Bryan Singer Talks 'Superman' Sequel and 'Valkyrie'
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It's a bird, it's a plane ... no wait, it's Bryan Singer dodging more Superman sequel questions!
Pretty soon Bryan Singer will be doing a big publicity push for Valkyrie, and when that time comes look for folks to be bombarding him with Superman sequel scenarios ("Well what if you half-produced it and starred as a villainous mutant Hitler who wears an eye patch -- is that an option?"). After all, things are still way up in the air regarding further installments for a franchise that's ... let's just say stalled at the moment. MTV managed to snag a quick chat with Singer regarding Valkyrie and you betcha they snuck a Supes question in there. On whether he'll be directing, Singer says, "At the moment, I can't really talk about that. I wish I could. From my perspective, I'm going to take a brief pause. This movie has taken a long time, so I'm going to take a pause. A movie like that takes some time to do right. That's all I can say about that."
The good news? Singer "can't" talk about it, which means something is brewing and he'd love to share his opinion. Most likely the studio has him on "shut the hell up" watch, which probably means we won't get anything more with regards to Superman until a decision on where exactly they're going with this sucker is made. Interestingly enough, he does admit to having dinner with The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan. Says Singer, "We had dinner, and [Marvel Studios founder] Avi Arad ran into us. Isn't that strange? It was such a moment. The three of us were just sitting there thinking, "Isn't this bizarre?" I should have called ["Spider-Man" director Sam] Raimi up and said, "We've got sushi. Get over here!"
Tom Cruise meets Hitler after the jump!
Also in the interview, Singer addressed all the nasty rumors and Scientology hatin' surrounding Valkyrie by noting that it's "not something that was a surprise to me, but it does weigh on you. I can't do anything about their speculation. I'm not Hitler. I can't blot it out. I want people to see the film. It's a film that people need to see before they judge. It opens with a bit of a bang, and then, about a third of the way in, a little ticking clock starts, and it moves faster and faster right up until the last frame. And you get to see Tom Cruise come face to face with Adolf Hitler!"
I wonder if they'll hug it out?
Read the rest over at MTV. Valkyrie is due in theaters on December 26.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-20-2008 @ 11:48PM
Ronster said...
Mr. Singer...why get in bed with Tiny Tom, why? Why? why?
Catch you in the next movie.
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11-21-2008 @ 10:20AM
Bill said...
I think a new director would be good for Superman. I've defended Superman Returns previously. But I have to admit that Singer's X-men and Superman reboot films don't compare so well against the more awesome films of Spider-man, Batman, and Iron Man (and people are eagerly awaiting sequels to those movies), I think Superman, the father of all superheroes, deserves a movie with more action and involvement, not a Superman that only feels guilty for leaving Lois.
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11-21-2008 @ 1:42PM
mario said...
Hello I think there should be a superman movie with Batman together with more action in it something that kind of make things go towards a justice league senerio
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11-21-2008 @ 1:44PM
Mario said...
Also thought of a thor movie would be kind of cool
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11-24-2008 @ 10:41AM
Mr. Blonde said...
Visually, Superman Returns was gorgeous.
Other than, it was perhaps the greatest underachievement in DC history. The whole giving-him-a-kid idea was stupid. Bosworth was a mediocre Lois Lane at best. Routh looked and moved the part brilliantly, but his lines were among the worst, stalest in dialogue history. As was his delivery. And they made him weak! I mean, when Superman flies up to save a Boeing Jet in a nosedive, I don't expect to see him struggling till the last second, tossing it onto a baseball diamond and flying away without caring about the damage. The real Superman would've stopped it in mid-air like it's child's play then set it down gracefully on a landing strip, without compromising lives in the process.
I have this dream of re-writing an insane script for Warner to wet themselves over.
It would start off on Krypton, weeks before the explosion that decimated all Kryptonians. I'd give the audience a good feel for where he came from. I would show a massive civil war on Krypton, with criminals running amok and people dying. Blood. Guts. Screaming. Mass hysteria.
There would be a brief mention of General Zod (an important character we seemed to have forgotten about) as being a potential accomplice in the destruction of Krypton. Before being casted out by the elders of Krypton into the Phantom Zone, he was in cahoots with someone, with "something" so potentially powerful that even Zod feared him...
Then, fast forward to the year 1994, where Superman is in his prime. Of course, he's Clark Kent, intrepid reporter for the Daily Planet. But he is by no means the bumbling idiot that we're always used to seeing. Sure, there would be a one-liner or two, maybe even some clumsiness as a direct result of him struggling to preserve his identity. But he would be more calculated, more shrewd, much more in tune with his clairvoyant powers to see the future (things that no one knows about).
And something brutal would happen to make him...vexed beyond belief. After hundreds of thousands of people on earth die from a nano bot-induced virus, Brainiac would reveal himself as the source and Luthor would reveal himself as the bastard who found him in deep space via a satellite signal that he sends out sometime in the 80's.
We would see Superman enraged, with red, flaming eyes and his screams would shake the very core of the earth.
But why was Brainiac in deep space all this time?
Because millions of light years ago, Brainiac was a budding entity, merely a microchip with awesome potential, hell bent on testing his new powers by setting an example...by destroying an entire planet...
Bam. There's your reboot.
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1-12-2009 @ 4:12AM
baggie said...
What really should happen.......
At this stage i think the introduction of GL to the superman films would be the ideal thing. No on has even done a film with GL and in would be great to introduce him as some who comes to aid superman to defend the earth from say Brainiac :)
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1-08-2009 @ 10:57PM
mikepeter said...
I think another superman needs to be done for the simple fact that the returns movie really didn't have enough superman brawling with bad guys, we would all like to see that i think. What about Doomsday? Or Superman vs. Batman, that was a great story. more action more action more action, please.
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