Superman Returns

fade2black · 10-02-2005 1:09am #1

JUNE 30th 2006

Bring it on!

eggshapedfred · 10-02-2005 10:22am

i dunno....

don't like the idea of kevin spacey as lex luthor, or kate bosworth as lois lane. the guy playing superman might be alright, though. have to wait and see.

Pigman II · 10-02-2005 12:57pm

Bryan Singer didn't do a bad job with the Xmen films so this one should be pretty good. But Hugh Laurie as Perry White?

Goodshape · 10-02-2005 1:02pm

Cool. Looking forward to it.

Don't really know what to expect tbh.. I agree with the casting concerns - Hugh Laurie in particular (!?), and I'm not that crazy about Bryan Singer either. Still, could be great.

...that poster is fan art btw - although it is quite good. See here.

fade2black · 10-02-2005 1:08pm

Goodshape wrote:

Cool. Looking forward to it.

Don't really know what to expect tbh.. I agree with the casting concerns - Hugh Laurie in particular (!?), and I'm not that crazy about Bryan Singer either. Still, could be great.

...that poster is fan art btw - although it is quite good. See here.

Yeah, I know it's fan art but it's always nice to have a visual. I am slightly concerned with the Hugh Laurie and Spacey roles.... I liked Superman 2 a lot but I feel that there's just too much stupid camp comedy going on in it. There was talk of Richard Donner releasing what he wanted to do with two...there was a big petition and everything. Fingers crossed for a good job.

Spacedog · 10-02-2005 1:29pm

I knew they'd do this, Chris Reeves, is still warm in his grave for Gods sake. those scabby movie studios probably killed him so they could cash in on the superman franchise again, especially with recient sucess of other comic book characters/heroes.

Goodshape · 10-02-2005 1:36pm

They've been trying to get this project going for a very long time actually. Tim Burton was once attached to direct - among many others. Christopher Reeves was also going to have a cameo at one stage - and didn't he infact have a guest role on Smallville?

fade2black · 10-02-2005 1:38pm

Spacedog wrote:

I knew they'd do this, Chris Reeves, is still warm in his grave for Gods sake. those scabby movie studios probably killed him so they could cash in on the superman franchise again, especially with recient sucess of other comic book characters/heroes.

This has been planned for years and years. Mr. Reeve was even going to be involved in some production capacity before his passing away. I agree with you on the whole comic thing, I mean it's not gonna be too long before we see Bunty get the 100 million dollar treatment but Superman is the original and the best (my opinion - relax) so I say again...Bring it on!

Crucifix · 10-02-2005 4:18pm

Woah, I like Hugh Laurie, but as Perry White? That sounds awful. But I'm willing to put some trust in Bryan Singer, the two X-men films were quite good.

steveland? · 10-02-2005 7:49pm

Goodshape wrote:

They've been trying to get this project going for a very long time actually. Tim Burton was once attached to direct - among many others. Christopher Reeves was also going to have a cameo at one stage - and didn't he infact have a guest role on Smallville?

Yeh he played some scientist afaik

humanji · 11-02-2005 10:12am

Does anybody know anything about the basic plot? I heard that they were pretty much just remaking the original film. IMO they should have stuck with the Kevin Smith script about the Doomsday character (he's the one who killed Superman).

Goodshape · 11-02-2005 10:47am

I read a plot summary somewhere... not sure how up to date it was, but I after reading it I felt it gave away a bit too much. I'll see if I can dig it up...

here it it...

Jor-El sends his son, Kal-El, to the planet Earth, where he is taken in by Pa and Ma Kent, eventually growing up to become a hero called Superman, who soon finds himself fighting, kung-fu-in-the-sky style, other Kryptonians who share the superpowers he gets from being under our yellow sun, one of whom is his cousin. Kal-El dies in action, but then comes back. Kal-El's quest for the truth about what the other Kryptonians are doing on Earth eventually leads him to confront a CIA agent named... Lex Luthor.

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If that's true, it doesn't sound too much like the original. In fact some of it sounds quite differint from what I know of any Superman.

Maybe 'his cousin' will turn out to be Supergirl? - just think of the tie-in possibilites!! :rolleyes:

ixoy · 11-02-2005 11:02am

jomanji wrote:

Does anybody know anything about the basic plot? I heard that they were pretty much just remaking the original film.

Not what I heard. Apparently, in terms of continuity, it's set some time after what occured in Superman II. The writers have no interest in seeing Superman establish himself in the world because that work is being done, in some from, in "Smallville". In the new movie everyone will know who he is and he'll know about his heritage and Krypton, etc.

Goodshape · 11-02-2005 11:30am

That sounds like a good enough idea ixoy.

Although I also heard they were planing on axing Smallville ahead of time so as not to get people confused with the two differint versions of events - ie. the film will have no ties with the TV show.

I suppose with any film that's been in development for as long as this has, there's always going to be differint and conflicting ideas as to what the storys actually is. We're just going to have to wait and see.

fade2black · 11-02-2005 11:34am

One thing I do know is that they are filming parts of the film in an idealic location that's gonna be smallville so I wonder what manner of a plot would bring him back there...

spooky donkey · 11-02-2005 11:59am

Kevin Spacey always makes a good bad guy and i think he is a good chioce for a film version of Lex luthur. People who only watch films will be used to gean hackman so kevin spacey is not a million miles away from that.

aidan_walsh · 11-02-2005 3:32pm

spooky donkey wrote:

People who only watch films will be used to gean hackman so kevin spacey is not a million miles away from that.

And thats not a problem? To me, Luthor was ever a serious character in those movies, he was more like a comic relief who also happened to be the bad guy... Not the way to go about it, he needs to be a proper threat.

fade2black · 11-02-2005 3:35pm

doodle_sketch wrote:

And thats not a problem? To me, Luthor was ever a serious character in those movies, he was more like a comic relief who also happened to be the bad guy... Not the way to go about it, he needs to be a proper threat.

Here Here.

(Why does the image of his bald cameo in Austin Powers Goldmember keep coming back to me?)

ixoy · 11-02-2005 3:44pm

Agreed re: Luthor as a threat. He's more effective in Smallville - already more menace in Lex and he hasn't even turned to the dark side yet. Lionel was far better as well, capable of doing anything and doing it magnificently. Something like that ought to work, assuming they're taking the material seriously.

aidan_walsh · 11-02-2005 3:48pm

Hell, even "Lois and Clark" managed to get Luthor better than the movies did

I've not been following Smallville as best as I could (usually due to bad schedules by RTE) but I have really enjoyed what I've seen of it, in spite of coming in in the middle of the last series RTE had (which finished with Lionel being thrown in the slammer). Going to have to start getting it on DVD...

flogen · 15-02-2005 10:16pm

Wasn't sure about Spacey either, but as has been said, anyone but Gene Hackman!!!

I'm happy to trust Singer though, I can't see this being even remotely camp or stupid, he was able to make X Men dark enough while still making it mainstream (and he threw a few laughs in too)

flogen

Zoton · 16-02-2005 1:40am

afaik Hugh Laurie was cast on the strength of his performance in some american show/theatre production which required him to have an america accent, so i'd say he should be ok. Apparently James Marsen (?) who played cyclops in x-men wont be brought back for x-men 3 because he's taking a minor role as Perry White's son in Superman Returns

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