Batman Vs. Superman Costumes To Be Relevant & Exciting For Today's Audiences

Michael Wilkinson was nominated for an Academy Award for designing the American Hustle wardrobe, but it's another set of his designs that everyone can't wait to see. Wilkinson is also the costume designer for the highly-anticipated, recently-delayed, still-not-officially-named Batman Vs. Superman movie. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Wilkinson talked briefly about his work on Batman Vs. Superman. "I'm not really at liberty to talk about the details of everything, but suffice to say we really respect the histories of all of these characters," said Wilkinson. "We're all very reverent about the iconic graphic nature of these characters and their costumes. We see ourselves as part of the natural lineage of how these characters are being portrayed through out the ages and our goal is to create something relevant and exciting for today's audiences and something that works for this thrilling cinematic universe that our director Zack Snyder is creating." While his initial statement is pretty broad, Wilkinson went on to say that he was diving into the source material and "looking at all of the different ways these characters have been portrayed over the ages. We're looking hard into Zack's script and working out what makes sense as far as telling the story — who these people really are and what they represent, how to make sense of them in today's world. It's an interesting, multilayered design challenge." Costume design can be critical in a superhero movie, because a bad costume can turn fans against a movie from the outset. However, Batman Vs. Superman is probably in good hands with Wilkinson. The Superman costume design for Man of Steel came out looking well, and fanboy Kevin Smith has strongly endorsed the new look of the Batman costume. As far as to when the rest of the world beyond Kevin Smith will get to see the costumes, Wilkinson didn't know. Wilkinson said, "Ooh! Our film just got pushed. It's now not being released until June or July 2016. I don't know. We're been having some interesting camera tests and photo shoots so far. I'm not exactly sure what dates we're going to get them released, but I'm sure Warner Bros. has it all worked out." While Wilkinson says June or July 2016, we're assuming that he just got the date wrong and that the film hasn't been moved once again. The officially announced release date for Batman Vs. Superman is now May 6, 2016.