Batman vs. Superman Pushed Back to 2016

Fans who felt that Warner Bros. was moving too fast toward a Justice League movie can take at least a little bit of a breath–Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman, originally scheduled for July 17, 2015, will now open on May 6, 2016.Production is expected to begin on the film in February, but recent reports were that the movie was being rewritten by Argo scribe Chris Terrio. It could be that the film requires extra time for visual effects (Man of Steel took quite a while after production wrapped, if you remember) or that changes made in Terrio’s draft of the script have changed the production time somewhat.Warner Bros. moved quickly to fill the July 17, 2015 spot with a new, as-yet-untitled, live-action Peter Pan adventure directed by Hanna‘s Joe Wright. The claim is that Batman vs. Superman didn’t need the delay as much as they felt Peter Pan could do better in the date–which might be true, given the glut of superhero films in 2015 and Batman vs. Superman‘s proximity to other major hits.