…Only to tell us more of the same.
In a recent interview, Superman Returns star Brandon Routh said that the next chapter in the Superman-reboot will indeed start filming in 2009, and that a script is still being worked on as we speak (thank you WGA strike.) Let’s pray that if the filmmakers choose to dive back into the continuity established by Superman Returns, they spend the very first scene of Man Of Steel killing off that stupid ‘Son of Superman’ character. I’m seeing a Kryptonite canister placed in a child’s inhaler… (cue the sinister laughter.)
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However, there was one interesting tidbit from the interview with Routh: when asked which film Warner Bros. was planning on completing first, Man Of Steel or the much-hyped Justice League, Routh had this to say:
“I think it seems as though [the 'Justice League' movie is] not happening, it’s on the back burner right now so it’s just ‘Man of Steel’ now, I know, they’re busy writing a script and then I trust we’ll be starting next year, early next year. That’s my timeline anyway.”
Guess that quote pretty much puts a fork in any lingering rumors that Justice League will be coming to a theater near you any time soon. (R.I.P. Justice League, we hardly knew ye.) For super-group afficionados everywhere, this means their eggs of joy will now have to be placed in the basket of Marvel’s Avengers flick–or, to a lesser extent, with G.I. Joe.
Hit us back and let us know YOUR best recommendations for what the Man Of Steel script should entail. And don’t be shy: any idea you come up with can’t possibly be worse than Superman Returns.
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Was ‘Superman Returns’ really so bad… or is it just oh-so-much-fun perpetuating a myth?
Personally, I don’t think the Superman character has EVER been done just right in film or television… but – comparing them all on equal footing, without nostalgic memories that just get in the way of objectivity – I certainly don’t think the recent outing was any worse than what came before.
well,after Clark is bitten by that Radioactive spider…
i was never a fan of Superman and im still not hes to strong and it looks like he does everything with ease… I do respect him though, wasnt he the first comic book??? anyways …
Get him to fight someone of equal strength eg Doomsday or someone strong, i would pay good money to see him scrap it out with someone like Doomsday … But i guess they will do the same thing that theyve been doing since the late 70’s and get him to take on Lex Luthor again.
isnt it typical in these adaptations
to use the arch enemy of the hero?
Well, for Superman thats Lex!
I am sure they will add tougher villains, and more action but thats hardly a guarantee of financial Success.
Eh, I agree Lex Luther is a weak arch enemy, and I am sick of seeing him as such in the movies. I think they need to put a bad guy in that can kick superman’s @$$. I for one thought lifting a gigantic Kryptonite island and launching it into space was a little much, even for supes. I think that kinda leaves out the option of someone of equal strength in the man of steel. I would like to see doomsday, he might not make the best movie, but at least it would be entertaining to see them duke it out.
personally, I’ve been saying they need to make a Death of Superman movie. I’m not a big fan of Superman either, but the reality is they can’t keep bringing Lex Luthor in over and over again. The Death of Superman is something that might translate into film nicely given Singer’s knack for this stuff. Plus, it’ll set it for a third movie (er..”Superman Returns..again?”). So yeah, I’m riding with Doomsday as well.
I mean let’s face it they can’t put Bizarro or Mxyzptlk into it
Y’know… I suddenly feel a bit vindicated in my relative appreciation of ‘Superman Returns’.
It’s ‘Certified Fresh’ on RottenTomatoes.com, with a 77% positive rating!
I’m actually shocked, given how much people seem to enjoy peeing on it.
(Having said that… ‘Indy IV’ holds the same score. Ugh.)
It’s also worth mentioning that Routh and his wife were seen having dinner with Gil Adler (one of the key producers on SUPERMAN RETURNS and whose next project lined up is…you guessed it…THE MAN OF STEEL) the Saturday before last.
And then a few days later, Routh confirms that writers are on board working on the script.
So yeah…things are definitely moving foward on the sequel.
Jamie.
I just hope there a lot more action and i want to see superman hit someone i hope there are two more villains e.g doomsday and brainic. kill of jason superman’s child i think he’s completely not needed for the superman films.
Lex is part of the superman history i agree he’s getting old but thats how his character is ment to be. If he was younger and hot then it would spoil what we know and love about this character.
I think Bizzaro could make an appearance in the next movie just look at brandon routh and use CGI make him look a little bigger and sound a bit like a zombie but not to the point where he looks completely fake. E.G look at the hulk that film did very well and i like it more than the first hulk film.
Kane the average rating for “Superman Returns” is about 3.5/5. That’s good, but not great.
Vic
I’m half expecting them to pull a Spiderman 3 and just say forget it(gotta remember younger’ns read the site).
You know: Bizarro helps Superman find The Warden and Shazaam to defeat Doomsday who’s controlling Martian Man Hunter– and while they’re looking for those guys Man O’Steel takes over in Supe’s absence.
And Lois is kidnapped again.
Rev
Big Supes fan. Since you asked, my 1st script would be the following:
Brainiac(Kryptonian A.I.,commonly known as Superman’s second most important villain, following Lex Luthor) in a huge ship coming to Earth following the path of the island Superman threw into space. Brainiac eventually makes his way to Earth, under the pretense of a peaceful exchange of knowledge with the world governments. Brainiac collects all the info and inhabitants of Earth it needs to store about Earth and ask Superman to leave with it to travel the Universe. Superman, however, discovers Brainiac’s true intentions( destroy every civiled planet after collecting enough info to always be the most intelligent and powerful being in the universe) with the help of Luthor. Brainiac fine out about Superman’s son and captures the child to mould/enhance the child to become a weapon of great destrust(Doomsday or Darksied or Mongul). Brianiac sends the ship off with a copy of himself, but leaves an kryptonite extremely armed copy behind to destroy Superman aka Metallo. Epic battle follows with Superman winning, BUT unable to find where the ship has escaped.
That’s my take in a nutshell.
Forgot to add: child is kidnapped by Brainiac on it’s ship before escaping Superman.
Routh seems like a great guy, he really has respect for Superman. He seems to know what should be in a Superman movie, what the fans want, unlike Singer. They should just let Routh make it.
Honestly tho, I think he has no idea what’s going on with MOS. I feel bad for him. I think he’s just trying to remain optimistic, he’s the only one who’s said anything about the film’s shooting.
What I’d do for the next Superman film is this: REQUEL. I’d keep Routh if I could, tell Singer to get his ass in gear or get a director who cares about Superman, I’d tell a COMPLETELY NEW STORY with no ties to SR or the Reeve films (no bastard child, no Supes leaving a Lois he knocked up and then mind wiped, and NO Richard White) but it wouldn’t be an origin (perhaps the origin would be glanced over briefly in the credits, a la the awesome Incredible Hulk film, or maybe revealed briefly in a scene later in the film), similar to the latest Hulk film (which was GREAT!). I’d have Superman be more of a tough guy who wouldn’t take **** from no one, with a personality more in line with the Byrne era Supes/the JLU cartoons, my Superman would kick some long over due ass. Also, Luthor, if he were in the film, would have a comparatively minor role, he wouldn’t be the central villain this time ’round, and he’d be the evil business man Lex, like the one of the Superman: the animated series cartoons, maybe creating Metallo or something quietly. Both Ma and Pa Kent would both still be living, like the current comics and the afformentioned shows, Clark would more or less be the “real” guy, there’d be some cool flashbacks to Krypton with Jor El and Lara (not Brando, and it’d be a completely different Krypton, like nothing we’ve seen in the movies before), we’d see some of Brainiac there, maybe Doomsday would make a cameo, and Brainiac would be the main villain in the film. Perhaps Superman would face a minor villain for a few minutes at the beginning of the film, like Toyman or Parasite. Strykers Island would appear in it, and as the camera pans thru the prison we’d see some of Superman’s famous rogues, like the Parasite or Bizarro or Toyman or even Live Wire. It’d be an awesome comic book action flick, the only thing it’d have that any previous Superman film had in it would maybe be Routh and the Williams Superman theme. I hope for something like that in MOS.
And in regards to the JLA film comment, I doubt Routh really knows what’s going on with that either, he’s probably just relaying what he read someplace. Altho Common, who was reportedly cast as Green Lantern/John Stewart in the JLA film, doesn’t know what’s up with the film either, but according to this, Justice League is “a go”. Hopefully it happens, hopefully they get their heads in the game and JLA ends up being a good, well casted and directed film, with people who care about the JLA. I’m pro JLA film, I just want it to be a good JLA film.
Shoot….did I lose my comment again? How come it didn’t appear?
Yep…..I think I lost it…… :@
I like it Adrian.
You are greenlit – carry on, money no object!
Man…I had this big-ass comment I just finshed tying and now it’s gone….!!!!! [angryeyes]
Why I’ll really liked Christopher Reeve as Superman, the new movie just didn’t work for me.
Probably a complete reboot would have been the best (you don’t have to start with Krypton exploding etc.!) and not a half-hearted homage to the old movies. Let them stand for themselves.
And please, no more Lex Luthor by Kevin Spacey!
And just because of that – wasted – opportunity, X-Men 3 got ruined by the wrong director.
ZAR.
Kel, I found your comment, bro.
For some reason the spam filter keeps catching your long diatribes. I’ll keep teaching it that “Kel is good.”
Sorry about that.
Vic
LOL, Vic. Thanks.
Love the site’s new look, BTW.
maybe Superman Returns was good for the real Superman fans. I am not a superman fan, I have read a lot of his stand alone graphic novels, but he has always been on my lame list. unless they do a doomsday movie I really don’t care what happens with The Man Of Steel. in the old movies with reeves Zodd hit him with a bus and everyone thought it was over. in Superman returns Kryptonite doesn’t have much effect on him since he can move giant islands of it. they make him too powerful. the old movies were good though, I loved them as a kid.
Just please do something different. At least the Batman movies have tried different villains. All the Superman films have been Lex. I would love to see Brainiac
Superman III & IV did not have Lex as the villian and Batman used the ScareCrow and Rhas AL Ghul as the villians so that was different but right back to JOker & Two-Face who both have previously featured in earlier incarnations of Batman on film.
Solomon Grundy anyone although it would just be a slugfest as Grundy is not the sharpest tool in the shed but I guess Luthor could figure out some way to control him…I like the Braniac idea from Adrian above or bring in a few villians who really pummel Supes by the end of Man of STeel and segue to Superman needing help in a third film and this would be a great way to start introducing some other heroes like Green Lantern & Flash and Wonderwoman coming in special cameos to help out the SuperDude…
Just the words, “Man of Steel” sounds too much to me like the story has something to prove for their to be a super hero team up. Perhaps in a third outing to keep interest high, that way these Justice League problems could be worked out. If the “Avengers stumbles then “Justice League” might go into limbo. “Watchman” might be the wild card that will push the studio to commit! Lets hope..
Superman Returns was an awesome flick and that kid you complain so much about has like one scene and one line of dialogue so it aint that bad.
It was a good move Bryan Singer left X3 for Superman, his movie was so much better and X3 was one of the worst films ever made for the money and stories it had going for it.
Brandon is such a great dude.
No matter what, they sure picked a star.
He’s going to be a great actor not just a great supes.
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