its a bird, its a plane, its hopefully a new superman movie?

[tigerwolf]

according to e-online:
http://entertainment.msn.com/news/eonline/021602_superman.asp


"Superman" Revived. Again.

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, wait, it's another director!
The man who put the halo on the angels at the box office is the latest filmmaker signed on to help Warner Bros. revive another heavenly creature: Superman.

Studios reps confirmed Thursday that Charlie's Angels director McG is on board to re-imagine the Man of Steel for 21st century moviegoers.

Based on his box-office track record (i.e., turning Aaron Spelling's campy '70s series into a vital, high-octane $100 million hit), McG has been given total creative freedom to come up with his own spin on the Superman saga, Variety reports.

Joining McG (full name: Joseph McGinty) on the project will be Alias and Felicity creator J.J. Abrams, who will pen the screenplay.

The hirings means the long-delayed project is finally moving forward, and a new Superman could be flying into movie theaters within two years.

It has been 15 years since the last Superman flick, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Warner Bros. has been trying for years to resuscitate the lucrative DC Comic-based franchise only to succumb to Hollywood's own version of Kryptonite--otherwise known as "development hell."

The studio's first attempt at a rebirth came in 1996, when it hired Clerks director and comic book devotee Kevin Smith to reinvent Clark Kent and his muscle-bound alter ego under the title Superman Lives (it's not known whether Warners and McG will stick with that title).

Pretty soon, Batman helmer Tim Burton and actor Nicolas Cage joined the party and the film looked like a sure blockbuster. Kevin Spacey was lined up to play arch-enemy Braniac and Chris Rock was tapped to play Clark Kent chum Jimmy Olsen.

Then, faster than a locomotive, things began to unravel. Burton reportedly hated Smith's treatment and dumped him. More writers were hired to tweak the script. The budget went berzerk, soaring past $140 million.

That's when Warners pulled the plug. Burton and Cage, both of whom reportedly had pay-or-play deals (meaning they got paid regardless of whether the movie got made), eventually bolted from the project, leaving the studio with a bunch of different scripts and millions of dollars in development fees, but no new Superman.

Since then, Industry trade Variety has mentioned other directors keen on the project, including Oliver Stone and Ralph Zondag, the helmer of Disney's computer-animated flick Dinosaur, before McG ultimately landed the gig.

Now the studio just has to find an actor to don the cape once worn by Christopher Reeve.

The Superman project is part of a larger corporate stragegy at Warner Bros. to develop franchise films. Along with sequels for The Matrix and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the studio is developing two different Batman projects, a Catwoman movie and a Wonder Woman feature.

[twonabomber]

two ideas:

use CGI to paint out the wheelchair

put a Kryponite meteor in Reeve's lap, that explains the chair

i'd watch those flicks before a McG one...

[tigerwolf]

Oh my favourite part of the story is:
"Based on his box-office track record (i.e., turning Aaron Spelling's campy '70s series into a vital, high-octane $100 million hit), McG has been given total creative freedom to come up with his own spin on the Superman saga, Variety reports. "

what record? what one sort of interesting movie that was way to um overplayed I guess you could say. I mean the man has directed rock videos and had one feature film. I didn't realize warner was that willing to screw up this movie, and I thought superman IV was bad, but this one might actually top it. Especially since he has creative freedom because of his "box-office record". I'm thinking no, you give creative freedom to spielberg, lucas, or any number of other directors with a REAL track record. You don't give creative freedom to a one hit wonder, that's like handing him a gun and saying "here shoot me now". AND YOU ESPECIALLY DON'T DO IT WITH THE SUPERMAN MOVIE.

Get the crew from smallville to make a superman movie, at least we would have an idea of what to expect, lots and lots of krypto mutants against a powerless superman. Don't get me wrong I love smallville, but the kryptonite well is starting to run low. LOL.

[adamthole]

It won't be the same, without the old Superman.

[twonabomber]

Charlie's Angels was not that great. i liked Barrymore better when she was more of a nutcase. and don't even get me started on Ruicy Riu.

Warners needs to quit ******* with the legacies of these characters. not every TV show and comic book can be remade into a new movie successfully. Ben Stiller in Starsky and Hutch? please. the apocalypse is nigh...