Mark Millar's Many Thoughts On Superman

[TruerToTheCore]

But if it's the last movie, something like Whatever happened to the man of Tomorrow would fit.

If you want to give a movie series an ending... well it could work.

 

[I Am The Knight]

YOu'd think that would be a no-brainer, but apparently it's not.

I think Marvel actually did that with Iron Man, I think they brought in Bendis to have a look at the script. Not sure if it was actually him, though.

I believe WB will hire consultants comic writers from DC, eventually.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

I think Marvel actually did that with Iron Man, I think they brought in Bendis to have a look at the script. Not sure if it was actually him, though.

I believe WB will hire consultants comic writers from DC, eventually.

there aren't much writers that get Superman.

 

[sdc10]

Get Grant Morrison to help write the script and you have yourself a great Superman on screen

 

[[A]]

Get Grant Morrison to help write the script and you have yourself a great Superman on screen

heheh hope you got a nice bulletproof vest

 

[MichaelEsquire]

Well whoever is doing Action Comics with the Brainiac arc certainly is. That whole story arc right there could be adapted into a new film.

 

[Dark Knight]

Well whoever is doing Action Comics with the Brainiac arc certainly is. That whole story arc right there could be adapted into a new film.

Thats Geoff Johns and he is doing a great job on Action Comics right now...elements of that story should used in the new film.

 

[Spade]

Millar mentioned Waid as one of the few figures that understands Superman in the States, based on Waid's Kingdom Come story. If Millar channels that Superman, I wouldn't be against him doing this regardless of past comments.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

The KC Superman is an old Superman.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

Well whoever is doing Action Comics with the Brainiac arc certainly is. That whole story arc right there could be adapted into a new film.

Some parts of that comic-book arc seems taken out of the never-made Tim Burton Superman movie.

 

[Cain]

I still fail to see what Millar has said that makes it that he doesn't understand Superman. If some of you guys don't get where he was coming from then chances are you probably don't get Superman not Millar.

 

[dark_b]

I still fail to see what Millar has said that makes it that he doesn't understand Superman. If some of you guys don't get where he was coming from then chances are you probably don't get Superman not Millar.

there are at least 20 posts in this thread. the most important are at the beginning and at the end.

 

[The Guard]

It's not that he doesn't understand Superman. He understands one version of Superman just fine. But he seems to be unaware of the character's overall potential.

 

[Sam]

MARK MILLAR talks more about his SUPERMAN TRILOGY project with misterious director:

You mentioned finding Aaron Johnson was like finding Christopher Reeve. Speaking of whom, can you update us on your proposed Superman film project?

The Superman thing is quite interesting because I wanted to do it my whole life and then maybe a few months back, maybe more, I sort of resigned myself to the fact that it's just not going to happen. I was like, you know what, I have a trilogy of Angelina Jolie movies, "Kick-Ass" is going to be at least two, possibly three movies, and I've got "War Heroes" getting set up plus "Chosen" and everything. And just all of these other things were happening for me anyway, so I was like "Get over it. Get on with your life and just do your own stuff."

And then this call came out of the blue which was totally unexpected about maybe 10 weeks ago and it was a friend who was a director, who said, "Are you still interested in doing Superman?" And I said, "Well, yeah, of course. But it's not going to happen." Because Bryan Singer was going off to do "Man of Steel" and I had no interest in anything like that. I just wanted to do a reboot -- a completely new invention; a whole new way of doing it. And he said, "Bryan has talked to Warner Bros. and he's got a lot of other projects and he may not be doing 'Man of Steel' now and Warner Bros. had said to me, are you interested in directing it? And he said to them, "I have a friend who is a huge Superman fan and I'll direct it if he writes it because he's got a lot of great ideas about Superman." And that just restarted everything again. Oh my god.

So this is sounding more and more like it may actually happen?

We haven't got any contract or agreement yet. There are probably a couple of other directors because they were still asking around, but this guy is a huge, huge deal. And if he wants to do it, that's a pretty good sign. Warner Bros. doesn't give a rat's ass about me. I'm just a Scottish guy that nobody can understand what he's saying. But he likes my ideas and they love him. If he wasn't involved, it wouldn't even be an issue. But this is such a huge deal. This is Superman. But this guy is very respected so if he is the director, I am eventually going to be writing it.

And we should know pretty soon because they made almost one billion off of Batman, so they want to make sure they can make a lot of money off Superman. They want to get another big franchise up and running. And they want to do a "Batman Begins" for Superman.

I have been told the soonest anything will happen, in terms of getting a script together, will be early next summer with a view to filming the following year and getting something out for 2011. But that makes it sound more official than it is. This is entirely down to Warner Bros., but if they go with this guy that will be the plan.

You've said this will be Superman's "Lord of the Rings."

I wanted to do Superman's entire life. That's my plan, to tell an epic Superman story. I love the structure of the three "The Godfather" films. Just something that starts with a young man building up to him being an old man. I just think with Superman, you can't go small on it. So I wanted to do something like a Superman magnum opus -- a giant Superman three-picture spectacular with a story that runs between seven and eight hours.

The story I've got is colossal. It's got everything I like about Superman all in one movie. It's a lifetime's worth of notes all put together. It starts 1,000 years ago on Krypton and with the technology we have now, I see people saying, "No. We don't need to see Krypton again." And all that. But really, you haven't seen Krypton before. You've seen lame TV show special effects. And you've seen pre-CGI technology of Krypton before. And the idea of scarlet jungles and jewel mountains and just Superman's genealogy; his ancestors. There's lot to play with -- Brainiac and so on. So starting there and then going 10 million years in the future by the end of the third movie. It's just a giant movie.

So we'd spend a lot of time on Krypton in your first movie?

Obviously, there is still tons of Superman in the first movie but I think the first half-an-hour would be great on Krypton. For the plot I have, Krypton is very important. So I really established the world there and the religion on Krypton. All the stuff you have seen teased in comics but you've never really seen in movies. Just make it grand. I wanted "The Dark Knight" to look like Superman 4. I want it to be just a big, grand Superman story.

Knowing its way off and may not even happen, do you have an idea of who you'd love to see playing Superman?

We have actually talked about this at length. And there are two big things we are going to do. The first one is whoever plays Superman will be an unknown so he can become Superman. It won't be Ben Affleck in a suit as much as I love Ben Affleck. It just pulls you out of the movie whenever you see a recognizable face in a costume. But the second thing is we want him to look as unlike Christopher Reeve as possible. Because, my idea was I was saying to the director, "Oh, this guy looks a bit like Christopher Reeve. This guy looks like Christopher Reeve." And he said, "What you've go to appreciate is that Christopher Reeve is your generation's Superman. And kids now will get nothing from that." It's like Dick Donner grew up loving the George Reeves Superman show, but he didn't go out there and look for a guy who looks like George Reeves. He picked someone appropriate to his vision of Superman. And George Reeve looked nothing like Kirk Alyn either, so he said, "What we've got to do is find someone who is this generation's Superman." And maybe he's got a more muscular figure? Or a more masculine kind of look to him as opposed to the gentler look that Christopher Reeve had. I think George Reeves was a tougher looking kind of guy. While it's the early stages, we have had an entire afternoon talking about that recently. And it was very interesting because I hadn't considered that.


URL: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18028

 

[SuperDaniel]

I think he is going to end up writing it.

"Warner Bros wants to do "Batman Begins" for Superman."

That confirms a total reboot.

 

[antonydelfini]

Well he seems pretty serious and honest with that interview about superman. He also says that his director friend is well respected and well loved by WB, so that is good news. I like his comment about finding the superman actor for this generation, someone unlike Reeve. It could be interesting.

 

[The Sage]

Okay, I really want to hear more of his ideas.

 

[Lighthouse]

I think these ideas are really interesting, but I don't think WB will bite, because they want to build to Justice League.

 

[The Sage]

I think these ideas are really interesting, but I don't think WB will bite, because they want to build to Justice League.

I'm getting a sense of deja vu.

 

[Lighthouse]

I'm getting a sense of deja vu.

Its been deja vu ever since the reboot was announced. I refuse to go into the casting thread, because I've already served in that war.

I'm really anxious to know who this director is. Who the hell has this much clout at WB?

 

[solidsnake86]

I may not agree with some of what he has to say but I agree with his comment about not finding someone similar to Reeve. I also find his ideas very interesting in this article but I honestly believe if he is hired that the WB will have an influence on what is written so all of his ideas wont be used. I highly doubt they will shoot all 3 back to back. The only thing I a little disappointed to see is that they are aiming for 2011. That is going to be a crowded year and really look at what happened with the hulk.

 

[Spade]

It's Superman. Once people realize this is a reboot, they'll be seeing it just out of curiosity. So, really, don't worry about the bank on this one.

 

[I Am The Knight]

The story I've got is colossal. It's got everything I like about Superman all in one movie. It's a lifetime's worth of notes all put together. It starts 1,000 years ago on Krypton and with the technology we have now, I see people saying, "No. We don't need to see Krypton again." And all that. But really, you haven't seen Krypton before. You've seen lame TV show special effects. And you've seen pre-CGI technology of Krypton before. And the idea of scarlet jungles and jewel mountains and just Superman's genealogy; his ancestors. There's lot to play with -- Brainiac and so on. So starting there and then going 10 million years in the future by the end of the third movie. It's just a giant movie.


URL: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18028

Start in Krypton 1,000 years ago and end up 10 million years into the future by the third movie? Sounds like the third movie would be a total mind f***. Color me interested.

 

[solidsnake86]

I'm liking the fact that they probably have decided on an origin reboot as opposed to the "lets just see him established and in action" mentality. Also liking the mentioning of brainiac, but I'm curious as to who this super director is. I'm also curious if they're going to bother announcing anything this year given the timeline that millar has said (even though he did say it was ultimately up to them).

 

[batman44]

Sounds interesting. I've got to get some Mark Millar Superman books to get a better sense of how he see's the character.