Man of Steel 2 has been put into active development at Warner Bros, according to a source involved with the project.
The news of a sequel to Zack Snyder’s 2013 Superman outing arrives after a record-breaking opening weekend for Suicide Squad. Despite negative reviews, the film, which exists within the same DC cinematic universe, made $133m in the US, the biggest ever August debut.
According to TheWrap, a source revealed that the studio is making Superman a top priority and they’re keen to get the character right after this March’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was met with a toxic reception. The film scored just 27% on Rotten Tomatoes and suffered a steep drop-off at the box office after poor word of mouth.
“I think if we could get a good script it would be great to have a standalone Superman movie,” Snyder said to IGN back in April. “I think that would be fun to do. Part of the reason we haven’t announced the standalone Superman movie was to support some of the events of (Batman v Superman).”
If confirmed, the sequel would join a busy DC slate that includes Wonder Woman and Justice League in 2017 and Aquaman in 2018.
Man of Steel kicked off DC’s revamped set of films, seen as a rival to Marvel’s cinematic universe. With a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s the best-reviewed film of the series.
