Zack Snyder, the bloke who directed 300 and gave cinemas a swaying CGI penis in Watchmen, is going to direct the new Superman movie. The film is due out next year and will be written by Christopher Nolan, the director of the Dark Knight movie.
That’s all rather exciting isn’t it? It’ll be nice to have a Superman film which isn’t all glossy and hokey. We’d like to see Superman going really, really dark and depressing.
It’s believed that Snyder landed the gig ahead of other people with names, notably, Darren Aronofsky, Ben Affleck, Matt Reeves and Tony Scott. If this new Superman film is anything Dark Knight, then we should be in for a treat.
Apparently, the script is similar to ‘Superman Returns’ with nods to Richard Donner’s Superman films which were released more than 30 years ago.
But who will be the villain of the piece?
Well, the new movie will feature General Zod, who was previously played by Terence Stamp in 1978 and 1980. General Zod is a really, really rubbish name though, isn’t it?
There’s no word on who will play Zod as yet, but it’s going to have be one charismatic swine if they’re going to pull it off. Hecklerspray puts forward Zachary Quinto who did a fine turn in the ultimately disappointing Heroes. He can do evil-bastard very well indeed and, importantly, can grow a decent beard.
Warner Brothers, who are bankrolling the movie, are keen to get this out quickly as there’s a chance they could lose certain copyrights to Joe Shuster and Jerry Seigel, the heirs of creators.
It’s been reported that they are still involved in a legal row, but details are scarce.
Snyder is looking forward to tackling the new Superman film:
“I had always been a huge fan of the character, but this is out of the blue,?
?I definitely expressed my love for the character and interest in seeing him treated right. The character deserves to be loved. It’s his time.”
?I think the first (Superman) movies were so well done, he kind of got stuck. I think our challenge is to bring him to a modern audience that’s still respectful of the character.”
300 was something of a surprise hit and Watchmen put a lot of bums on seats. Snyder has his work cut out with this one though. Despite grossing $200 million+, the last Superman film was something of a let-down.
And, of course, this being a comic-book adaptation, there’s going to be nerds out there going through each morsel of news with a fine tooth comb, agonising over each rumoured cast-call.
More news when we get it.
And swinging CGI penises. Mustn’t forget that.
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JoeMomma says
Sorry, this is going to suck balls. What they need to do is get away from the Richard Donner stuff. Really, stop. General Zod has been done to death. Think of something new. The reason the last one failed so miserably is because it was too connected to the original movies. That quite frankly the movies after the first two sucked. To be honest even if you look back at the first two, they don’t really measure up anymore either.
The reason ‘Batman Begins’ was successful is because it was completely different than the original set of the movies (plus no Bat-nipples).
Finally, aren’t we a little tired of Superman? Smallville has been running for 10 years now. Isn’t there a little known DC character that can be used? I can think of a few.
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Superhero Legacy says
I just wish they would use a villain other than Zod. We’re tired of seeing him and Luthor on the big screen. But hopefully Snyder brings some action to this down-trodden franchise.
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