Empire Magazine (Superheroes)

MAN OF STEEL

- David S. Goyer: 

"We're approaching Superman as if it werent a comic-book movie, as if it were real," 

"Thats sort of what we did with Batman, which now seems revolutionary. Before a lot of superhero films had been approached as superhero films, you know: Adam West's Batman or Dick Tracy"

"I adore the Donner films. Absolutely adore them. It just struck me that there was an idealist quality to them that may or may not work with todays audience." 

- Deborah Snyder:

"He is a little lost when we find him, trying to figure it out. That makes him very real. You can relate to the humanity in him."

- Henry Cavill:

"Its not a dark movie by any means. This is a more realistic view on the character."

THOR - THE DARK WORLD

- Craig Kyle:

"We have to constantly redefine what a superhero film is or it'd just exhaust the audience, so Iron Man is the James Bond-y classic, suave action hero; Captain America's the period piece; Hulk is the monster movie; Avengers the disaster movie; and Thor is the science-fiction epic."

KICK ASS

low budget of $28 million, pulled in almost $100 million worldwide.

Chris@empire -

"Kick ass was a breath of fresh air, taking the Michael out of the  comic-book genre while simultaneously giving it a warm embrace, perked up with a violent and coarse edge that set it apart."

- Millar

"But why has nobody dressed up as a superhero and gone out to do all the stuff we'd love to do? Its the flipside to these altruistic guys who go out to fight crime (...) Its the supervillain Clockwork Orange."

WOLVERINE

- James Mangold

"This is really the anti-superhero-movie superhero movie. The stakes of the story are entirely character based. There's fear and revenge, love, hate. It's not a story built on. 'will this city be destroyed?! Will the world be conquered by Doctor Cyclops or whatever radioactive monstrosity?' All that evaporates here into something much more deeply personal."