- For those of you following along with the ever-changing saga of Superman Lives/Reborn, Bork sent us this story. Check it out:
By Paul Karon and Chris Petrikin
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - The Man of Steel is not moving with his legendary super speed.
Warner Bros. has pushed back pre-production on the Nicolas Cage starrer“Superman Lives” yet again, this time until late spring, with an expected 1999 bow. Director Tim Burton and his writing team need more time to finish the screenplay, the studio confirmed Tuesday.
The picture previously was slated for a fall start date, and then delayed until January, before this most recent rescheduling.
Burton chose not to use the first version of the script, penned by “Chasing Amy” director-writer Kevin Smith, and based on a series of comic book episodes about the death of Superman, including his loss of special powers, his subsequent rebirth and the restoration of his super-abilities.
Aside from Cage’s, no other major parts have been cast.
Reuters/Variety
This story actually interests me for a couple of reasons. First of all, as Bork said, if they stuck with the original script, they’d probably be finishing up right about now. Secondly, is it just me, or is this one of the most publicized script rejections you’ve ever seen? Kevin’s gotta be loving all the press from this, if anything. Practically every article you see mentions his name and the fact that his original script was rejected by Burton. This tells me that a lot of folks really liked the script, and didn’t understand why it got buried so fast. Anyway, just my 2 cents on that one. We’ll see what happens next…
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