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'Batman v Superman' Writer Chris Terrio Says WB's Initial Script Was Even Darker, Featured Batman Branding Lex Luthor - /FILM

'Batman v Superman' Writer Chris Terrio Says WB's Initial Script Was Even Darker, Featured Batman Branding Lex Luthor - /FILM

'Batman v Superman' Writer Chris Terrio Says WB's Initial Script Was Even Darker, Featured Batman Branding Lex Luthor - /FILM
Apr 08, 2021 1 min, 24 secs

Zack Snyder’s 2016 superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was, famously, pretty dark.

But according to writer Chris Terrio, the studio’s original draft was way darker: Ben Affleck’s Batman brands criminals in both versions, but Warner Bros.’ original draft actually ended with Batman branding Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg).

In a new interview, Terrio defends his scripts for both Batman v Superman and Justice League, specifically saying that the theatrical cut of Justice League “doesn’t represent [his] work” and that he wanted to take his name off the movie after he saw Joss Whedon’s rewrites.

After Man of Steel came out in 2013, David Goyer (Batman Begins, Man of Steel) was hired to write the script for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

He eventually left the project due to scheduling conflicts, and Terrio was brought in to help with the tone of Affleck’s Batman character.

Now, in a fascinating interview with Vanity Fair, Terrio is pushing back against the narrative that he’s the one who made the film as dark and gritty as it is.

had developed—[which was] the draft I was handed when I joined the project—Batman was not only branding criminals with a bat brand, he also ended the movie by branding Lex Luthor. That ending was a point over which I explicitly went to the mat with the studio again and again. I argued that Batman cannot end the movie continuing this behavior, which amounted to torture, because then the movie was endorsing what he did.”.

Action/Adventure, Comic Book/Superhero, Quotes, Screenwriting, Sequels, Warner Brothers, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Chris Terrio, Justice-League, Zack Snyder's Justice League.

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