Superman (Returns)
 

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the thread in Tilted Entertainment that will be dedicated to the newest rendition of Superman. If any of you have followed this movie throughout its turbulent history of development, then you would know this film has had a rough start getting out the doors, getting a script, getting a star, getting a director. In fact, it's nigh possible that many people in Hollywood will refer to films that are this difficult in the nature of their creation as "Superman" films. No two people have stuck to this movie's development, be it writers, directors, producers, stars, and only Warner Bros. has kept a reign on this movie's development. Now, I've searched throughout Tilted Entertainment trying to find a thread that already existed for this very discussion, and found none. If there is one in another board, feel free to tell me.

With that being said, onto the latest news of our harrowing movie development.

From IGNFF: So that's our first piece of news for this thread, and I'm sure there will be more to come. As disappointed as I am that Bryan Singer is giving us X-Fans the shaft by dropping off that project to hopefully work on the Superman project, I'm fully confident that Singer will do this franchise some much needed justice.

I'm just bummed it's getting filmed in Australia... it was supposed to be filmed in Toronto like X-Men 1... A good friend did some of the props on X-Men and would have gotten me onto the set this time...

I personally am looking very forward to a new superman movie :)

Not very happy with this turn of events. X3 was going to be awsome. And Brian Singer has done an amazing job of the first 2. Ontop of that Halle Berry will not be playing the role of Storm either. In her place is Christina Milian. Although I am happy for Christina she seems a bit young for that part.
I am just hoping they don't get all stupid with it like the Batman franchise did.

Its a shame Kevin Smith isn't writing the script for it. If he did it would definitely be a different kind of movie.

I'd rather have seen them just not have Storm. That's just stupid.

As for Superman, this is pretty cool. I hope it gets injected with some "coolness" though. I don't think I've ever thought a Superman feature was cool.

I think X3 is gonna turn into a shitstorm, and I liked the other two. Not hugely, but I enjoyed em. Superman might be cool, but the whole character fucks me off, so I wonder how he'll win me over?

Because of course, winning me over is the whole reason he's making the movie.

I'll believe it when I see it in the theaters... until then...

I'm glad they got rid of McG as the director for Supes, 'cause his sequel to his first Charlie's Angels movie was a shitty mess.

I remember hearing that they asked him to write it, but he refused because of all the crap they wanted to change, like they didn't want superman to be from a different planet. Dumb stuff like that. I don't know if that's actually true though, just heard it from some friends.

It sucks that McG isn't directing now, and that Beyonce isn't playing Lois and that Johnny Depp isn't playing Luthor. Yeah that's right, I'm high on some trippy ass drugs motherfucker. ;)

Fantastic news for sure but I would much rather see an X3 before a new Superman.

BTW Depp rocks but he's not Luthor... though he could probably play the part I just don't think he's right.

They still don't have someone to play the big guy do they? Might almost be better to go with an unknown rather than using some. Well known.

"Superman returns. ...

Tom Cruise. Beyonce Knowles. Johnny Depp."

Same I would rather see an X3 with Brian Singer rather than a shit storm of stupid ideas in Superman returns.

The rumor is that this movie will be in the same continuity as the original 4 movies. Superman has been away and "returns".

Not sure how I feel about that. I'm a big Smallville fan and I'd love for Tom Welling to get to wear the suit.

If they keep the previous movie continuity, we're talking about a Superman that's in his mid-thirties.

I read a script overview of the new movie a few months ago, at Ain't it Cool, I believe. If they follow through on making the film I read about, (Krypton never exploded, Jimmy Olsen was gay, and Lex Luthor was also a Kryptonian) there is no possible way it will approach being good.

Aye, i loooove Smallville. Welling isn't the best actor, but i think he was cast very well, and seeing him in this would just be really cool, especially in terms of continuity.

RedComet, If you'll read the first post carefully, you will see that as of July 19, this movie got a new director and script.

I saw it, but at the time I didn't know the Abrams script and the asstacular story I read were one and the same. Best of luck to this production- they could use some, after all this. I think I was in junior high when they first started talking about it.

I like the idea of Tom Welling as the Man of steel. I just don't dig that suit on him. I mean that suit on a real person looks silly. in comics and cartoons yeah but just dosen't translate very well. Thats why I think the draw to smallville is so big for me. I love the story lines and am so glad he dosen't fly or have that suit.

I'll now (maybe) start looking forward to it. I was cringing before. Does anyone know the casting? Last I heard Brendan Fraser was in the running for the Man of Steel. But a coup de grace would be Lawrence Fishburne to play Luthor. THAT would rock!

(come on, think about it for a minute. it will grow on you.)

I love Smallville as much as anybody, but I don't think that I'd like to see Welling as the man of steel in this context. I think that seeing him play Superman in a script that is outside of the Smallville story would take something away from Smallville. I love him as Superman, but in the farmboy context. Suddenly seeing him in the costume and flying and etc. would ruin the whole "trying to figure out where he fits" storyline that Smallville has going for it.

i was really pumped when i heard this movie was coming out, but so far with all the production problems i think WB may be headed for a major bust.

I mean seriously, beyonce as lois lane? just the consideration of it, ugh. the more and more i hear about this movie the more and more it bums me out. fortunately, it's still a while away which means they still have time to fix it before it gets really broken.

the WB is pretty set on creating a star rather than recruiting one for the role of Superman, which is a good thing.

for those of you talking about Tom Welling, here's a couple shots Alex Ross made on his own on what he thought TW would look like in the role (from his site):

http://alexrossart.com/rossreport/april2004/supe1.html
http://alexrossart.com/rossreport/april2004/supe2.html

personally, i don't see him in the role at all. TW has confirmed he wouldn't do it either, for several reasons. One of them of course, being it would conflict with Smallville and he wouldn't be able to do both at once. I'd rather him keep doing smallville.

it'll be a while before final casting. i know beyonce has said she'd love to do the lois role, i don't know if they've confirmed it with her.

luthor's been associated with talks with johnny depp, kevin spacey, and vin diesel. nothing's been set on that one either.

It's gonna suck.

After you're done, can I borrow your time machine? I'll use my own batteries.

kevin smith did write a script. it followed the death of superman stroyline(well sorta). Luthor and braniac sic'd doomsday on supes, he died, and came back. there was stupid stuff in there that jon peters insisted on such as a gay robot companion to braniac and a giant robot spider ala wild wild west.
this was back in the mid 90s shortly before tim burton joined on and wanted nick cage to play supes.

personally if this finally gets off the ground i hope they either get kevin spacey or billy zane for luthor.

There's only one more season for Smallville anyway, and it should start filming soon. After that, there's time for Welling to be considered if he wants to do it. The question is: Does he want to?

All he needs to do to look 5 or 10 years older is get a haircut.

Um.
Ew.

Yikes indeed. Unless Lex Luthor carries around a big gun or something the entire time, Vin Diesel wouldn't be right for this at all. Unless he can convince somebody he has a brain in that 600-pound gorilla skull of his.

You wanna barrow my sense of humor too?

I just hope whoever does it or whatever shape it ends up taking that the players involved give Christopher Reeves a bit part. By big part I mean asking him if he'll help on the promo junkett and give him mad props along the way to show their thanks for what he did for the franchise. Money would also be nice but at the very least a whole lotta credit and kudos would serve as a just start.

Sorry guys and gals but this needs to be said. Superman is the weakest superhero ever.

I mean, for one thing, he's invinsible. Where's the fun in that? His only weakness is a peice of stone from his planet that was destroyed a LONG time ago. He is super fast, super strong. And good looking... I say thats just unfair.

Let me move on to reason number two. Every crimal, petty or rich mastermind, has some way stumbled upon a peice of kryptonite. That just means that everyone can stand up to him with a little rock in their hand and go "I win".

I guess he just pisses me off

...Let the malicious glares commence.