Christopher Nolan to oversee the new Superman film

[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]

^^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

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

[Javier]

^^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

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

Honestly, after reading that you got me really excited for the idea of that happening for the next Batman lol

[Shallow]

^^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

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

Honestly, after reading that you got me really excited for the idea of that happening for the next Batman lol

I don't see it happening though. I just took basic comic book ideas from all of the characters involved and put them together.

[Chamillitary Click]

you can't top The Dark Knight, in terms of a villian; i don't care how mainstream of an opinion that sounds, it's true.

anyway, at the end of The Dark Knight, Batman is running away as if he was behind the death of Harvey Dent; the people hate him.

rumors have it, one of Batman's big nenmis', The Penguin or The Riddler will be next.

to throw in Superman for the reasons of hype & sales & getting away from the plot is silly; plus you're possibly clashing with controversy of people who don't like Superman & people who don't like Batman.

look at Batman, doesn't have any Super Powers, he just uses technology to fight crime, yet nobody can stop him.

you mean to tell me that somebody with Super Human strength & who can fly anytime he wants, won't be able to defeat any opponet in Gotham, not counting the obvious apperance of Kryptonite?

also, i haven't seen the most recent Superman since it was in theaters, but didn't he have a child with Louis Lane that was Super Human?

i'm sure the story will continue from there.

so i doubt in the next Superman that we'll see Batman & i doubt in the next Batman we'll see Superman.

not only do i doubt it, but it better not happen; sure you can make the argument that Batman is not 100% realistic, but it's 85% more realistic than Superman.

[Javier]

Superman is most likely doing a reboot of the series.  If Nolan somehow brings the idea together, would it really be that bad of an idea?  Whatever Nolan does, I'll back him 100% since he hasn't done a bad film.  In the meantime, Inception is coming July of 2010.  DAAAMN.

[Shallow]

you can't top The Dark Knight, in terms of a villian; i don't care how mainstream of an opinion that sounds, it's true.

anyway, at the end of The Dark Knight, Batman is running away as if he was behind the death of Harvey Dent; the people hate him.

rumors have it, one of Batman's big nenmis', The Penguin or The Riddler will be next.

to throw in Superman for the reasons of hype & sales & getting away from the plot is silly; plus you're possibly clashing with controversy of people who don't like Superman & people who don't like Batman.

look at Batman, doesn't have any Super Powers, he just uses technology to fight crime, yet nobody can stop him.

you mean to tell me that somebody with Super Human strength & who can fly anytime he wants, won't be able to defeat any opponet in Gotham, not counting the obvious apperance of Kryptonite?

also, i haven't seen the most recent Superman since it was in theaters, but didn't he have a child with Louis Lane that was Super Human?

i'm sure the story will continue from there.

so i doubt in the next Superman that we'll see Batman & i doubt in the next Batman we'll see Superman.

not only do i doubt it, but it better not happen; sure you can make the argument that Batman is not 100% realistic, but it's 85% more realistic than Superman.

The story of Returns is being eliminated and re-started. The Riddler wouldn't fight Superman, his story would be getting back at Batman/Bruce Wayne for firing him. It's not rocket science. His genius solving puzzles would help Luthor decipher the Kryptonian language.

You're right Batman is an on the run cop killer. Who better for Gotham City to enlist to find Batman than the newly heralded Superhero from Metropolis? Then Supes realizes that Batman never did any of those things and in the end tells the people of Gotham the truth, because he cannot lie.

You're right, no one beats Heath's Joker as a villain. But Luthor is better than any Bat villain available. If done properly Superman would be released first to set up the origin. Then the Bat/Superman film includes everyone in it.

I don't need it to be done this way. They could easily keep the universes apart and I understand why people think the Bat universe is too real for an alien. I just don't. I think a man dressing up as Bat and fighting crime with a bunch of weird gadgets and in the modern day of technology and surveillance cannot be tracked down by authorities is silly enough for an alien. Gotham City was about to be blown up. You'd think te FBI would get involved and find out who this guy in a Bat suit that saved the day is.

[Chamillitary Click]

^so write the screenplay, but it isn't happening.

[JohnnyL]

 In terms of Nolan's role in the upcoming Superman movie, I think you're likely to see it limited to some sort of consultant capacity. Warner Brothers was disappointed with "Superman Returns" ticket sales, and want to bring someone in with a new perspective.  Nolan is the obvious choice because of the success he's had with Batman. I doubt they will get, or even pursue getting him, to direct the next Superman movie, though.
 While I would love to see a Superman/Batman movie in the future, I think Nolan himself would be against it.  He has tried to ground his Batman universe as much in reality as possible.  It's for this reason that he's avoided adding some of the more comic book-ish elements, even to his Batman films. Robin, for example.  Or Joker's toxic waste origin, or Ra's Al Gul's use of the Lazarus Pit to make himself immortal.
 I also think that if a Superman/Batman movie were ever to happen, Warner Brothers would probably avoid using the same actors from the Batman films.  This actually almost became an issue a few years ago.  They had started pre-production on a Justic League movie in Australia, with George Miller (of the Mad Max films) set to direct.  For this movie they had recast both Superman and Batman for fear that if the film wasn't a success, it could potentially have a negative affect on the Batman franchise which had already been successfully restarted, at the time ( I believe this was after "Batman Begins" was released, but before "The Dark Knight"). That Justice League movie has since been scrapped (having essentially fallen apart during the writer's strike from a couple years ago), but that kind of illustrates Warner Brother's fear that a movie with a group or "team up" dynamic could be toxic to the respective solo film franchises.
 I think what could likely happen is that Nolan will come back and direct a third Batman solo film.  Warner Brothers will hire a new director to direct a rebooted Superman solo film, and then maybe we will see a Superman/Batman film down the line.  But I doubt they will be able to get Christopher Nolan to direct it.

[Shallow]

^so write the screenplay, but it isn't happening.

I already said it isn't happening. I'll write it if you want to read it though. I write plenty of shit no one pays attention to; like back in September of 08 when I wrote the Patriots would go 11-5 with out Brady. 

[Chamillitary Click]

^so write the screenplay, but it isn't happening.

I already said it isn't happening. I'll write it if you want to read it though. I write plenty of shit no one pays attention to; like back in September of 08 when I wrote the Patriots would go 11-5 with out Brady. 

if it's anything like your recent works such as the timeless classics, "the Colts Peyton is winning the Superbowl" & "MVP's over rings", i'll have to read it; keep me updated.

[Shallow]

^so write the screenplay, but it isn't happening.

I already said it isn't happening. I'll write it if you want to read it though. I write plenty of shit no one pays attention to; like back in September of 08 when I wrote the Patriots would go 11-5 with out Brady. 

if it's anything like your recent works such as the timeless classics, "the Colts Peyton is winning the Superbowl" & "MVP's over rings", i'll have to read it; keep me updated.

I never boldly said the Colts would win. But I can write a script for Superman Batman no problem. Do you want me to first write the Superman film script? It would only be a basic origin story with Clark becoming Superman and Luthor testing Superman to see what he's made of.