For the last few weeks or so there has been a bunch of rumors surrounding the next Superman movie. The following text will list all the previously mentioned rumors. Continue reading if you would like to know them.
The first rumor that hit was that Chris Nolan will be producing the reboot movie, but he won’t direct. You may remember Nolan as the man who directed THE DARK KNIGHT and DOODLEBUG. Apparently, his producer title is giving him “shepherding” powers over the franchise. No one has been particularly sure what those powers ultimately mean, but it would be my guess that he would have control over the direction of the car but not how it gets there…if you get my meaning.
Next came the rumor that David Goyer was writing the reboot script, but that rumor was squashed by this interview with Thomas Tull over at Aint It Cool.
The newest rumor is that Jonah Nolan will be given the directing duties once the little things are taken care of (those being a story, cast, catering and etc.).
The good news is that Warner Bros. seems to be really trying to get Superman back in movie theaters. That is awesome for everyone who loves freedom and puppies.
If I could be straight with you here for a minute…look I know the Nolan’s are the new demigods of film and all, but I’m a little worried about them taking over SUPERMAN. It’s not that they can’t make good movies (because we’ve seen that at least Chris can make great movies), it’s just that Superman as a concept is so different than anything I’ve seen them make before. He isn’t a dark character by any stretch of the imagination. The situations that he deals with can be dark, but he remains a positive beacon. He’s an ideal and I think that a lot of people either don’t understand that or are just afraid that an ideal can’t sell so they stay away from it. Can he struggle or question things, of course, but those things always come from the fact that he invariables always does what is right.
Of course, this is all just crappy speculation because we don’t know what a Nolan SUPERMAN would look like. Maybe they get it and will rock it like a hurricane. My dream though would be for the script and story to be handled by Geoff Johns of DC comics. He gets Superman like few others and if anyone directed a Johns script we would at least be sure that we’d see Superman on the screen and not some stranger wearing his underpants.
Also, I have decided that I will end every Superman related “article” with a link to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. It’s a worthy cause that (if you have any money left over from giving to Haiti and Chile) you should consider lending a hand to.
