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Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris Turn Their Back on Superman

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Source:  Variety
Superman Returns writers Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris have opted out of penning the long gestating sequel to their hit film. According to Variety, Warner Brothers is currently accepting pitches from other screenplay writers interested in the job.

Word is, the studio is considering a completely fresh start. They will scrape any connection to the previous film, acting as if it never happened. Warner Brothers is apparently not happy with the introduction of Lois Lane's super powered son, as well as the less than stellar box office numbers the previous film garnered.

Warner Brothers is denying these speculations, and state that Brandon Routh is likely to return for the sequel. One thing is for certain, the action quotient will be increased no matter what direction the screenplay goes. The film is currently taking a backseat to Justice League of America and may not see theater screens until 2010.


4 Comments & Responses


January 6th, 2008 8:26am
I liked Superman Returns, people are always like it lacked action it lacked action. There was more action in that movie then in the original Superman. Plus the story was not bent on action is was about him returning and finding out on the things he missed and so on. I thought Brandon was an amazing Superman. The only character that I didn't really like was Bosworth, I mean why...
 
December 21st, 2007 4:03am
forgetting is one thing, but working around it is som uch better, just ignore it or something, like its there, but who cares lol. preferably it should be doomsday if he'll be battling in a movie with tonnes of action.
 
October 23rd, 2007 6:43am
well this sounds wonderful to me. get rid of the child that was a very bad move. thank god they ar doing that. they need to get more action in this one. i suggest definitely bringing back both Routh and Spacey but then add in either Parasite, Bizzaro, Darkseid, Metallo, or Doomsday. You need something big like that for this film. Thats fine get some new writers. What about Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. After what they wrote for Transformers and was able to write all the actio they did in their movie can you imagine what they could cook up for Superman!
 
October 22nd, 2007 12:17am
Maybe it's better so. I didn't like the superson idea either. I suggest to change the director also. I would think about:
Steven Spielberg
Michael Bay
Brett Ratner
Christopher Nolan
Alex Proyas
 
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