Warner Bros. Enlists ARGO Scribe Chris Terrio For BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN
There were so many great things about Argo that it’s hard to pin point the one thing that just made the film. The direction. The editing. The script.
Ah, yes, that script. Chris Terrio, on what is basically his first film, won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Not a bad way to start your career as a screenwriter.
Of course, one of the major weaknesses of both The Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Steel was the David Goyer screenplay.
Thankfully someone at Warner Bros. knows what he’s doing (Ben Affleck, I’m looking in your direction) because Oscar winner Terrio is coming on board to rewrite what I can only assume is pure Goyer drivel in order to make Batman Vs. Superman into a coherent film.
It’s a big challenge, for sure. Something I’m quite confident in saying Goyer was not up to. Managing so many iconic characters, infusing the story with conflict and introducing a villain (or villains). So many greats have failed at this. And only one (Joss Whedon with a little help from Kevin Feige) has really succeeded.
I’ve been so down on the DC Cinematic Universe, but at least now there’s a little ray of hope. Can Terrio make up for all the failures in the DC Universe that have come before him? Maybe. Maybe not. But at least I have more confidence in him than I do all the Nolans, Goyers and Snyders in the world.
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