"Warner Bros. Confirms Superman Reboot
Source: Steelsheen
August 22, 2008
Just a few days after this article was posted, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov has told The Wall Street Journal that the studio is going to be reintroducing Superman. We assume this will be similar to how Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk was a reboot of Ang Lee's Hulk. Here is what the article says:
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."
The article also talks about Warner Bros. adapting other DC properties over the new few years. "By 2011, Mr. Robinov plans for DC Comics to supply the material for up to two of the six to eight tent-pole films he hopes Warner Bros. will have in the pipeline by then," it says. Those projects will likely be about single characters at first, and will be darker much like The Dark Knight:
With "Batman vs. Superman" and "Justice League" stalled, Warner Bros. has quietly adopted Marvel's model of releasing a single film for each character, and then using those movies and their sequels to build up to a multicharacter film. "Along those lines, we have been developing every DC character that we own," Mr. Robinov says.
Like the recent Batman sequel -- which has become the highest-grossing film of the year thus far -- Mr. Robinov wants his next pack of superhero movies to be bathed in the same brooding tone as "The Dark Knight." Creatively, he sees exploring the evil side to characters as the key to unlocking some of Warner Bros.' DC properties. "We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the characters allow it," he says. That goes for the company's Superman franchise as well.
The studio is set to announce its plans for future DC movies in the next month. For now, though, it is focused on releasing four comic-book films in the next three years, including a third Batman film, a new film reintroducing Superman, and two movies focusing on other DC Comics characters. Movies featuring Green Lantern, Flash, Green Arrow, and Wonder Woman are all in active development."
I loved the cartoon version of Superman & Batman. I do not believe in the same idea with real acters. I am looking forward to seeing the other DC heroes though. Personally I did not like "Superman Returns" very much.
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Sounds good. Just hoping that they don't mix up dark and mature with stupid and evil. I always thought you probably could do some good with Superman, there are a few very select comics that are pretty nice, so I'm hoping.
So now all the following movies will copy the Dark Knight and be dark ones ? First I heard Iron Man 2 will focus on Tony's drinking problems and such, and now this ?
Meh ..
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I just dissaprove with the ideea of copying the Dark Knight's approach just because it was succesfull.
I'm not saying that a dark Superman movie wouldn't work. With the villains that Superman has, a dark approach could be interesting and refreshing and upon reading the news, I already have a few scenarios in my head that I would enjoy very much.
I just feel that the next superheroe movies will take The Dark Knight approach, and all heroes will be dark, eventough they aren't meant to be.
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By dark I think they mean a Superman like in Superman/Doomsday tone. It seems that they want to shift Superman into the more cosmic area...Darkseid, Mongul, Braniac...etc...the big boys...the real physical challenge for Supes....it' not a bad move.
So don't expect Superman to be wearing the black suit.
i just hope the reboot won't be an origin movie. i think everybody knows where superman came from. superman returns was a movie bryan singer made for HIMSELF. that selfish motherf*cker. as if he's the only one who's gonna watch the damn movie. we get it... you're a fan. but an homage movie with lex luthor trying to get more land to sell is not gonna pack movie theaters.
i dunno how well a dark tone will work for big blue, but if done right, it will be more than welcome...
This is kind of a double edged sword for me, Super Returns(atleast after it sunk) in wasnt a very good movie, but I did enjoy Brandon Routhe. I really doubt he will be back, which disappoints me.
If his role is to kill Superman, then I think he should be in the second movie of the new franchise. Have the first movie to establish the new actors and make a connection with the viewer, then have the tragedy in the second movie.
i think that darkseid would make a great villian for the reboot. have supes and the earth barely win and then have supes realize that he needs help defending earth.....leading into a justice league movie, with supes maybe making cameos in the movies for green lantern, wonder woman, etc asking them about forming a team.
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