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Warner Bros. Confirms Superman Reboot

Source:Steelsheen

August 22, 2008

Just a few days after this article was posted, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov has told The Wall Street Journal that the studio is going to be reintroducing Superman. We assume this will be similar to how Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk was a reboot of Ang Lee's Hulk. Here is what the article says:

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."

The article also talks about Warner Bros. adapting other DC properties over the new few years. "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," it says. Those projects will likely be about single characters at first, and will be darker much like The Dark Knight:

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.

We'll let you know as soon as the studio has announced its plans for future DC movies.

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COMMENTS (494)

Posted by:

Dave

August 22, 2008

So, what's happening to The Man of Steel?

Posted by:

zombietronic

August 22, 2008

ajjajajaja, yeah copy marvel formula darker movies jajajajaja crap and more crap Robert Downey have right DC SUCKS!!!!!!!

Posted by:

RicoSuave

August 22, 2008

Cool... I hope they base the reboot on the Death of Superman storyline. We need a break from the film styles of the 70s-80s that Superman Returns too slavishly tried to emulate.

Posted by:

Joe Show

August 22, 2008

no superman's kid... DAMN.

Posted by:

CashCrowe

August 22, 2008

Dark doesn't necessarily mean good. Batman has always worked best as a dark character, but that doesn't go the same for all DC characters.

Posted by:

Carter

August 22, 2008

Returns was good. People are stupid.

Posted by:

The Strongest There Is...

August 22, 2008

Im glad that they are rebooting Superman but Just because batman is dark, doesn't mean superman should be. I mean in all honesty my favorite superman stories are dark, but only in ending conflict...Either way, Make it dark make is light, **** it, just make it something worth my time and give me what you should have given me in 2006.

Posted by:

Johnny Rico is back!!!!

August 22, 2008

Superman really needs a reboot ala Incredible Hulk...but theres one thing or person they need to keep from Superman Returns is Brandon Routh, he was the only good thing to come out of the horrible movie.

And good move DC...just take a page from Marvels playbook and start off by releasing a single film for each character and throw in a cameo or two in each film.

Posted by:

www.myspace.com/mattmosleymovies

August 22, 2008

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

I'll have a slice of that thank you!

Mark Millar to write. PLEEEEAAAASE!

Posted by:

Endorian Prime

August 22, 2008

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!.....

This is a big mistake! Rebooting the franchise will be a wrong turn for Superman and Warner!
"Superman Returns" was supposed to be like the Reeve movies... it was inevitable to had have at least one! Now all they have to do is a dark one like the new Batman. Not a reboot!!!

It will fail...

At least they put on hold the JL movie as well.