The trailers have “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” out to look like a pretty dark movie. Bruce Wayne is aged and bitter, most of planet Earth is angry at Superman and Lex Luthor is lurking in the shadows pulling the strings. Things look grim, but it also seems to fit the tone of the film. The movie was written by Academy Award winner Chris Terrio and he acknowledged the darkness while speaking with the Wall Street Journal, but also noted that he doesn’t expect “Justice League” to be as dark.
“At that moment, I thought, ‘I’m not done with this yet. I want to go back and keep telling the story, ‘Batman v Superman’ is a bit of an ‘Empire Strikes Back’ or ‘Two Towers’ or any similar middle film in a trilogy. The middle film tends to be the darkest one. I do think from ‘Man of Steel’ through ‘Justice League,’ it is one saga really.” Chris Terrio said.
“I expect ‘Justice League’ will be tonally not quite as dark as ‘Batman v Superman,'” he explained. “From that point of view, I felt compelled to go back and try to lift us and myself into a different tonal place because I think when you write a darker film, sometimes you want to redeem it all a bit.” he continued.
Terrio added that he’s did a lot of research while writing “Justice League” because he felt like he owed it to the fans to get it right.
“If you told me the most rigorous dramaturgical and intellectual product of my life would be superhero movies, I would say you were crazy. But I do think fans deserve that. I felt I owed the fan base all of my body and soul for two years because anything less wouldn’t have been appreciating the opportunity I had.” Terrio said.
He went on to say that he doesn’t necessarily know if he will be writing “Part Two” for the Justice League films.
“Justice League” starts filming in April and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” hits theaters on March 25, 2016.
