The Superman Reboot

Here is a small part of that article from the Wall Street Journal. Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes -- known as "Batman vs. Superman" -- after the $215 million "Superman Returns," which had disappointing box-office returns, didn't please executives. "'Superman' didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," says Mr. Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned." "Had 'Superman' worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009," he adds. "But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all." Article by Lauren A.E. Schuker of the Wall Street Journal.

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[shanetones]

where did u get hat shirt

[entertainmentunivers]

You can find them on ebay.:)

[enamom]

this guy is fuckin stupid he has no idea what he is talkin about making superman gritty doesent mean he cant keep his fucking costume and fight during day and night movie should be dark........... EMOTIONALLY DARK AND GRITTY

[entertainmentunivers]

Superman was not meant to be dark. He is not Ghost Rider, Hellboy,Batman or Wolverine. Take Batman for instance, he is driven by vengeance whereas Superman uses his powers for the good of all mankind. There is no conflict within Superman, so making Superman dark emotionally wouldn't make sense. As far as gritty, Superman has always been gritty. I have no problem with that.

[MMA3013]

My problem with Singer's vision was that there was no freakin action! What the hell is up with that crap?! A Superman film needs action, lots of it! Badass villains and some what of a gritty tone. Singers vision lacked those things BIG TIME!

[entertainmentunivers]

There was some action, like the plane rescue, and there was also the scenes where he was saving Metropolis from the earthquake caused by Lex Luthor. I'll agree there wasn't much. I think what Singer was trying to do was reintroduce the characters in his first film. He once said that in his second film he would go all Wrath of Khan, meaning more action second time around, but it looks like there won't be a second time around.

[doomstoday]

Bret Ratner needs to stick to Rush Hour and stay out of comic movies, and goes the same for Tim Burton sticking to Edward Scissor Hands.

[therudeboy77]

@entertainmentunivers Exactly. You get it.

[JLC31383]

@entertainmentunivers I think there should be a modern movie with Superman's origin story because the original 1978 film now is out of date for today as well as the comic books having their major changes for the character since then. But I do not worry about it since I know the reboot will not be doing that. I used to think it would be cool if a first movie did things almost the same as the very first episode for "Superman: The Animated Series". Lex Luthor in the movies should be just like that.

[JLC31383]

@HMGen14 I thought it was just a rumor Brandon Routh was coming back because he has only expressed interest in it- but Chris Nolan said he would not allow it because he wanted viewers to know this was not a sequel to "Superman Returns" as they would assume it was if it had the same actor starring in it. I know it was not officially confirmed that Jonathan Nolan would be directing- but that still is being debated last I knew. Nothing official seems to be in progress at this time about that stuff.

[HMGen14]

@JLC31383 Christopher Nolan is producing the film "Superman: The Man of Steel" which is slated for a holiday release in 2012. They are bringing Brandon Routh back due to popular demand and Nolan IS going darker with the film. Nolan and his brother are NOT directing, Nolan is actually going through a list of directors to do the film.. One of them responsible for "Clash of the Titans 2".

[HMGen14]

@entertainmentunivers ...It would make sense if they killed Lois... or, if Doomsday came to Earth and the only way to beat him was to embrace the pain of losing Lois... Either way, KILL LOIS... They can always reboot it again later.

[JLC31383]

There now is a reboot planned for release in 2012 during Christmas time. It is unknown what actors will be involved- but a writer has been hired and plans to do a story with both Lex Luthor and Brainiac as the villains. The story will happen as if all the characters are already known- so there will not be an origin story in this movie either. "Superman Returns" looks like it could have been a good movie- but it screwed up trying to recreate the original series instead of starting its very own.

[nadogi]

I don't think Brandon Routh would be a good choice for a Superman reboot; he's just way too thin and boyish. Anyone cast as Superman should seem manly and have a more robust build; he should be someone I can really invision as 'the Man of Steel' I'd also like to see a Superman film that's more serious.

[Coerlin]

Brandon was pretty damn cool, he played the part really well.