Mark Millar and his proposed Superman movie

[Praetor]

I seem to get the feeling that Millar actually thinks Krypton exploded thousands of years ago and Kal-El's ship was in transit for that long. Um, no. I don't think that has ever been the case and I hope he doesn't want to make it so.

Actually, that's exactly what Marlon Brando said when Kal-El first entered the Fortress of Solitude in Superman: The Movie.

Well. Really? Hm. Don't I feel like an ass. I guess that shows how recently and often I've watched that movie. Contaminated by the Animated Series I suppose.

 

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

I think you guys are getting a little too hung up on what's probably just an epilogue of sorts, like that scene at the end of B5's Deconstruction of Falling Stars.

Here's what Millar had to say on his forum:

Groan. As if I'd just end it with him the last man alive and feeling like shit. There's a lot more to it than that, the scope of the story simply being the beginning of time to the end of time, really.

There'd be elements of that, but not entirely. The Steranko story had a huge effect on me as a kid and you can see it in the final ten pages or so of Red Son where we just go further and further into Superman's future. Also, remember that this isn't downbeat. The idea is that Superman lives forever, but then it moves into something else and it's actually pretty wonderful. Nothing to do with time-travel or anything, but this absolutely doesn't close the franchise by any means. I wanted to do something that was part Godfather/ part 2001.

Anyway, it's fucking great. New news on it at all, but then no decision has been made on Superman in the months since they first opened a dialogue with my director when Bryan left. Anything could happen. I know they're talking to at least one other director and OF COURSE it'll be a reboot. Anyone who says "we don't need to see Superman's origin for a modern audience" is either clearly a hardcore fanboy who will OBVIOUSLY know it, over 30 or didn't take a confused kid to Superman Returns. More time has elapsed since Donner's origin in 1978 than the 50s TV show origin and Donner obviously knew he had to reinvent the mythology for a new generation. I have Superman, Brainiac, Darkseid, Luthor, Metallo, The Parasite and Doomsday to explain over our three picture idea and it all needs to be done as simply as possible. Plus 45 minutes on Krypton with Scarlet Jungles, Jewel Mountains, Brainiac stealing Kandor, etc.

Trust me. If this happens it will be great. If it doesn't I have five flicks of my own invention to keep busy with right now. But nobody will bring more passion to this than the team I've been asked to be a part of.