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The film 'got caught in an unfortunate moment in time' at Warner Bros. So why didn't they? It sounds like the budget was a big part of it. 'I thought it was gonna be a really different, sort of emo Superman, but we never got there.' The death and return of Superman 'It was more of a 1980s Superman with like, the samurai black long hair,' Cage told Variety. His suit was imagined as being like a 'chemical baby blanket' with a 'life of its own,' Burton can be heard describing in the footage. The film got far enough into development that Cage filmed a costume test in 1997. 'Our Superman was in therapy at the beginning of the film,' Gilroy noted. Other actors who were eyed include Christopher Walken for Brainiac, Kevin Spacey for Lex Luthor, and Sandra Bullock for Lois Lane.Ĭoming off his 'Batman' movies starring Michael Keaton, Tim Burton was tapped to direct, though he rejected Smith's draft and brought in a new writer, Wesley Strick, whom he worked with on 'Batman Returns.' Strick was eventually replaced with yet another writer, Dan Gilroy, who later told IndieWire the film would have explored the 'psychological trauma' of Superman realizing he's an alien. Cage was signed on to play Superman, and Chris Rock would have played Superman's friend Jimmy Olsen. The villains, Brainiac and Lex Luthor, were also set to be featured in the film. According to Smith, the producer demanded Superman not wear his suit or fly and was also weirdly insistent that he 'fight a giant spider in the third act.' (Peters denied the first two mandates in the documentary ' The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened?' but confirmed he wanted Superman to fight a giant spider, which Smith dubbed a 'Thanagarian snare beast' in his script.)ĭespite the title, the movie was to draw on 'The Death of Superman,' a story from the comics in which Superman is killed fighting Doomsday before being resurrected. The 'Clerks' director worked with producer Jon Peters, though as Smith recounted in 'An Evening with Kevin Smith,' Peters had a few unusual requests. Development on the film, originally titled 'Superman Reborn,' began in the 1990s, and a couple of screenwriters took a crack at drafts before Kevin Smith was hired to write his own.

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