James McTeigue Confirms "Superman" Involvement

no. more. superman.

Yes. More. Superman.

What do you mean no more SUPERMAN?
It just needs to be done right this time, and the last movie wasn't that bad.

IMO i don't think superman can be done right,at least to appeal to audiences over around 11 year olds. hes too corny,lets not fool ourselves. and if the next one ever does come out,it'll be 20 years,again. just keep his movies str8 to dvd for the youngsters.

You know what we need to be in development?

"Inspector Gadget: Book of Shadows"

Johnny_Girl, I'd sure like to bet a cool million with you that the next Superman movie will be made way before 20 years.
I think you're a disatisfied little 11 year old girl but, there is abasotulutelyly a market out there for the red tablecloth wearing guy. Superman has been around for 70 + years and has touched more medium than any other character - EVER. From bread to 7,000$ lifelike statues, his trademark has been all over! There is such a history - I mean some countries - that are not the U$A have made stamps of the character. Superman vintage stuff is one of the things that sells for the biggest amounts on Ebay.

I'd definitely be on board for a more action-oriented Superman movie that's not focused on reliving the origin story once again.

Bring it on, I say.

Superman can be done, right it just needs a director with the right vision, direction and passion for the original source material...And well those people sure as hell aint the Siegels.

Warner Bros need to do something now about Superman, well before 2012, so they dont lose the rights. Otherwise other than that i don't ever see another Superman film every again, once the Siegel Estate have the rights. The only people i see producing for them is 20th Century Fux, because they are as money-grabbing tutti frutti mofos as the Siegels

The Wachowski's already did a Superman movie, so this should be easy for them. Just get rid of the computer sh*t and guns.

Batman, I'm either really in another dimension or your mouth is spewing sh*t again. Superman is already done by the Witchcraft brothers??? WTF are you talking about? Where can I rent it/buy it?
Did you smoke dogsh*t again?

The richard donner superman wasn't as good as the theatrical release of superman 2 in my opinion. they just need to take it in a really new direction. McTeigue said it well:

"I think you don't really have to play into the origin story anymore. I think there's a whole bunch of things you could do to make that film more alive and exciting again."

He's referring to the Matrix, numbnutz.

^^^Hahaha, "numbnutz". My girl hates when I call her that.

Yeah, they need to stop talking about this sh*t. One week they are doing it and the next they have no plans. I hate reading this contradictory sh*t every week.

Randal -
Origin and many plot ideas = revert to heirs of Shuster & Segiel by 2011 or 2012. So, I'm betting we won't see much origin or concepts in which WB would have to share profits.
Superman II Donner cut history: Supermna the movie and Superman II were filmed simultaneousnly. When budget ran low - they ordered Donner to finish part I. He did, lots of tension - he got fired. Lester took over and made Superman II using more than 50% of the material filmed by Donner. 25 years later - fans want the Donner version. There are always many takes in a movie - Michael Thau tried to make a "Donner Version" with what was in vaults. Although the Donner Superman II sucks as a movie - it has some of the superior scenes - and of course - I mean the re-insertion of the Brando's suicide for his son.

as long as they don't show or name anything, they can work around the origin. I wouldn't mind seeing a prequel to Superman Returns that shows Kal-El's 5 years in space, steadily weakening without the yellow sun. That way he could get the hell out of Metropolis and away from Lex and Lois for once. It would be a good excuse to use space villains like Mongul, Darkseid, Brainiac, or the Warworld.

Rabbit - you have interesting ideas at times. I think that what you said is good but would only work as an "episode" of I don't exactly where it would fit.
Reason being, there's no Clark, there's no Daily Planet and so on... It might be a little too ambitious for one movie.

It could be a 2-parter, and would be a way of doing a unique Superman film without having to reboot everything. A prequel to SR in which he goes to space, has a run-in with Mongul salvaging Brainiac AI at the ruins of Krypton (trap him in the bottle city of Kandor for a minute), and inadvertantly leads Brainiac back to Earth.
Then in a sequel to SR, Brainiac using Lex as a host body could free Zod and the others from the Phantom Zone. That's when you'd find out that Lois' kid is actually the son of Zod (he kidnapped Lois at the end of Superman2, just before Clark went to space, so he could've impregnated her somehow at the fortress).
All I want from a Superman film is to see something we haven't seen before.

-- that isn't him being a stalky deadbeat dad.

I abasoloutelyly wouldn't mind a project that would be a prequel to SR of any sorts - bring back Routh. However, some people got hold of the steering wheel and got a I-hate-Routh campaign. There's no way that Routh or any of the people that were in the SR project are gonna show up in any future Superman flick. That's only my opinion though.
I'm so sure that if a sequel to SR had been made - it would've been so great. Now they know what fans wanted and not. Costs would also have gone down - no need to cast, costume design, architecture for Daily Planet and so on... If WB always wait for fan approval for Superman - every f*cken movie is going to be a reboot because there are just too many versions of Superman from all the incarnations he's had in 70+ of history. They have to make a decision and stick by it. Btw - SR made more than 200 million in profit (dunno if it's only domestic or Worldwide - but still - that's a lotta money).

Routh's contract has expired, but I wouldn't count him out just yet. He was the only redeeming quality of a film that made alot of money. They won't disavow him on account of fans.

Routh was the only redeeming thing about the movie by your standards. I liked Routh too but a lot of people said he was "Superboy". I like their Jimmy Olsen too, I liked Ma Kent being there. I liked the idea of Superman being away from Earth for 5 years, coming back and being the underdog. But, a lot of people would castrate me for these thoughts... So there ya go - as many opinions as there are as many people. We're fouked as they say in France.

Personally I thought Routh played a perfect Superman. So if not Routh then who would you guys have play Sups.

Right now: nobody.
Tom Welling acts as a "divider".
When Smallville is done - get another Reeve clone.

I actually like Tom Welling as Superman. He's an abysmal actor, but he has a certain naivete that shines through and makes his version of Clark more realistic. Plus the kid's 6'3" and made of muscle.
I really wouldn't mind seeing him play Superman. Hell, this new season of Smallville is pretty much a full-on Superman show. He finally flies and wears a costume, and it seems they finally dug themselves out of the teen drama hole they were in.

I don't think i like McTeigue's idea. I do like Rabid's idea.

Singer said that if he did his Man of Steel movie that he would do an alien villian and he would showcase what Sups could do in a real fight. That's the movie I want to see.

Bring on Space Aliens

f*ck Lex Luthor and f*ck the origins. How about you turn Superman INTO THE f*ckING SUPERMAN! Moving planets, taking missles to the chest, fighting badass aliens.

It isn't that hard!

f*ck Superman Returns.

"...taking missiles in the chest, it isn't so hard..."
Why don,t you show us? I'd sure spend money at the theatre to see you get a missile up your ass.

...and by missile up your ass - I wasn't talking about the ones you take daily...

I think one of the main problems is the directors all misconstrue the personality of Superman. He's got strong morals but they make him boyscout. He has his comedy, his edge, and kicks a lot of a$$ in the process. They need to bring that to the screen instead of making him seem so fairy tale. He's a great character and needs to be brought to the movies by the right people in order to take his place up there alongside Batman.