UPDATED: /film have confirmed from various that this story is false.
But rest assured guys, Superman is reforming. His re-birth is coming, just need to sweat it out a little longer and hope Warner Bros. are smart in who they entrust with this project.
Could it be?
Warner Bros. decided late last year that a reboot of the Superman franchise was the only way to go after Bryan Singer butchered the character and left him with nowhere to go after SUPERMAN RETURNS.
A movie so bad, it created the monster that is Obsessed With Film. But let’s not go into that again!
Since July, Warner Bros. have been inviting pitches from anyone with a good idea as they try and make a franchise that can match up to their work on the Batman series which is making them more money than they know what to do with right now.
Scottish born Mark Millar, the comic book writer on KICK-ASS and WANTED is one such scribe who has already spoken with Warner Bros. over his trilogy of Kal-El which would basically start at his birth and end with his death over the course of three movies.
He told Empire in October…
“I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers”.
He also told us that he had been discussing his plans with a “well known American action director”.
Well, did Millar actually mean a set of directors?
AICN have heard from one of their most trusted sources that none other than THE MATRX creators The Wachowski’s have been in talks with Warner Bros. over helming a Superman trilogy. Not hard to believe it is Millar’s proposed idea that has been offered to them BUT PLEASE BE AWARE I DON’T KNOW THIS AS FACT.
I’M JUST TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT I KNOW FROM WHAT I’VE HEARD.
Meanwhile… The Wachowski’s have spent the time since they made the disastrous SPEED RACER at that studio trying to convince WB that there was potential money in a PLASTIC MAN adaptation worthy of their financial backing.
But once WB decided on a Superman reboot and Bryan Singer didn’t even want to talk to them about it (not that he was likely to be offered the movie anyway), they quickly turned The Wachowski’s attention to the Man of Steel instead.
According to the source, nothing has been signed yet and only time will tell if all parties are happy with the agreements. He claims to have heard V FOR VENDETTA director James McTeigue who is of course The Wachowski’s protage spill the means in a t.v. interview for the Berlin Film Festival and who revealed the Superman news and that he would probably take reigns on PLASTIC MAN if The Wachowski’s made Supes.
McTeigue also mentioned that Singer has taken his ball home and will cry off to make that LOGAN’S RUN remake he has long championed.
But when Superman is involved, I’m not interested in PLASTIC MAN or LOGAN’S RUN.
I’m more interested in thinking, dreaming of images of Superman that remind me of what it was like as a kid, believing a man could fly. This is just about the coolest news I’ve ever reported on at OWF…
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If Brandon Routh is in, then I’m in.
I doubt Millar’s involved with the Wachowskis or any one else when it comes to Superman. He was just saying crap like he’s done in the past.
Speed Racer was a great adaptation. People need to watch the show again to understand it. I doubt WB would stay angry with them for long after how the film performed. I’m sure they have a good relationship with them. And the film’s success wasn’t their fault anyway. I can believe that they were approached for film like many others were.
After watching Batman: The Brave and the Bold, I wouldn’t mind a Plastic Man film. It’d probably be a lot of fun. When was the last time a superhero film was fun anyway?
“When was the last time a superhero film was fun anyway?”
Um..last summer? Iron Man to name one.
I didn’t really see that film as fun.
What about the Dark Knight?…..That was fun, it was so much fun, I nearly threw up! You know’ “I’m not wearing Hockey pants”
Great fun!
By the way, when you think about it, the Warchowski brothers have only done one Great film,”The matrix” all the rest have been crap!
Not really sure if this is a much better choice than fucking Singer!
I mean, Iron Man was alright. Not downright fun. TDK was kinda depressing. As far as The Matrix goes, you could say the Wachowskis made a Superman film in a way. The sequels got more complicated than they really needed to be. Maybe they should have someone just write the script and they direct it. This is only if WB goes with them for the Superman films.
Im not surprised that WB would go in a different direction as it needs to to get fans re-excited. For the record I liked Superman Returns despite its many flaws, but have no interest in Singer returning. I want to see something different. In a footnote- I finally got around to watching the Richard Donner Superman 2 cut and was stunned how bad it was. I love Superman 2 and think everything about Richard Lester’s cut was superior in everyway. Donner’s cut just sucked the fun out of the material. It felt flat and was just plain mediore. As for the Wachowski’s, It could be really good or a total misfire. I still want to see Superman back with a really good terrorist threat type storyline.
chuck
Just as long as Singer and his boyfriend Ottomon don’t come back, I’m sure that the movie will turn out fine with nearly any director.
Wachowski’s are not going to get Plastic Man made unless they pay for it themselves… or if they get Will Smith to play him (good god…)
I don’t think that their Superman would be bad though. I think that it would have more supervision than there was with Returns anyhow.