X-Men Director Bryan Singer To Direct 'Superman'
[Monday, July 19th, 2004]Bryan Singer (X-Men) has signed on to direct the Warner Bros.' Superman, after McG left just a few days ago, according to Variety.
A tug-of-war over Singer's next project had been going on for weeks, with the third X-Men installment competing with the remake of Logan's Run to land the director. It now looks likely that Singer will not do the third X-Men.
Days after McG left the "Superman" project, Singer became the clear frontrunner to relaunch the franchise. McG apparently disagreeing with the studio over location and budget. He wanted to shoot in Canada, which would have cost $25 million more than WB's preferred OzOz locale.
"My interest in Superman dates back many, many years," Singer said. "In fact, it was the Richard Donner classic film that was my day-to-day inspiration in shaping the X-Men universe for the screen. I feel that Superman has been late in his return and it is time for him to fly again."
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