Mark Millar Maybe Sorta Possibly Working on Superman Reboot?
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This starts with a rumor that I totally missed - Comic Book Movies reported last month that Warner Brothers may be considering a reboot of the Superman franchise based on how well Incredible Hulk performed at the box office. I would think that Warner Brothers would give more weight to how well Batman Begins performed as a franchise reboot, but perhaps WB realizes that neither Superman nor anyone else can be as cool as Batman.
Regardless, fast forward to last week, where Mark Millar was quoted in an interview with the Daily Record in the UK as saying he may be working on that Superman reboot:
“Since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to reinvent Superman for the 21st century.
“I’ve been planning this my entire life. I’ve got my director and producer set up, and it’ll be 2011. This is how far ahead you have to think.
“The Superman brand is toxic after that last movie lost Û200million, but in 2011 we’re hoping to restart it.
“Sadly I can’t say who the director is, but we may make it official by Christmas.
“But fingers crossed it could work out, that would be my lifetime’s dream.”
… shortly thereafter, in a post to his messsage board:
“… In the interests of clarity (because I’m sure this will be picked up somewhere) a very well known American action director heard about my love of Superman, approached my and asked me to team up with he and his producer to make a pitch for this. We’ve been talking for several weeks now and, if this is going to happen, we’ll know by Christmas. He has huge pull at WB so fingers crossed. But this is nothing more than a huge US name pulling me into his fold and making me part of a package.”
The next day, he backed down a little more:
“Again, I can only stress that isn’t news, lads. It isn’t an offer from WB or anyone. It’s just a big name action director who got in touch and asked me to join he and a producer we both know well to pitch for it. This guy is a big deal at WB so there’s a little hope. But this ain’t a news item until it happens. And it’s not even close to happening yet.”
So what’s the story; is this a legitimate possibility that Millar doesn’t want to jinx, or was he just talking out of his ass again?
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It made money, but nowhere near what they were expecting.
I doubt Millar was completely making it up, but he has a talent for talking his stuff up to be bigger than it is. He’s a great self-promoter, but I think his mouth kinda got away from him a bit this time.
I think he is doing ALOT of talking as he normally does. But sometimes you never know. Maybe we will be having a Superman reboot… Hopefully one that follows the direction of the comics… I honestly think he doesn’t want to jinx it.
I’m thinking that Millar is practicing the fine art of “making shit up”. I though that Superman Returns did well at the box office. Am I wrong?