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Javier:
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/02/09/christopher-nolan-to-mentor-new-superman-movies-unlikely-to-direct/

"The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan is making room for another superhero franchise — none other than the Man of Steel himself, Superman.

A report from Deadline Hollywood states that Warner Bros. has tasked Nolan with a "godfather" role in shepherding a "Superman" relaunch following the poorly received "Superman Returns." The site also reiterated its report from yesterday that Nolan is currently working on the third "Batman" screenplay with David Goyer and brother Jonah Nolan.

According to the report, Nolan isn't likely to direct the new "Superman" film, which won't be a followup to "Superman Returns." Curiously, the report mentions that "Returns" collaborators Brandon Routh and Bryan Singer aren't officially off the relaunch yet.

"We know what we don't want to do. But we don't know what we want to do," an insider reportedly told the site. "We learned a lot from the last movie, and we want to get it right this time."

The report also indicates that there are still legal troubles plaguing "Superman," as the character's rights revert back to creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 2013. If production does not begin by 2011, "the Siegels could sue to recover their damages on the grounds that the deal should have contained a clause in which the rights returned to the owners after a given time if no film was in development."

Exactly what Christopher Nolan plans to bring to the "Superman" table remains unclear at this point, though an insider reinterpreted previous reports of a "darker" reboot to mean a "more sophisticated" relaunch. Interestingly enough, Nolan coming on board the "Superman" franchise echoes Warner Bros' previous attempt in the 1990s to bring "Batman" filmmaker Tim Burton in on the Man of Steel's big screen voyage. That attempt never took flight.

Keep it locked into Splash Page as more "Superman" movie news develops.

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Nolan and Goyer are already writing the screenplay next Batman.  This is just my guess, but what if the other reason to have Nolan oversee the next Superman movie is to possibly merge the two characters together for Nolan's next Batman installment?  That would easily make the hype be on par or even exceed the Dark Knight. 

The Watcher:
can't see this happening to be honest. if they don't get the script complete by 2013 they are going to lose it. since superman returns they have tried 4 or 5 times to get superman off the ground but nothing ever happens. add to the fact after the dark knight they wanted to turn superman all dark and whatever, i just can't see it happening

as for batman and superman on the screen together, that would be great. but i find the tone of the superman/batman comic series to be a bit lighter in regards to batman than nolan's version of batman, so i'm not sure how well that would work. if they got christian bale's batman to lighten up it might work but that's a bit unlikely

Shallow:
I know a lot of people that think an alien from another planet wouldn't work in Nolan's Bat-universe because it's too set in reality. I disagree with that. We've already seen over the top plot development with Gotham trying to be blown up and Two Face. I think you can rework the Superman universe to fit the Batman universe. The world can still be dark with out Superman being dark. The idea is simple; one one hand you have a man with all the power in the world and wishes he didn't have it but understands the burden he must bare, and on the other you have just a man who would love to have that power and bring justice to all that oppose it.

Batman is driven by vengeance, anger, and delusion. Superman is accepting his duty to mankind. He has no reason to put on a costume and fight crime, he just knows he has to. Batman doesn't have to but wants to. Superman doesn't want to but has to. In the middle would be Lex Luthor who would fit in with Wayne easily since they'd both be young brilliant businessmen and should be more complicated than his last two film couterparts. Luthor is a man who feels it is his duty as genius and man of means to protect the world from possible alien threat. He doesn't have faith in Superman and knows that if Superman decided to takeover and destroy the Earth he could, so Luthor takes it upon himself to make sure that if Superman went rogue he could be stopped, and Luthor would attain this power by any means neccessary. Meaning he would go to any lengths to make sure Superman could be stopped if need be, and in doing so he crosses many lines, thus making him a villain.

The bat villain involved is simple. A Wayne Enterprise scientist that goes too far with his experiments is fired and hired by Luthor Corp (that believes you can never go too far); Edward Nigma, whose puzzle solving abilities will come in very handy to Luthor when trying to figure out various Kryptonian artifacts.

And go from there.

eazye:
^^Great post.

Heath's performance as the Joker and death caused such massive hype, making it hard to top.A Superman in the Nolan-franchise could easily do it.And that's just speaking of entertainment value

I suggest everyone who is skeptical about Nolan going into such direction should read Shallow's post.Regards to him for taking the time

Shallow:

--- Quote from: eazye on February 10, 2010, 11:35:23 AM ---^^Great post.

Heath's performance as the Joker and death caused such massive hype, making it hard to top.A Superman in the Nolan-franchise could easily do it.And that's just speaking of entertainment value

I suggest everyone who is skeptical about Nolan going into such direction should read Shallow's post.Regards to him for taking the time

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And I was just wondering if anyone even liked it. Thanks for the kudos.

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