Wachowskis for Superman reboot?

[Supervisor 194]

Per Superman Homepage and Aintitcool:

The Wachowskis have been approached to direct a Superman trilogy.

"[Director James] McTeigue confirmed that Plastic Man was the next project in the pipeline for the Wachowski's and he had been signed on to provide Second Unit support. Says the movie has been delayed indefinitely due to a major shake up of projects at WB.


Bryan Singer has refused to undertake a re-boot of the Superman franchise and has left the Executives at WB with no choice but to take a fresh creative direction.

He stated the Wachowski Brothers had been approached to re-boot the franchise as a trilogy and they are currently reviewing their options as it's like being asked to take the final play in a superbowl final. Says if they do agree, he will likely either succumb to providing second unit support on the movie or will champion the directorship of Plastic Man - He started to giggle as he stated it's like a young child for the Brothers and they wont give that up easily.

Says, the very thought of the brothers making a Superman movie is unbelievable as they have grown up in the world of comic books and they would be ideal for the project.
Stated that Bryan Singer is looking to move on to Logan's Run a movie to be produced by Joel Silver."

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Ugh. I hope not. After seeing their previous work I'd say they are anything BUT ideal for Superman.

 

[Dream]

Does this mean Superman and Lois will die at the end of the movie?

 

[Trekker4747]

This idea does not sit well with me.

Infact, it sits in me like a 2lb frozen burrito bought in a gas-station.

 

[ancient]

Why them?

 

[Bad Bishop]

So the Wachowskis are being rewarded for Speed Racer, which bombed?

 

[Broccoli]

Visually, they can make it very interesting. I suppose it depends on what kind of story they plan to tell.

My question is, why go into it thinking "trilogy". I know that trilogies are the big thing these days with franchise movies, but I would think a film series like Superman, which has had trouble getting back in the big screen successfully, it would be ideal to focus on one complete film that can branch out to sequels if successful. Why bank on a part 3, if part 1 won't do well enough for a part 2?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

The last time the movie internet sites ran a Wachowskis/Plastic Man report it sprang from an email claiming that Joel Silver had appeared on a German talk show and talked about their intention to make Plastic Man as their next movie. That was soon debunked, with word coming that Silver had made no such appearance and said no such thing.

So I'll wait a while to see whether this report is backed up or proves to be a hoax.

 

[JonathonWally]

Will Jor'eL tell Supes that "There is no spoon" as part of his training?

 

[T'Baio]

These con men should be whipped, not given Superman.

Oh, wait...Larry might like that.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Superman does not need a reboot.

They'd just make him "dark and gritty" which would completely obliterate what makes Superman unique. He's supposed to be a nice guy. A perfect hero. The ultimate Boy Scout. What could a remake do but ruin that?

 

[Trekker4747]

Fuck you Tim Burton.

FUCK. YOU.

 

[Skywalker]

I hope we get to see Brainiac wrasslin' a polar bear while searching for the Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I thought April Fools was still a month and a half away.

 

[T'Baio]

Tim Burton's Superman was gonna' be a zombie?

 

[hyzmarca]

For a perfect Superman reboot, skip the origin story. Everybody knows the origin already, it's just useless clutter at this point. Instead they should start with the meat and gravy, have sups out there kicking ass.

The film itself should be a thematic exploration of idealism versus pragmatism, with Superman facing up to the fact that he isn't powerful enough to save everyone all the time without breaking his principals, beginning with an opening scene in which Superman fails to stop a suicide bomber because he cannot bring himself to use lethal force.

The primary villain should be Darkseid, brought back to his Jack Kirby roots as a God of Order who seeks to impose order into the universe by forcing every living thing to bow to his will. Darkseid, whose obsession with imposing order has driven him to intergalactic conquest, provides both a foil for Superman, who desires order but still respects freedom, and a dire warning of what he may become if he gives into the temptation to impose his own brand of order onto the world in the name of saving it.

In addition, the Fifth-Dimensional Imp, Mr. Mxyzptlk appears in a psycologically antagonistic role. This version of Mxyzptlkis near omnipotent but totally amoral and seeks to explore the bounds and limits of three-dimensional morality using the ultimate boyscout as his subject. Mxyzptlk's purpose is not to fight Superman, but to goad him into abrogating his own moral code, just to see what it takes to make Superman compromise his morality. For this purpose, he appears as a benign observer, pressuring Superman with works but not interfering directly, though there are some subtle hints that he may have been responsibile for the bombing in the opening scene and for Darkseid setting his sights on Earth. In the end, Superman must choose between killing Darkseid to save not only Earth, but the entire galaxy, or risking almost certain defeat at the hands of an implacable villain that he doesn't have any way to subdue or hold.

This morality drama continues throughout the trillogy, as Mr. Mxyzptlk plays with a new team of ruthless superheroes in the second film, which borrows heavily from Whatever Happened to Truth, Justice, and the American Way while the third film borrows even more heavily from Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow. Ultimately, the entire trillogy should serve as a heavy rumination on when it is alright to use deadly force in defense of others through the perspective of a man who had vowed never to kill but finds himself facing impossible threats to the safety of the Earth, with Superman maintaining his idealism to the end, because he wouldn't be Superman without it.

And if they did that, with Matrix Fu cranked up to 11, borrowing their fight choreography from Superman the Animated Series, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited, I'd watch it.

And if anybody at Warner Bros is reading this, or the Wachowski bros, I totally give up all rights to that idea. Just do it, please.

 

[Zachary Smith]

Rats, and I was SO looking forward to Singer's homage to to Christopher Reeve's version of "Superman II".

 

[ancient]

Fuck you Tim Burton.

FUCK. YOU.

Tim Burton can't not make a movie where the main character isn't a total freak. It's like a sad joke.


That's a picture of Edward Scissorhands wearing a cape.

 

[Mr Light]

As long as there's a real villain and lots of super action, I would absolutely love the Wachowskis to make Superman! I love the Matrix Trilogy dearly (though the 3rd flick was a disappointment) and I even liked Speed Racer. You can't deny they make amazing action scenes! And Neo was basically a Superman analogue anyway.

 

[The Comedian]

For a perfect Superman reboot, skip the origin story. Everybody knows the origin already, it's just useless clutter at this point. Instead they should start with the meat and gravy, have sups out there kicking ass.

The film itself should be a thematic exploration of idealism versus pragmatism, with Superman facing up to the fact that he isn't powerful enough to save everyone all the time without breaking his principals, beginning with an opening scene in which Superman fails to stop a suicide bomber because he cannot bring himself to use lethal force.

The primary villain should be Darkseid, brought back to his Jack Kirby roots as a God of Order who seeks to impose order into the universe by forcing every living thing to bow to his will. Darkseid, whose obsession with imposing order has driven him to intergalactic conquest, provides both a foil for Superman, who desires order but still respects freedom, and a dire warning of what he may become if he gives into the temptation to impose his own brand of order onto the world in the name of saving it.

In addition, the Fifth-Dimensional Imp, Mr. Mxyzptlk appears in a psycologically antagonistic role. This version of Mxyzptlkis near omnipotent but totally amoral and seeks to explore the bounds and limits of three-dimensional morality using the ultimate boyscout as his subject. Mxyzptlk's purpose is not to fight Superman, but to goad him into abrogating his own moral code, just to see what it takes to make Superman compromise his morality. For this purpose, he appears as a benign observer, pressuring Superman with works but not interfering directly, though there are some subtle hints that he may have been responsibile for the bombing in the opening scene and for Darkseid setting his sights on Earth. In the end, Superman must choose between killing Darkseid to save not only Earth, but the entire galaxy, or risking almost certain defeat at the hands of an implacable villain that he doesn't have any way to subdue or hold.

This morality drama continues throughout the trillogy, as Mr. Mxyzptlk plays with a new team of ruthless superheroes in the second film, which borrows heavily from Whatever Happened to Truth, Justice, and the American Way while the third film borrows even more heavily from Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow. Ultimately, the entire trillogy should serve as a heavy rumination on when it is alright to use deadly force in defense of others through the perspective of a man who had vowed never to kill but finds himself facing impossible threats to the safety of the Earth, with Superman maintaining his idealism to the end, because he wouldn't be Superman without it.

And if they did that, with Matrix Fu cranked up to 11, borrowing their fight choreography from Superman the Animated Series, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited, I'd watch it.

And if anybody at Warner Bros is reading this, or the Wachowski bros, I totally give up all rights to that idea. Just do it, please.

Interesting ideas, but you don't really need Myx do you?

At any rate, if "Watchmen" really takes off (and I think it will) a lot of superhero films are going to go darker...

 

[stonester1]

W Bros on Supes? I'm down, with the right material.

Singer going back to Logan's Run, I like even better.