David Goyer promises not to bow to fan pressures for the upcoming "Batman vs. Superman."
The screenwriter recently told the Associated Press that he was not going to base his script on what fans wanted in the movie. "If I try to think about 'Well, what would the fans like...?' Then you stop being creative," said Goyer.
The comments came after fans complained about the ending to "Man of Steel." Fans complained about Superman killing General Zod. However, Goyer admitted that he was fully aware it would be a controversial move. He told the Digital Spy, "We were pretty sure that was going to be controversial. It's not like we were deluding ourselves, and we weren't just doing it to be cool. We felt, in the case of Zod, we wanted to put the character in an impossible situation and make an impossible choice."
He continued: "This is one area, and I've written comic books as well and this is where I disagree with some of my fellow comic book writers - 'Superman doesn't kill'. It's a rule that exists outside of the narrative and I just don't believe in rules like that. I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative of the film. So the situation was, Zod says 'I'm not going to stop until you kill me or I kill you.' The reality is no prison on the planet could hold him and in our film Superman can't fly to the moon, and we didn't want to come up with that crutch."
Goyer recently wrote the trilogy "The Dark Knight." He has also written the two "Ghost Rider" films as well "Jumper," "Godzilla" and the "Blade" trilogy.
"Batman vs. Superman" will directed by Zack Snyder and will star Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman. Amy Adams, Diane Lane, and Laurence Fishburne will co-star. The movie is set for release in 2015.