Yeah I like this potential title too. It just sounds so cool and epic. I can see how Warner brothers is trying to tie Superman with the Batman franchise, since they're both now going to use their catchy subtitles as their movie name. "The Dark Knight" and "The Man of Steel" are pretty much the only two comic titles that instantly remind the audience as to who they're talking about. And at the same time they just sound continuous, i.e. they just perfectly sound like the middle ground of a trilogy franchise. Now if the third film is called "Superman Forever" than that is a dream come true.
On a related note I was one of the big fans of the second Spiderman movie being originally called "The Amazing Spiderman". Certainly much better than just Spiderman 2. And again, "Spiderman Forever" would've been great as the third title.
Originally posted by manorastroman
eradicator would be a very good choice for a villain.
ummm... no. Eradicator is actually good. He has moments of craziness but he is definately a good guy. And havng him in the story would involve Supermans Death and also Doomsday... So no eradicator. I think Brainiac would be an ideal enemy, you know... maybe he followed Kal-el while Kal-el was visiting the remains of Krypton... you know, just a theory
About.com has published interviews with Brandon Routh, Eva Marie Saint, Sam Huntington, and Stephan Bender, where they talk about the "Superman Returns" DVD and the up-coming sequel (tentatively titled "Superman: The Man of Steel"😉. Here's an excerpt from Brandon's interview...
What villain do you want to see in Superman: The Man of Steel?
Brandon Routh: "Well, there's a lot of talk about Brainiac. Everyone wants to see Brainiac. But I tell you what, in the Superman Returns video game, you get to play as Bizarro. Bizarro's pretty fun; you can have some fun with that. So I would lean towards one of those. With Brainiac there's a lot of possibilities there. He's another mastermind villain so he can create any number of evil things."
Superman Returns was a love letter to Richard Donner. Will Bryan Singer now make Superman his own?
Brandon Routh: "Certainly. Bryan had a huge feat on his hands. He had to recreate Superman for the 21st generation with a huge gap since the last film came out. He also has a new guy in the pipes, so he had a lot of hurdles to leap. He did a fantastic job. You have to make the character real and believable and lovable again, so he did that in a fantastic way. Now the world is his oyster. He can do whatever he wants now because he's put Superman back to where he should be."
Is there anything you're looking forward to playing next time?
Brandon Routh: "Well, there's talk of fighting, so that would be, instead of getting beat up this time, maybe throwing some punches or at least throw some bad guys around. So that'd be fun for some different kind of stunts. See how the relationship with Lois progresses..."