Superman Returns The Bryan Singer Cut I for one would love to see this. All those deleted scenes extra's on the DVD release was only some of the footage. Since Warner Bros have no plans currently for another movie I suspect those scenes will not be seen in any potential sequel either - so why not release the full cut - assuming Singer is happy to:

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Singer 'to direct' Galactica film

I have to admit I've only watched the Pilot of the 2003 revival. But so many people on my f-list rave about the series I wish I could've liked the pilot ep more than I did. So fans is this a good thing? A movie version? And Singer directing? I'm always a bit wary of TV shows turned into movies (ha! this is an ironic statement coming from someone who has recently discovered Star Trek) but Singer's storytelling I like. Am assuming this will
involve the same cast also?

And Christopher McQuarrie to write Wolverine sequel. That sounds like an improvement to me.

*clings onto the hope that director Bryan Singer might still be attached to direct another Superman movie*.

See Superman Homepage report.

All speculative as ever though.

Rumor... a doozy... Wachowskis... McTeague... PLASTIC MAN, SUPERMAN Trilogy & Singer on LOGAN'S RUN?!?!?! --
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^ Well this is the latest rumour to hit the net. The Wachowski brothers to direct Superman trilogy reboot? Meh, Maybe I could be convinced. They've got the special effects experience I'd just have to be convinced they understand the character.

- Bryan Singer has refused to undertake a re-boot of the Superman franchise and has left the Executives at WB with no choice but to take a fresh creative direction.

^ gutted if this is true :( But... I understand it from Singer's point of view if he doesn't see a reboot as necessary, then he's not the right person to direct one is he? (I wish he was. As much as I wish Warner Bros. would let him finish what he started but I have to accept that is not going to happen the longer this goes on).

PLEASE KEEP ROUTH.

Seen at the cinema:

Slumdog Millionaire
Seven Pounds
Valkyrie

Trailer:



What are those critics who dislike this movie moaning about? This is a good movie. I enjoyed it. All the cast IMO put in fine performances - Oscar worthy? Perhaps not but just because its Oscar season doesn't mean this is a lesser film because of it. The tension is superb, and director Bryan Singer is a great storyteller. This movie does just that - entertains and tells a story that happens to be true - a quite remarkable story that I'm amazed cinema has never told before.


Favourite quote from the movie: Remember, this is a military operation. Something always goes wrong.

Oh, and the Superman fan in me got a kick out of seeing Terrence 'General Zod' Stamp in this, and I noticed that two of the producers on Superman Returns, also joined Singer as producers on this project too.

( January 22nd 2009 )

^ Poster on the tube. I can't wait to see this movie as saw the play with same cast in lead roles. Too bad Michael Sheen didn't get an Oscar nomination - list was released today. Good luck to Frank Langella though :)

Also out tomorrow that i want to see: Valkyrie, and Milk. Damn you Oscar season - too many good movies out at the same time.

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Valkyrie Premiere: Cruise, Singer, Superman - Thompson On Hollywood on Variety.com

he [Singer] won't even start to think about Superman again until after he takes a holiday vacation. He has absolutely no commitment to any project, including Superman, Singer said. Everywhere he goes to talk about Valkyrie, everyone asks him about Superman. ]He hasn't considered any writers' pitches. No Warners meeting on the film is planned at this time. Solving the next one is all about the villains, the trio agreed.

Well I don't think we'll see another movie for some time yet. Who knows if Mark Millar got his reboot movie pitch through to the WB bosses or not that he was talking about several months ago. I can wait - thankfully youth is on Routh's side to return to the role which I hope he does. And Singer. Thoughts anyone?

According to UGO - a chat with director Bryan Singer:

Bryan Singer Is Not NOT Doing Superman: Man of Steel
Posted by Jordan Hoffman on 12/04 at 05:23 PM

I just got off the phone with big shot Hollywood filmmaker Bryan Singer who’s newest film Valkyrie is coming out on December 25th. We spoke at length about the film, about Tom Cruise, about why people lose their minds with gossip about Tom Cruise and what it is like working with a man who can’t sneeze without being on the front page of the New York Post. (See pic above for Singer on the set working with said man.) We’ll have a full transcript of the conversation soon, but I wanted to get something to you as quickly as possible: Bryan Singer on Superman: Man of Steel:

Jordan Hoffman: Bryan, I have to ask you…..The Man of Steel! Superman!

Bryan Singer: I couldn’t – I wish I had an answer.

JH: I’m strapping you to a lie detector right now.


BS: (laughs) Yeah?

JH: You feel that on your arm?

BS: Yeah, yeah.

JH: That’s me strapping a lie detector to you.

BS: Okay.

JH: Tell me something about Superman and you and your relationship together.

BS: I love Superman and I can not tell you anything else. I, uh……

JH: Would you like to tell me something else? But you simply can’t?

BS: I can’t, I….no-no I wish I could! Yeah! I wish I could, but there’s nothing I have to tell. I’ve got a world tour (laughs) press tour on Valkyrie, a premiere in New York, uh –

JH: But there is talk of a new film, though. Are you officially involved in this talk of the new film?

BS: I am not officially involved in the talk, no.

JH: But when talk happens they’ll call you.

BS: Well it’s, you know, I have relationships with Warner Brothers and with the character and, and, and, and it’s just the way things work out.

JH: But you are not divorced from Superman at this point.

BS: No.

JH: All right.

SOURCE: UGO Movie Blog

So Singer is not involved in current Superman talks but is not officially off yet either. *sigh* I hate to think WB are waiting for some kind of contract agreement to expire? :( I want him back :(

Lots of interesting movie news in just a few days:

Sam Mendes is to direct the movie Preacher based on the Garth Ennis comics. I've never read them but didn't see this coming! That said, Mendes did direct Road to Perdition which is based on a comic so I'm told.

Spider-Man 4 has a writer. Pulitzer winner Lindsay-Abaire. Sounds promising - please make it like the first two, and not the third.

Comic book writer Mark Millar has revealed more of his Superman movie trilogy idea - might post more on that another time when I've digested the info. I'm not totally sold, but don't hate it either.

Posters for Richard Curtis' next movie The Boat That Rocked which stars Nick Frost amongst others. Hurry up trailer :)

And another Valkyrie trailer.

:)

Latest blu-ray purchases:

Enchanted
Superman Returns
Superman: The Movie

I watched Superman Returns for the first time on blu-ray today and OMG the details on the Superman costume are sooo much crisper. It looks great :D Especially the cape - much improved. And for those of you supporting the 'Bring Routh Back' campaign - buying Superman Returns on blu-ray if you haven't already is a sure way to get Warner Bros noticing - ultimately if you spend money on it, they'll pay attention. Movie making is a business after all.

*Finally* a trailer for Bryan Singer's Valkyrie. It's tense but I love the ticking clock effect in the trailer:







thoughts anyone?

MTV has an interview with James Marsden in which he talks about Superman Returns and sequel news:


Honestly, my theory is that the white bread element of Superman or the virtuous element of Superman wasn’t that exciting to young people, the videogame generation. You’ve got to have some edgy, kick-ass dark side to the character to make people want to be him....There was something old school, virtuous — which I actually loved — and white bread about Superman that didn’t resonate so much. I loved the movie that Bryan made. But maybe I’m the anomaly and I don’t represent what young fans want to see.”

In the end, Marsden doesn’t think that Warner’s decision to go darker is a good one -– but a necessary one, he said.

[Audiences] want to see darkness and Superman doesn’t represent that. I like that about him but honestly that’s the reason why,” Marsden continued. “Look at ‘The Dark Knight’ and Christian Bale. He’s the hero but there’s a kick-ass darkness to him. Or Wolverine and ‘X-Men.’ Superman was virtuous and the reluctant superhero. He never told a lie. He eats apple pie. I don’t know if that’s something the young kids want to aspire to. It’s kind of sad to me.

I think Marsden has a point here. It's sad to me too :( But I am of the belief that Superman is still relevant today without having to go 'dark' - surely kids can still aspire or want to be the best they can be.... This has never been cool to admit but it doesn't mean kids don't aspire secretly to be like Superman. Or adults either.

Poor Richard White never got his sequel - man that annoys me probably more than Marsden LOL!

First, I never sure how effective these campaigns can be when a studio has presumably already made the decision but for the sake that I would be sad to see Brandon Routh booted, and for the fact that it hasn't officially been announced that he's been dropped, I am pimping this fan campaign.

BRB - Bring Routh Back

And onto another article:

Ready for a darker, more tormented Superman?
Aug 25, 2008, 02:04 PM | by Gary Susman

Poor Superman. His last movie was a disappointment, and now his DC Comics stablemate Batman is getting all the box office glory. But Warner Bros. has a plan, according to the Wall Street Journal, to reboot the Superman franchise, and its DC superhero properties in general. That plan, in a nutshell: Do what Marvel does. (After all, Marvel didn't wait around too long to go back to the drawing board with a Hulk reboot.) The two prongs of the plan: First, make a bunch of related movies about individual DC heroes (including Green Arrow, Green Lantern, the Flash, and Wonder Woman), then tie them together with a group tale (the sidelined Justice League of America movie), à la Marvel's Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and the Avengers. Second, make the characters all psychologically darker (like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, Spider-Man, etc., but more importantly, like Warners' own Batman, as Christian Bale has portrayed him, to great box office success).

Derivative as it is, this is not a bad plan, but can it work for Superman? The Man of Steel is not usually thought of as a brooding, tormented character, but there's certainly room in his mythology for him to be portrayed that way. David Mamet wrote an essay about 20 years ago emphasizing Superman's history of psychological damage. He's an orphan who never knew his real parents or even his birthplace; he loves a woman he can't really have, everyone he's close to is consequently a target for his enemies; he's an immigrant who remains a freak who'll never be able to fully assimilate (and who finds refuge in the remotest place on Earth); and the only thing that can kill him is literal fragments of his past. Plus, his human disguise -- as weak, awkward, clumsy, ineffectual professional bystander Clark Kent -- suggests he doesn't hold humanity in high regard.

Still, do moviegoers even want a dark Superman? We do like our superheroes bleak these days -- not just Dark Knight and the Marvel characters, but also Hancock and the forthcoming Watchmen. And we've certainly seen Clark himself display plenty of teen angst on Smallville. But moviegoers have almost always gotten a Superman who's a big blue Boy Scout. There's certain to be outrage from some quarters if Superman is portrayed as something other than the untroubled, apple-pie defender of Truth, Justice, and the American Way. But I wouldn't worry; he's a pretty strong guy. If he bounced back from Superman IV and Superman Returns, he'll survive this, too.

SOURCE: EW.com.

I never knew Mamet had written such an essay. Is it available to read anywhere online? *is curious* The summary doesn't reveal anything I haven't read already about aspects of Superman's mythology. If a new reboot wants to highlight the origins in that way then there's room to argue that it's still true to the source material - just a different intepretation. BUT and its a big BUT this still does not change the idea of what Superman REPRESENTS. He does NOT become a symbol of any of those 'pyschological/troubled/dark flaws'. He still remains an ideal - someone to look up to, to strive to be. Am I making sense? Writer/director needs to understand this no?

And just to end on an irrational response to the last sentence/fangirl rant - frankly that's insulting to see Superman IV and Superman Returns referred to in the same sentence. I'm a massive Reeve fan but I can't stick up for IV when comparing it to SR!

Well the fan reaction has been mixed so far.

I'm totally gutted. Bryan Singer and Brandon Routh created a movie I love. And it looks like a sequel is no longer on the table, instead a reboot is what WB want.

The Time Warner Inc. unit, like some other Hollywood studios, is planning to release fewer films into the crowded marketplace. But the studio, known for making more big, expensive movies than most rivals, plans to make even more of those -- some centered on properties from its DC Comics unit, such as Batman.

Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov wants the studio to release as many as eight such movies a year by 2011. "The long-term goal of the studio is to take advantage of what has become a very global market by focusing on bigger films that require a bigger commitment," he says. Warner Bros. films released last year grossed $2 billion internationally, about 42% more than their $1.4 billion domestic take.

Mining the comic-book franchise is central to the success of Warner Bros.' strategy. Its lineup of "tent poles" -- Hollywood-speak for big movies that are the foundation of a studio's slate -- has thinned. Warner Bros. has been slow to capitalize on DC, and it now faces a rival in Marvel Entertainment Inc.'s Marvel Studios, the company behind box-office gusher "Iron Man."

Superhero films based on comic-book legends, like "The Dark Knight," have emerged as some of the strongest players in the global market, in part because they're natural candidates for tie-ups with consumer products and games that can also be marketed globally.

"Superheroes are more global than ever in today's commercial world, existing in 30 languages and in more than 60 countries," says Paul Levitz, president and publisher of DC Comics. The characters are "a world-wide export," he says.

"Films with our DC properties have the opportunity to support other divisions in the company in a way that our other movies don't," Mr. Robinov says, for example, with products such as a Superman game or toys. By 2011, Mr. Robinov plans for DC Comics to supply the material for up to two of the six to eight tent-pole films he hopes Warner Bros. will have in the pipeline by then.

While big ambitions can result in a huge payoff, they can also end in huge losses. Warner's car adventure "Speed Racer" bombed at the box office in May. The film, said to have cost as much as $150 million, has taken in only $43.9 million in the U.S. Some other big-budget Warner films, such as spy comedy "Get Smart," also have failed to meet expectations.

Earlier this year, Warner Bros. shut its two art-house labels, Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures. The studio currently releases 25 to 26 films a year. By 2010, Mr. Robinov plans to pare production to 20 to 22 movies a year.

A movie referred to internally as "Justice League of America," originally said to be for next summer, was planned as one of the studio's major releases. With that film, starring a superhero team, Warner hoped to spark interest in DC characters like Green Lantern who haven't yet attained the level of popularity of Batman. But script problems, among other things, have delayed the movie.

The studio said last week that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," originally slated for November release, would come out next July -- on the same weekend that "The Dark Knight" opened this year. The Batman sequel made more than $150 million in the U.S. that weekend. "We just needed a July movie," said Alan Horn, president of the studio, at the time.

Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes -- known as "Batman vs. Superman" -- after the $215 million "Superman Returns," which had disappointing box-office returns, didn't please executives. "'Superman' didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," says Mr. Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned." "Had 'Superman' worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009," he adds. "But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all."

One of the studio's other big releases planned for 2009, "Watchmen," is the subject of a high-profile copyright lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox.

Based on the premise that superheroes are real people grappling with their own problems, "Watchmen" is an apocalyptic vision of their world. Fox says it is seeking an injunction to enforce its copyright interest in the film. Last week, a federal judge ruled that it may have rights to the property. News Corp. is the parent of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co.

With "Batman vs. Superman" and "Justice League" stalled, Warner Bros. has quietly adopted Marvel's model of releasing a single film for each character, and then using those movies and their sequels to build up to a multicharacter film. "Along those lines, we have been developing every DC character that we own," Mr. Robinov says.

Like the recent Batman sequel -- which has become the highest-grossing film of the year thus far -- Mr. Robinov wants his next pack of superhero movies to be bathed in the same brooding tone as "The Dark Knight." Creatively, he sees exploring the evil side to characters as the key to unlocking some of Warner Bros.' DC properties. "We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the characters allow it," he says. That goes for the company's Superman franchise as well.

The studio is set to announce its plans for future DC movies in the next month. For now, though, it is focused on releasing four comic-book films in the next three years, including a third Batman film, a new film reintroducing Superman, and two movies focusing on other DC Comics characters. Movies featuring Green Lantern, Flash, Green Arrow, and Wonder Woman are all in active development.

Many of the studio's directors credit Mr. Robinov for taking Warner Bros.' films in a darker and deeper direction. Christopher Nolan, who directed "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," says Mr. Robinov "really encouraged the logic of the villain" from "Batman Begins." That led to focusing heavily on the Joker in the sequel. "At the script stage, Jeff really wanted us to be very clear on the Joker's lack of purpose," he says.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal

Creatively, he sees exploring the evil side to characters as the key to unlocking some of Warner Bros.' DC properties. "We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the characters allow it," he says. That goes for the company's Superman franchise as well.

^ I can't tell you how much that sentence scares me. Have they ever read a Superman comic? The Watchmen is dark, Batman is dark. Superman is NOT.

No confirmation as to what will happen to Bryan Singer or Brandon Routh so its all speculation at this point.
*sad and worried*

Here's an interesting article summarising some of the recent criticisms of Superman Returns and thoughts on a sequel. When I'm less sleepy I may add my two cents in the comments if anyone responds.

Redirecting Superman’s flight path
Monday, August 18, 2008, 02:49 PM GMT [

As The Dark Knight rumbles steadily onwards towards a worldwide box-office haul of $750 million, thoughts inevitably turn to the next cinematic instalment of Batman's equally-statured DC Comics stable mate, Superman.

The Man of Steel , of course, returned to screens after a nineteen-year absence in 2006, courtesy of Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, but was regrettably not the hit that Warner Brothers were hoping for (although it's $400m worldwide haul was entirely respectable, the film's $270m price tag certainly took the sheen off the bottom line...).

While Singer fulsomely promised fans that he would go "Wrath of Khan" (i.e. more action) for the follow-up - tentatively titled The Man of Steel and due in 2010 - Returns was one of the more critically-divisive superhero movies of recent years. Over at MTV's blog devoted to comic book movies, two of the foremost names relating to Superman in the comics, Grant Morrison and Mark Waid, used their considerable expertise on all things Kryptonian to provide a blunt appraisal of Singer's effort.

Scotsman Morrison, whose vastly entertaining All-Star Superman certainly proved that he knows what makes The Man of Steel tick, felt the film squandered the character's essential appeal: "The idea was to make an American Christ figure, but what they centred on was his weakness," Morrison said. "They made him more a Lamb of God, rather than give us a real powerful Superman. They had too many scenes where he's being kicked to the floor, and that's not Superman. Superman would get up and fight."

Fellow writer Mark Waid, whose Superman: Birthright masterfully provided the character with a re-booted 21st-century origin story, was more pointed: "I so wanted that movie to work," said Waid, "but every choice they made in that movie was wrong. If you're making the movie in a vacuum, and there will be no other Superman movies ever again, go ahead and give him a son. But otherwise, that's a staggeringly awful idea. What are you going to do next? Either the kid has to be a part of his life, or get superpowers, which no one wants to see."

Both agree however, that a total reboot is the way forward. In Morrison's case, he's actually made direct overtures to the studio for the next film, as have other comic book writers Mark Millar, Geoff Johns and Brad Metzler: "I told them, it's not that bad," Morrison said. "Just treat Superman Returns as the Ang Lee Hulk." Waid concurs: "The Hulk has proven the audience will forgive you and let you redo the franchise."

Speaking as both a critic and a passionate Superman fan of 30 years, I am a staunch defender of Superman Returns, which I feel to be cruelly underrated. It's a gorgeous-looking film (if a little dark) and, although Brandon Routh's Superman had the burden of channelling the late, great Christopher Reeve, he did a fine job (If he got to play Superman less humbled and with a commanding presence akin to Reeve's, he'd be great).
Certainly, I am not immune to its various shortcomings, notably that Singer essentially remade Richard Donner's classic 1978 original, albeit with a more melancholic tone. Like Waid (and many others), I too was not a fan of Superman having a child - it's a concept better placed in the comics, where continuity is more malleable - yet, there was something admirably bold about its inclusion in the plot, providing Superman with an emotional conundrum that could not be overcome with great displays of superpowers. (Speaking of that: I defy anyone to tell me that the film's centrepiece action sequence in which Superman rescues the burning 747 wasn't the most vigorously-exciting, pulse-pounding and truly breathtaking action sequence of the last decade.)

The film’s poor financial performance was less to do with the its quality and far more to do with the political climate around the time of its release: a character who is classically referred to as “Defender of Truth, Justice and The American Way” would have been a harder-than-usual sell to an America then confronting the deep contradictions of its own self-image and to foreign markets who were daily being presented with the latest misdemeanours of the Bush administration’s blunt foreign policy, which appeared to be anchored on the phrase “Y’all kin go f*** yerselves...” – hardly a Superman-esque rhetoric.

(In an interesting contrast, The Dark Knight, aside from the fact that it’s a damned good Batman movie and the Ledger curiosity factor, is a film that gains much from post-9/11 considerations of terrorism – strikingly so, in fact.)

Yet Morrison and Waid are quite correct: a reboot is necessary. It’s not just down to the narrative millstone of the kid, which would have to be dealt with in a sequel – it’d be too strange not to. More importantly, this screen iteration of Superman deserves to have an identity of its own, rather than be shackled to Donner’s decades-old version, as daring and effectively nostalgic as that was.

Whatever The Man of Steel ends up as, I fervently hope that the producers fully embrace perhaps the most potent and enduring element of the character: Superman is unabashedly about hope and while many assume that this doesn’t play well in our cynical times, this is precisely what people like about Superman and why he has lasted seventy years with very little change to his creators original design. You can make the film as action-packed as you like, but an angsty Superman will never play as well as one who is a straight-ahead paragon of hope. These days, that’s more appealing than you’d think.

Ultimately, it’s worth remembering the sage observation of another esteemed comic writer, Neil Gaiman, regarding superhero movies: “The closer the film is to the look and feel of what people like about the comic, the more successful it is.” Gaiman feels that this is “something that Warners tends singularly to miss, and Marvel tends singularly to get right.”

Christopher Nolan’s superb Batman films suggest that Warners have wised up. Let’s hope so, because with the superhero movie genre in such vigorous health right now, it deserves to have a truly great film about the greatest superhero of all.

Just one thing: Superman’s costume features red, not maroon.

SOURCE: Danny Graydon, Telegraph

*Finally* the conclusion to the Donner/Johns story. Has anyone else been following it? Story revolves around a young Kryptonian boy who lands to Earth (Earth name - Chris, nice Reeve nod, wonder if that was a Richard Donner contribution?)

Would recommend this story-arc to anyone who has followed Superman movie-verse. In fact this Action Comics story made me think there's a lot of potential for a great SR sequel.

So for those who have read the Richard Donner story arc in Action Comics, would you want to see a similar story happen in the SR sequel? Given what we know so far, in that the producers have asked for more action, and Singer has said he will deliver it and give Superman a hard time. You could easily have a similar story with Lex working with Kryptonian villians, (yes I know we had that in Superman II but that doesn't bother me). Chris in Action Comics was immediately target by Lex, and General Zod used him as a pawn to great dramatic effect. Replace that with Jason for the SR sequel, and you've got a horrible scenario for Kal-El but it would add some great drama to go with action (and I want drama, not just cool fights and SFX).

Also Brandon fans take note, on the last page of Action Comics Annual 11 there is a layout of The Daily Planet and a summary of the characters. Perry White is throwing a photo at Jimmy Olsen. The photo is clearly a blurred still from Superman Returns of Brandon Routh's Superman holding the Daily Planet globe above his head :) Similarly, for those who like your Reeve Superman, from the same comic, is this Reeve-ish drawing.

Singer, Spacey and Superman - three 'S''s I heart and so I was pleased to read this:

Question: I understand that Bryan Singer is about to meet with his writers to do a new draft of Superman?

Spacey: I hear that, that is exactly what's happening, and I would suspect that if the movie's going to go forward, and I don't know any more than you do, that it probably will be sometime in 2009.

Question: And you are quite keen to go back on board as Lex Luthor, aren't you?

Spacey: I'm signed to go back on board. [LAUGHTER] Yeah, no, my deal was a two-picture deal.

Question: Well, they'll sign your life away the way they do these big franchise movies.

Spacey: Yeah, but it was the first one I'd ever did, and, quite frankly, but I'd do it again, with Bryan Singer after 10 years, since Usual Suspects was a complete pleasure, and I loved it, and so I look forward to being able to get another crack at it.

SOURCE: Dark Horizons.

Am really curious to know whether Bryan will be involved in the story for the sequel - I hope so as I want him to continue where he left off with Superman Returns - and whom he will entrust to write the script.

Also, Kate Bosworth has her head screwed on fully to her shoulders. Thank god she (and Singer for that matter) realise you cannot please all of the fans all of the time and wants to return to the world of Superman:

Kevin and I both contracted to do another film. We heard from a journalist the other day that Brian Singer was had made a deal or is making a deal. I wish I could tell you more, but I don't. I'd love to do it. I enjoyed it so much, and I'd love to do another one." This despite gripes from fanboys that she was miscast in the role. "To be quite honest, I'm not really aware of that, so thanks a lot," she responds laughingly. "I feel fortunate to be cast, but you can't please everyone. One of the biggest things I've learned in this industry is that if you sit there and try desperately to please everything you're just going to run in circles and drive yourself mad. So I feel really fortunate to be cast by Bryan Singer and I'll tell you, not someone who is easily influenced. He's very meticulous, so if some of the bloggers don't think I was right for the choice but he did, then I'm fine with that. Look, you're going to get that with a film that's so iconic and everyone's going to have a really strong opinion about everything, so I understand it."

SOURCE: Kate Bosworth Forums.

Also, not Superman related but both Spacey and Bosworth are in the movie 21 which I shall be going to see when its released in the UK. I posted the trailer a while back. Does anyone know when Singer's next movie is out?

Empire have a follow up to IESB's report with a quote from Singer:

Earlier today, IESB reported that there was a strong rumour that Bryan Singer was working on a sequel to Superman Returns and that Transformers' Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman would be writing the script. Well, we've spoken to Singer and, though we have no news on whether the Orci/Kurtzman story is true, he's confirmed that work's under way on the film that some said would never happen because the first was perceived as a flop.

"That movie made $400 million!" Singer says incredulously. "I don’t know what constitutes under-performing these days...Look, I can understand, I suppose, what some people mean. Perhaps some people went in with the expectation of it being like an X-Men film, and Superman is a tougher character than that. Especially bringing him back. It really goes back to the fact that you can only please some of the people some of the time. But, yes, I’m just getting back with writers after the strike. We’re just in the development phase. I’m starting to develop a sequel...with the intention of directing it."

Singer knows that there was some negative reaction to the fact that the first film focused more on story at the expense of action and is looking to redress that next time.

“The first one was a romantic film and a nostalgic film,” he says. “I’ll be the first person to own up to that without making any apologies for it. I knew it was going to be that from the outset. And now that the characters are established, there’s really an opportunity to up the threat levels...Clearly there’ll be a body count [laughs]. From frame one, it will be unrelenting terror! All those teenage girls who found the movie and mooned over James Marsden or Brandon? Well, I’m going to wake them up!” He may be joking about the unrelenting terror.

We have to say, we actually enjoyed a huge amount about Superman Returns. Brandon Routh made a terrific Superman and Clark Kent and Singer clearly cared about the characters. It was light on action, so it would be great to see a sequel in which we get to actually experience what Supes can really do.

What do you think? Do you want to see Superman return again?

For more of our exclusive interview with Bryan Singer, pick up the next issue of Empire, on sale March 28.
Olly Richards

SOURCE: Empire

This pleases me a lot :D Will be buying the next issue for the interview with Singer :)

Yay!! my Film Score Monthly, Superman The Music 1978-1988 CD box set in all its glory has arrived. Am currently listening to Superman II score, it sounds superb, and the book that comes with it - so fantastically detailed and nicely packaged. Well worth the money :)

Also kalalanekent alerted me to the fact that IESB have reported some good news that I so hope is true regarding the Superman Returns sequel:

Bryan Singer is 100% on the sequel to his 2004 revamp Superman Returns. He has since confirmed this with studio sources so take this one to the bank.

But, with Superman Returns writers Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris out, who will be penning the film?

Word is Transformers/Star Trek scribes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are considering being behind the project. This gives Superman fans hope after Returns' mild disappointment amongst fan boys. The pair are apparently in talks and have had "several meetings" regarding the film. No need to worry about a lack of action from these two!

SOURCE: IESB.net.

*cough* erm, it's 2006 not 2004. But otherwise, I really hope the above is true. The Singer bit especially. I want him to finish the story he started.