I don’t know about you but I’m kinda gettin’ tired of comic writer Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass) ranting his mouth all this time about how he would like to revamp SUPERMAN because all he does is talk. Not too long ago, there was word that he’s been discussing his ideas with a quote end quote “Big Hollywood Action Director”. Nobody knows who the hell he’s talking bout… I sure hope it’s not John Woo..
Millar wants to make the next SUPERMAN movie to be an epic 8-hour screen trilogy in the likes of GODFATHER saga. He calls it the Magnum Opus of Super Stories. This is what he said to Empire Online about his plan…
“It’s gonna be like Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that takes him. The Dark Knight showed you can take a comic book property and make a serious film, and I think the studios are ready to listen to bigger ideas now.”
“The problem with Superman Returns was like releasing Star Wars in ’77, The Empire Strikes Back in ’80 and then waiting 28 years to release Return of the Jedi, it wasn’t relevant. I understand what Bryan Singer was trying to do, to pay homage to Richard Donner’s original vision, but I think you should pay homage by doing something completely different.”
“I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers.”
I agree with his opinion on making it different instead of an homage. But here’s the thing…
Okay, so he mentioned wanting to make it to have the same essence as Godfather and The Dark Knight..How is that original or different?!
This dude just wants to copy everything! What the hell!
Once again, the problem that Bryan Singer had with Superman Returns, trying to make the Man of Steel to be all savior-like and lovy dubby…not to mention WB wanted to make him even ‘darker’
Here’s the answer….Leave SUPERMAN just the way he is, make a movie that’s true to the spirit of what he’s all about and it will pay off. Turning him into something he’s not will backfire.
Besides, Millar‘s idea sounds like it’s going to be one helluva a long drama… People wants to see a movie about Superman kicking Bizarro in the neck.. reboots like THE INCREDIBLE HULK got it right.
