Millar said:
Since I was a kid I've always wanted to reinvent Superman for the 21st century.
I've been planning this my entire life. I've got my director and producer set up, and it'll be 2011. This is how far ahead you have to think.
The Superman brand is toxic after that last movie lost 200 million, but in 2011 we're hoping to restart it.
Sadly I can't say who the director is, but we may make it official by Christmas.
But fingers crossed it could work out, that would be my lifetime's dream.
I've been planning this my entire life. I've got my director and producer set up, and it'll be 2011. This is how far ahead you have to think.
The Superman brand is toxic after that last movie lost 200 million, but in 2011 we're hoping to restart it.
Sadly I can't say who the director is, but we may make it official by Christmas.
But fingers crossed it could work out, that would be my lifetime's dream.
What Millar's statement means compared to other news that we have heard about the next planned Superman film, Superman: The Man of Steel, is currently unclear. Is Bryan Singer in or out? What about film stars Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey?
Keep reading MovieWeb and SuperheroFlix for the latest news about Superman: The Man of Steel as it becomes available.
Man of Steel comes to theaters June 14th, 2013 and stars Henry Cavill, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Julia Ormond. The film is directed by Zack Snyder.
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The Doctor
.... it will be weird and brilliant all together.
4 years agoby @ghettokidFlag
The Doctor
Frank Miller will make the Superman: Man of Steel tremendously darker.....
4 years agoby @ghettokidFlag
knobie09
thank you.
4 years agoby @knobie09Flag
T.Clark
I agree w/ that...ur officially not a douchebag...congratulations
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
knobie09
still... make it star wars,sci-fi action-packed like.
4 years agoby @knobie09Flag
T.Clark
Give me ur address and i'll grant ur wish hahaha(so not joking, douchebag)
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
knobie09
did i say kid-friendly?!? please,somebody shoot me to dead.
4 years agoby @knobie09Flag
knobie09
make it kid-friendly-action-packed,like(the now 4th)star wars. all the villians,from darkseid to parasite to bizarro to metallo etc. trying to take over the world and(like always)superman saves it.
4 years agoby @knobie09Flag
Marcusx
not interested
4 years agoby @marcusxFlag
Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes
cool!
4 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag
Shadow Of The Day
Cool.
4 years agoby @asifFlag
T.Clark
Superman can be dark in the comics cuz he has over 70 years worth of story and run out of goddamn ideas!!!!!!!! When u have a movie, especially a reboot, ur supposed to take the best attributes bout the hero and build that from the ground up. Superman is a beacon of light and hope. His colors are red, blue, and yellow, not black and gray. The colors even have symbols: blue is the sky, yellow is the sun, and red is blood. Superman has godlike powers and u people want him beating up thugs on the street like batman!! Get over urselves!!!! His movie should be a special effects extravaganza, and that means lots of bright f*cking colors!!!!!!!!!
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
monkey03
Let's see what Millar is capable of. I'd love to see Superman reaching the 21st century, because i'm tired of the same silver age crap in his ongoing comic book series.
(Except All-Star Superman which I LOVE!)
4 years agoby @monkey03Flag
benderisgreat
Happy to hear it will be a restart to the series, The Superman story always had potential to mak great movies, but it just hasnt happened, Superman Returns was decent, but there were so many inconsistencies (sp) that it made it hard to think of it as a sequel or a stand alone. To be honest, my favorite non comic version of the superman story was the Lois and Clark tv show(except when H.G Wells came in). The personal struggles, Lex Luthor being a bent business man, etc. I would also like to see them start bringing in different bad guys. Sick of Lex, although he is important.
4 years agoby @benderisgreatFlag
shuster480
Revamp?! well it worked for the hulk why not Supes? Lets hope so!
http://www.supermanofsteel.com/
4 years agoby @shuster480Flag
ShadowfoxSC
kool yeah the recent superman made him look like a stocker.
4 years agoby @shadowscFlag
comic book guy
Ya building giant islands have to cost millions on dollars imagine the dirt invold alone.. LOL I know it was CGI just screwing with you.
4 years agoby @lostone01Flag
Solar XI
well all the freakin animation it costed millions of dollars and the museum robbery scene and when he took the island and threw it outerspace and when he took that long as fall and the flashback scenes... and other things it costed a lot
4 years agoby @solarxiFlag
Tronticon
I'm all for going darker! I kinda liked Superman Returns ... though I dont understand how it cost $200m.
4 years agoby @tronticonFlag
Joker211
How can you have a crime story with fighting violence in it and call it a happy family film. And yes Superman has been dark at times, it's a D.C comic it's not Marvel.
4 years agoby @joker211Flag
DuDisNow
Superman isn't susposed to be dark, he was never dark. They need to keep it a happy family film rather than an adult film.
4 years agoby @dudisnowFlag
Solar XI
If they reboot that would take a lot of time. I agree with Joker211 they should call it Superman, then The Man of Steel. But then it may go in the direction of the new Batman.
4 years agoby @solarxiFlag
XJWS79
Why does everybody want Superman to darker. Just curious? I hear that a lot when it comes to Superman.
I'm not going into the whole how the villain should be thing. Restart the franchise in 2011 might be a bad thing, since nobody seems to like Superman Returns.
4 years agoby @xjws79Flag
Joker211
They should call the reboot "Superman" and then the sequel should just be called "The Man Of Steel".
4 years agoby @joker211Flag
-comrade-
I am absolutely jacked to see a complete reboot. I love Bryan Singer, but his movie really just ended what Richard Donner started. It will be nice to see the fresh approach to live action Supes.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Joker211
Appreciate guys, I mean it's time. Even the city looked down right fake. It just looked like the whole movie was on a green screen, and I'm not a huge fan of that. I mean use some locations, create the Superman world with various city's and shoot it on Imax, and maybe find a way to implant the Daily Planet Globe into a city instead of using C.G.I. to create it.
4 years agoby @joker211Flag
Filmbuff
Superman Returns sucked ass!! Let's hope this one's darker!
4 years agoby @i-know-kungfuFlag
knobie09
joker211... you da man!!!
4 years agoby @knobie09Flag
comic book guy
Joker211 You may be on to something an slightly older war torn Superman ponduring if he is still able to be the defender of truth, justice, and the american way. With some real villans how many times can you fight Lex Luthor a simple human with no super powers over and over again. I think that could the darker movie we all are wanting to see.
4 years agoby @lostone01Flag
Joker211
I agree comic guy. It's amazing how music can change a tone of a movie. I think it's time for a new theme, because superman returns theme was absolute crap. Routh was crap too,(I mean can we have a much older Superman I mean not some model). I say throw everything about "Superman Returns" and start new do something more mature.
4 years agoby @joker211Flag