Superman Returns

[Space Pirate Roberts]

The latest on the sequel-scrapping rumors, from IGN:

Superman Sequel Still Alive
Development reportedly continuing.
by Stax

March 21, 2007 - Rumor spread this week that Warner Bros. was considering shelving the Bryan Singer-directed sequel to Superman Returns in favor of putting the Man of Steel in the studio's recently announced Justice of League of America movie.

Now Variety reports that development on the sequel is continuing but that Singer will direct a World War II thriller with Tom Cruise first. In their initial March 19th report, Variety took the Internet to task for spreading the Superman rumor, yet the trade paper neglected to address the JLA rumor.

"Assertion would be on a par with saying Sony or Paramount would put their respective Spider-Man and Indiana Jones properties into turnaround," according to the report.

That's not quite true. Variety itself began the Superman sequel doom and gloom last summer when it reported that the sequel was not a sure thing considering Superman Returns' lukewarm domestic box office.

It is also interesting that they mention Indiana Jones since Variety recently reported that Shia LaBeouf is going to play Indy's son in the fourth installment, a claim that the actor has repeatedly denied since it was reported.

In other Superman sequel news, SupermanHomepage.com claims to know who the bad guys will be. "The script has not yet been written, but discussions are being bounced around in regards to the major villains being Metallo and Brainiac."

They add, "Apparently the 'Bank Gunner' from Superman Returns (the guy who shot Superman in the eye) will be the man who becomes/gets turned in to Metallo. It's unknown if he'll be referred to as John Corben or not."

Metallo and Brainiac? Nice.

[Razor Ramon]

Returns sucked nuts. I expect the sequel to do the same.

[Rem]

Razor brings up an interesting point.

[Korly]

The sequel has to be better. It HAS to be. If he's fighting a Superman-level threat like Brainiac or Metallo it'll be 10,000x cooler than him getting punched in the face by Kevin Spacey.

[stormy]

It is also interesting that they mention Indiana Jones since Variety recently reported that Shia LaBeouf is going to play Indy's son in the fourth installment, a claim that the actor has repeatedly denied since it was reported.

That's awesome news. For some reason I love Shia LeBeouf.

[Josh]

Superman is such an asshole.

[Space Pirate Roberts]

From SHH:

Saint on the Superman Returns Sequel
Source: Superman Homepage
April 18, 2007


Superman Homepage reports that Eva Marie Saint said this weekend that she will return as Martha Kent in the Superman Returns sequel:

Ms. Saint revealed that she is indeed signed on for the Superman Returns sequel, but does not know who the main villain will be. There have only been limited talks about what Martha Kent will be doing in the sequel, although she believes that it may involve Ma Kent meeting Lois and Jason.

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