Warner Bros Has Until 2011 To Pull Superman Out of Limbo
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When Warner Bros announced it was rebooting the Superman franchise, we all held our breath a little bit waiting to see what Gigantic News would come next. Of course, nothing happened. Last week, Omelete talked to Brandon Routh on the Scott Pilgrim set, who revealed that his Superman contract had expired, and that he had no idea when or if he would return to the character. (Pause for a moment and realize how much it has to suck to get the part of Superman, and have it go utterly sour.) That news suggested one of two things: that Warner Bros would let the franchise expire too, or that they were planning on picking out a new Man of Steel. Now, Warner Bros and DC Comics have won a favorable ruling in the suit filed by Joanne Siegel and Laura Siegel Larson, the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerome Siegel. If you're curious about the lawsuit in its entirety, ThinkMcFlyThink has a pdf of it, but the part that concerns Superman fans is this: Warner Bros president Alan Horn testified that he'd like to make another movie, but that the project wasn't currently in development at the studio. There isn't even a script being written. The earliest another Superman film could hit theaters would be 2012.
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7-09-2009 @ 10:33AM
gs942002 said...
oh come on! i want a superman movie. a good superman movie. now. as in earlier than 2012.
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7-09-2009 @ 10:42AM
Eric said...
This just means we are going to get a shitty movie. Maybe they will do like a shitty superman film like fantastic 4 and never release it.
Or maybe they will give in a go back to Singer and let him go Wrath of Kahn like he wants to.
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7-09-2009 @ 11:19AM
magan3d said...
need to get rid of Jon Peters before you make another Superman movie
Just listen to Kevin Smith talk about him (put your thoughts of Kevin Smith aside and take a look)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk
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7-09-2009 @ 11:32AM
Rich said...
They should let it die. No one out there really has the skill to do a Superman movie.
A movie about basically a god never ends up well. It either has silly plot, is a melodrama or is just a giant destructionfest, Superman is more and deserves more than that.
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7-09-2009 @ 11:45AM
filmsuki said...
Hopefully this time around they make Luther the villian he really is in the comics, not some comedic joke from the films.
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7-09-2009 @ 12:50PM
Batzarro said...
But after 2013, if the estate get the rights back, can they shop it to other movie studios?
Are we gonna see a Fox Superman movie?
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7-09-2009 @ 1:33PM
Wexler said...
You're going to give me nightmares Batzarro.