Ben Affleck Talks About Justice League Having Two Directors - Collider Movie Talk

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (Monday August 14th, 2017) Mark Ellis, Jeremy Jahns, Jon Schnepp, Perri Nemiroff, Ashley Mova and Wendy Lee discuss the following: -Tom Cruise injured on set of Mission Impossible 6 -Ben Affleck calls Justice League interesting movie by 2 directors; says DCEU is getting it right -Sony drops Bad Boys For Life from schedule; dates Sicario 2 and Spidey spin-off Silver & Black -Box Office Report -Leonardo DiCaprio to make Leonardo Da Vinci biopic at Paramount -Maz Kanata to have even smaller role in The Last Jedi -Mail Bag -Live Twitter Questions While rumors have started to paint Justice League as a mess because of the reshoots and loss of original director Zack Snyder, the Caped Crusader himself Ben Affleck is telling a different story about the production and movie, with an added assertion that the DCEU is hitting their stride. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly about the movie, Affleck said that Justice League is an “interesting product of two directors, both with unique visions and really strong takes,” while also stating that he’s never had an experience like this making a movie. THR late Friday announced the slate of release dates for Sony’s upcoming line-up of movies. First up their Spider-Man shared universe, which will start with Venom next October, now has a date for its other spinoff Silver & Black. The film will now open on February 8th, 2019, four months after Venom. Sony also confirmed that Anne Hathaway will star in Barbie, moving the film back a few weeks to August 8th, 2018. In addition, Sony and Black Label Media's Sicario 2: Soldado, the follow-up to Denis Villeneuve's 2015 film, will open on June 29th, 2018. BOX OFFICE REPORT BUY OR SELL Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has won a bidding war with Universal Pictures and obtained the rights to Walter Isaacson’s book Leonardo da Vinci; and signing on Leonardo DiCaprio to star. The movie adaptation will see DiCaprio’s Appian Way produce as well, with the story based on thousands of pages from Leonardo Da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks along with new discoveries about his life and work, including the creation of two of his most famous paintings in history: The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. The final Entertainment Weekly report for The Last Jedi dropped Friday afternoon, and this time it was about Lupita Nyong’o’s Maz Kanata. The character made her appearance, albeit in only a few short scenes in The Force Awakens, and now it appears she will have even less time on screen in the sequel. MAIL BAG LIVE TWITTER QUESTIONS Check out the YouTube Playlist for Awesometacular: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLayt6616lBckuUHPMdwFINi_vcyc-ysnC Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colliderdotcom Follow Mark: https://twitter.com/MarkEllisLive Follow Jeremy: https://twitter.com/JeremyJahns Follow Schnepp: https://twitter.com/JonSchnepp Follow Perri: https://twitter.com/PNemiroff Follow Ashley: https://twitter.com/AshleyMova Follow Wendy: https://twitter.com/WendyLeeSzany As the online source for movies, television, breaking news, incisive content, and imminent trends, Collider Videos is more than an essential destination. Visit Collider: http://collider.com Follow them on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Collider SUBSCRIBE TO THE SCHMOES YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/schmoesknow Collider Show Schedule: MONDAY: TV Talk | http://bit.ly/29BR7Yi TUESDAY: Heroes | http://bit.ly/29F4Job Team Schmoedown | http://bit.ly/29C2iRV WEDNESDAY: Nightmares | http://bit.ly/29BQUV3 THURSDAY: Jedi Council | http://bit.ly/29v5wVi FRIDAY: Schmoedown | http://bit.ly/29C2iRV SATURDAY: Mailbag | http://bit.ly/29UsKsd Behind the Scenes/Bloopers | http://bit.ly/2kuLuyI SUNDAY: Mailbag | http://bit.ly/29UsKsd MOVIE TALK: Every week day | http://bit.ly/29BRtOO