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Superman News And Updates
Not For Nic
We all know now that Nic was not chosen for this movie, to bad I think he would have been great!!!!
8-7-04
SUPERMAN GROUNDED: Warner Bros. has been trying to get a new Superman off the ground for 10 years, but the road to the big screen has apparently been paved with kryptonite. When the studio announced last month that Bryan Singer ("X-Men," "X2") had replaced McG ("Charlie's Angels") as director of the much fussed-over superhero franchise, it was just the latest round in a decadelong game of creative musical chairs. "A lot of movies take forever to go through development, but they've never had this many false starts," says Rob Worley, founding editor of comics2film.com. "Superman is this character everybody wants to see on film, but nobody seems to agree on how to do it."
The tangled Superman tale begins in 1993, when Warner Bros. bought the rights from producer Alexander Salkind after he made 1978's "Superman" starring Christopher Reeve. The studio recruited Jonathan Lemkin ("The Devil's Advocate") to write "Superman Reborn." Then Greg Poirier ("Rosewood") rewrote Lemkin's draft. Then Kevin Smith ("Dogma") rewrote that draft, which attracted Tim Burton ("Big Fish") and Nicolas Cage in the title role. "It actually got to the point with Burton where they were starting to build sets and facades in Pittsburgh to film the thing," Worley says.
Then came "Batman vs. Superman" by screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind), followed by what Worley describes as a "Lord of the Rings"- style fantasy scripted by J.J. Abrams (creator of TV's "Alias."). McG signed to direct, but when he took charge of "Charlie's Angels," Warner hired Brett Ratner ("Red Dragon"). Ratner quit over casting and budget issues. McG returned to the fold but backed out again in June because he wanted to shoot in New York City instead of Australia, which the studio favored for economic reasons.
With Singer now working on a new script with his "X2" co-writers Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty, Warner Bros. has a promising creative team in place, but the question remains: Who will play Superman? Josh Hartnett, Henry Cavill ("The Count of Monte Cristo") and Tom Welling (star of TV's "Smallville") are among the names that have been bandied about in the past, but the current leader of the pack is Jake Gyllenhaal, who was briefly invited to replace Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man 2" and may yet have a chance to suit up in tights and a mask. "It's definitely a daunting character to pull off," Worley says. "Everybody loved the first Superman movie -- there was a certain element of camp in it that hasn't been present in 'Spider-Man' and movies like that. How do you make a character that noble and pure without acknowledging it with some camp? If you take it on and miss, you'll have egg on your face for a good long time."
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7-30-04
The upcoming Superman flick is also scheduled to hit screens in the summer of 2006, although production on the film has not yet begun. Nicolas Cage, Jude Law and Josh Hartnett have all been named as possible contenders for the Clark Kent role.
7-28-04
Brian Singer, the director of ?The usual Suspects? and both ?X-Men? films, will direct the new Superman film, after it was announced that McG has left the project. The Superman project has been in the Hollywood pipeline for several years, but it now finally looks set to start production. Natalie Portman is favored to play Louis Lane, while Jude Law, Nicholas Cage and Josh Hartnett are the biggest names being linked to play the Krypton-born gentleman with a penchant for tight-fitting red underwear.
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