Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (The Alternate Cut)

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BATMAN V SUPERMAN – THE ALTERNATE CUT

screenplay by
Andrew Turner

based on the works of Jeph Loeb, Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Jim Stalin and Chris Terrio

SECOND DRAFT
SEPTEMBER 2016
© ANDREW TURNER

FADE IN

METROPOLIS
MANKIND IS INTRODUCED TO THE SUPERMAN.

EXT. METROPOLIS – DAY

We open on a logo that reads Wayne Financial. The sound of panicked voices takes us down to a group of civilians evacuating a building. Something is wrong, but we can't tell what from this angle.

The focus settles on a figure as he ushers a group of people to safety. A man in peak physical condition. He is seasoned, unshaven and clearly distressed by the situation that is unfolding.

Bruce Wayne.

He glances upwards at the Kryptonian ship hovering just above the Metropolis skyline. It's giant energy beam piercing the earth's surface and causing the nearby buildings to simply implode from the shockwave. Bruce reaches for his cell phone and dials the first contact.

BRUCE
Alfred. It's me.

INT. BATCAVE

Deep beneath stately Wayne Manor, a figure sits at a computer watching the destruction unfold on the monitor.

ALFRED
I've been monitoring the situation from here Master Wayne. It would seem that whatever that ship is doing is causing damage to the earth's core.

EXT. METROPOLIS – DAY

BRUCE
I need to get up there and find a way to stop it. Is it ready?

INT. BATCAVE

A compartment is seen being loaded into the Batwing. With the press of a key, Alfred fires up the ignition before activating the plane's remote guidance system.

ALFRED
The Batwing is on the way sir. You need only get to the drop zone in time.

EXT. METROPOLIS – DAY

Bruce hangs up the phone and steps into his specially designated vehicle waiting at the kerb. He floors the accelerator and steers himself around the crowd and onto the road. Other cars veer past him as they desperately attempt to flee the city.

Bruce looks up at the battle taking place over their heads to see a US fighter jet impacting against the Kryptonian ship's force field. It spins out of control and topples towards the street. Gritting his teeth, Bruce quickly swerves down an alleyway just as the jet sweeps past him.

As he clears the alleyway Bruce takes a breather, but realises he's not out of danger yet as a huge vessel crashes through the building in front of him. Another scarab shaped ship has just past overhead and is careening a path of destruction across the city. With the buildings crumbling down on either side of him, Bruce races at top speed and barely manages to outrun the rubble.

With the Kryptonian ship in sight again, Bruce pulls up alongside a group of civilians who are watching from afar. The beam has stopped firing and the ship has gone silent.

Then without warning a C17 cargo plane rams into the ship, causing a gigantic energy burst to ripple outwards. Bruce and the onlookers step back as a portal opens in the sky and the Kryptonian ship is dragged inside.

For a moment Bruce believes the cataclysmic event to be over. Then he hears a chime and checks his cell phone again.

ALFRED
Sir, can you hear me? The Seismic activity out of Metropolis appears to have subsided.