvel, but the studio is still trying to get the rights to Sub-Mariner sorted out after the character was originally optioned by Universal.
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The Hulk vs. The Thing
The strongest, most misunderstood monsters in the Marvel Universe have a long and storied history of beating the crap out of each other. Who is strongest? Who is toughest? We may never know in live-action, since Fox owns the rights to Fantastic Four and Marvel's got The Hulk under their own banner.
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Marvel vs. DC
It took decades for Marvel and DC to set aside their differences long enough for a comic book crossover between their competing superhero universes, and it will probably be at least that long before Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. seriously consider letting Batman fight Captain America, Superman fight Thor, and so on and so forth.
Photo: Marvel and DC
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Superboy vs. Superboy Prime
The teenaged clone of Superman and Lex Luthor repeatedly fought an alternate reality Superboy who was a dangerously insane mass murderer. Yeah, even though Warner Bros. obviously owns both Superboy and Superboy Prime, the odds that we'll ever see their weird, epic, head-exploding battle on the big screen are extremely low.
Photo: DC
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Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
Aliens have challenged Earth's mightiest champion, but when Superman steps forward, the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali points out that he's not really from Earth. So they fight to prove who is truly the greatest, and sure enough, Muhammad Ali kicks Superman's ass (in all fairness, the hero's powers were deactivated, and he put up a good fight). But it seems highly unlikely that Warner Bros. will decide to send Superman back in time to fight Ali in his prime, doesn't it?
Photo: DC
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Wolverine vs. Anyone Cool
In the Marvel Comics, fighting Wolverine is like a rite of passage. He's had iconic tussles with The Hulk, Captain America and Spider-Man, and was thrown head-to-head against any rookie hero that the publisher wanted to prove was a badass. But Wolverine is owned by Fox, who only have the rights to the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. We will probably never see Wolverine fight an Avenger in a live-action movie, and that sucks.
Photo: Marvel
